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have risen from the lower walks of life to eminence as statesmen, and whose names have 
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many, who, not seeking the applause of the world, have pursued "the even tenor of their way," content 
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they could." It tells how that many in the pride and strength of young manhood left the plow and the 
anvil, the lawyer's office and the counting-room, left every trade and profession, and at their country's 
call went forth valiantly "to do or die," and how through their efforts the Union was restored and peace 
once more reigned in the land. In the life of every man and of every woman is a lesson that should not 
be lost upon those who follow after. 

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selves that they give to their readers a work with few errors of consequence. In addition to the biograph 
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The faces of some, and biographical sketches of many, will be missed in this volume. For this the 
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GEORGE WASHIN'GTON. 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



'^ HE Father of our Country was bom in West- 
f C moreland County, Va., Februarj- 22, 1732. 
v2/ His parents were Augustine and Marj' (Ball) 
Washington. The family to which he belonged 
has not been satisfactorily traced in England. 
His great-grandfather, John Washington, emi- 
grated to Virginia about 1657, and became a 
prosperous planter. He had two sons, Lawrence 
and John. The former married Mildred Warner, 
and had three children, John, Augustine and 
Mildred. Augustine, the father of George, first 
married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, 
two of whom, Eawrence and Augustine, reached 
maturity. Of six children by his second mar- 
riage, George was the eldest, the others being 
Bett}-, Samuel, John Augustine, Charles and 
Mildred. 

Augustine Washington, the father of George, 
died in 1743, leaving a large landed propertJ^ 
To his eldest son, Lawrence, he bequeathed an 
estate on the Potomac, afterwards known as Mt. 
Vernon, and to George he left the parental resi- 
dence. George received only such education as 
the neighborhood schools afforded, save for a 
short time after he left school, when he received 
private instruction in mathematics. His spelling 
was rather defective. Remarkable stories are 
told of his great phj'sical strength and develop- 
ment at an early age. He was an acknowledged 
\eader among his companions, and was early 
Qoted for that nobleness of character, fairness and 
<eracity which characterized his whole life. 

When George was fourteen years old he had a 
desire to go to sea, and a midshipman's warrant 
was .secured for him, but through the opposition 
pf his mother the idea was abandoned. Two 



years later he was appointed surveyor to the im- 
mense estate of Lord Fairfax. In this business 
he spent three years in a rough frontier life, 
gaining experience which afterwards proved very 
essential to him. In 1751, though only nineteen 
years of age, he was appointed Adjutant, with the 
rank of Major, in the Virginia militia, then being 
trained for active service against the French and 
Indians. Soon after this he sailed to the West 
Indies with his brother Lawrence, who went there 
to restore his health. They soon returned, and 
in the summer of 1752 Lawrence' died, leaving a 
large fortune to an infant daughter, who did not 
long survive him. On her demise the estate of 
Mt. Vernon was given to George. 

Upon the arrival of Robert Dinwiddle as Lieu- 
tenant-Governor of Virginia, in 1752, the militia 
was reorganized, and the province divided into 
four military districts, of which the northern was 
assigned to Washington as Adjutant-General. 
Shorth' after this a verj- perilous mission, which 
others had refused, was assigned him and ac- 
cepted. This was to proceed to the French post 
near Lake Erie, in northwestern Pennsylvania. 
The distance to be traversed was about six hun- 
dred miles. Winter was at hand, and the journey 
was to be made without military escort, through 
a territory occupied by Indians. The trip was a 
perilous one, and several times he nearly lost his 
life, but he returned in safety and furnished a full 
and useful report of his expedition. A regiment 
of three hundred men was raised in Virginia and 
put in command of Col. Joshua Frj', and Maj. 
Washington was commissioned Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel. Active war was then begun against the 
French and Indians, in which Washington took 



GEORGE WASHINGTON. 



a most important part. In the memorable event 
of July 9, 1755, known as "Braddock's defeat," 
Washington was almost the only officer of dis- 
tinction who escaped from the calamities of the 
day with life and honor. 

Having been for five j'ears in the militarj- serv- 
ice, and having vainly sought promotion in the 
royal army, he took advantage of the fall of Ft. Du- 
quesne and the expulsion of the French from the 
valley of the Ohio to resign his commission. Soon 
after he entered the Legislature, where, although 
not a leader, he took an active and important 
part. January 17, 1759, he married Mrs. Martha 
(Dandridge) Custis, the wealthy widow of John 
Parke Custis. 

When the British Parliament had closed the 
port of Boston, the cry went up throughout the 
provinces, ' ' The cause ol Boston is the cause of 
us all! " It was then, at the suggestion of Vir- 
ginia, that a congress of all the colonies was 
called to meet at Philadelphia September 5, 
1774, to secure their common liberties, peaceably 
if possible. To this congress Col. Washington 
was sent as a delegate. On May 10, 1775, the 
congress re-assembled, when the hostile inten- 
tions of England were plainly apparent. The 
battles of Concord and Lexington had been fought, 
and among the first acts of this congress was the 
election of a commander-in-chief of the Colonial 
forces. This high and responsible office was con- 
ferred upon Washington, who was still a member 
of the congress. He accepted it on June 19, but 
upon the express condition that he receive no sal- 
ary. He would keep an exact account of ex- 
penses, and expect congress to pay them and 
nothing more. It is not the object of this sketch 
to trace the military acts of Washington, to whom 
the fortunes and liberties of the people of this 
country were so long confided. The war was 
conducted by him under every possible disadvan- 
tage; and while his forces often met with reverses, 
yet he overcame every obstacle, and after seven 
years of heroic devotion and matchless skill he 
gained liberty for the greatest nation of earth. 
On December 23, 1783, Washington, in a parting 
address of surpassing beauty, resigned his com- 
mis.sion as Commander-in-Chief of the army to the 



Continental Congress sitting at Annapolis. He 
retired immediately to Mt. Vernon and resumed 
his occupation as a farmer and planter, shunning 
all connection with public life. 

In Februarj', 1789, Washington was unani- 
mously elected President, and at the expiration 
of his first term he was unanimously re-elected. 
At the end of this term many were anxious that he 
be re-elected, but he absolutely refused a third 
nomination. On March 4, 1797, at the expiration 
of his second term as President, he returned to his 
home, hoping to pass there his few remaining 
years free from the annoyances of public life. 
Later in the year, however, his repose seemed 
likely to be interrupted by war with France. At 
the prospect of such a war he was again urged to 
take command of the army, but he chose his sub- 
ordinate officers and left them the charge of mat- 
ters in the field, which he superintended from his 
home. In accepting the command, he made the 
reservation that he was not to be in the field until 
it was necessary. In the midst of these prepara- 
tions his life was suddenly cut off. December 1 2 
he took a severe cold from a ride in the rain, 
which, settling in his throat, produced inflamma- 
tion, and terminated fatally on the night of the 
14th. On the 1 8th his body was borne with mili- 
tary honors to its final resting-place, and interred 
in the family vault at Mt. Vernon. 

Of the character of Washington it is impossible 
to speak but in terms of the highest respect and 
admiration. The more we see of the operations 
of our government, and the more deeply we feel 
the difficulty of uniting all opinions in a common 
Interest, the more highly we must estimate the 
force of his talent and character, which have been 
able tii challenge the reverence of all parties, 
and principles, and nations, and to win a fame as 
extended as the Hmits of the globe, and which we 
cannot but believe will be as lasting as the exist- 
ence of man. 

In person, Washington was unusually tall, erect 
and well proportioned, and his muscular strength 
was great. His features were of a beausiful sym- 
metry. He commanded respect withotit any ap- 
pearance of haughtiness, and was ever serious 
without being dull. 




JOHN ADAMS. 



JOHN ADAMS. 



(TOHN ADAMS, the second President and the 
I first Vice-President of the United States, was 
(2/ born in Braintree (now Quincj') Mass., and 
about ten miles from Boston, October 19, 1735. 
His great-grandfather, Henry Adams, emigrated 
from England about 1640, with a family of eight 
sons, and settled at Braintree. The parents of 
John were John and Susannah (Boylston) 
Adams. His father, who was a farmer of limited 
means, also engaged in the business of shoe- 
making. He gave his eldest son, John, a classical 
education at Harvard College. John graduated 
in 175s, and at once took charge of the school at 
Worcester, Mass. This he found but a "school 
of affliction," from which he endeavored to gain 
relief by devoting himself, in addition, tc the 
study of law. For this purpose he placed himself 
under the tuition of the only lawyer in the town. 
He had thought seriously of the clerical profes- 
sion, but seems to have been turned from this by 
what he termed " the frightful engines of ecclesi- 
astical councils, of diabolical malice, and Calvin- 
istic good nature, ' ' of the operations of which he 
had been a witness in his native town. He was 
well fitted for the legal profession, possessing a 
clear, sonorous voice, being ready and fluent of 
speech, and having quick perceptive powers. He 
gradually gained a practice, and in 1764 married 
Abigail Smith, a daughter of a minister, and a 
lad}- of superior intelligence. Shortly after his 
marriage, in 1765, the attempt at parliamentarj- 
taxation turned him from law to politics. He 
took initial steps toward holding a town meeting, 
and the resolutions he offered on the subject be- 
came very popular throughout the province, and 
were adopted word for word by over forty differ- 
ent towns. He moved to Boston in 1768, and 
became one of the most courageous and promi- 
nent advocates of the popular cause, and was 
chosen a member of the General Court (the Leg- 
islature) in 1770. 

Mr. Adams was chosen one of the first dele- 



gates from Massachusetts to the first Continent- 
al Congress, which met in 1774. Here he dis- 
tinguished himself by his capacity for business 
and for debate, and advocated the movement for 
independence against the majority of the mem- 
bers. In Maj-, 1776, he moved and carried a res- 
olution in Congress that the Colonies should 
assume the duties of self-government. He was a 
prominent member of the committee of five ap- 
pointed June 1 1 to prepare a declaration of inde- 
pendence. This article was drawn by Jefferson, 
but on Adams devolved the task of battling it 
through Congress in a three-days debate. 

On the day after the Declaration of Independ- 
ence was passed, while his soul was yet warm 
with the glow of excited feeling, he wrote a letter 
to his wife, which, as we read it now, seems to 
have been dictated by the spirit of prophecy. 
"Yesterday," he says, "the greatest question 
was decided that ever was debated in America; 
and greater, perhaps, never was or will be de- 
cided among men. A resolution was passed 
without one dissenting colony, 'that these United 
States are, and of right ought to be, free and in- 
dependent states.' The day is passed. The 
Fourth of July, 1776, will be a memorable epoch 
in the histon,- of America. I am apt to believe it 
will be celebrated by succeeding generations as 
the great anniversary festival. It ought to be 
commemorated as the day of deliverance by 
solemn acts of devotion to Almighty God. It 
ought to be solemnized with pomp, shows, games, 
sports, guns, bells, bonfires and illuminations 
from one end of the continent to the other, from 
this time forward forever. You will think me 
transported with enthusiasm, but I am not. I 
am well aware of the toil and blood and treas- 
ure that it will cost to maintain this declaration 
and support and defend these States; yet, through 
all the gloom, I can see the rays of light and 
glory. I can see that the end is worth more than 
all the means, and that posterity will triumph, 



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JOHN ADAMS. 



although you and I may rue, which I hope we 
shall not." 

In November, 1777, Mr. Adams was appointed 
a delegate to France, and to co-operate with Ben- 
jamin Franklin and Arthur Lee, who were then 
in Paris, in the endeavor to obtain assistance in 
arms and money from the French government. 
This was a severe trial to his patriotism, as it 
separated him from his home, compelled him to 
cross the ocean in winter, and exposed him to 
great peril of capture by the British cruisers, who 
were seeking him. He left France June 17, 
1779. In September of the same year he was 
again chosen to go to Paris, and there hold him- 
self in readiness to negotiate a treaty of peace and 
of commerce with Great Britain, as soon as the 
British cabinet might be found willing to listen 
to such proposals. He sailed for France in No- 
vember, and from there he went to Plolland, where 
he negotiated important loans and formed im- 
portant commercial treaties. 

Finally, a treaty of peace with England was 
signed, January 21, 1783. The re-action from the 
excitement, toil and anxiety through which Mr. 
Adams had passed threw him into a fever. After 
suffering from a continued fever and becoming 
feeble and emaciated, he was advised to go to 
England to drink the waters of Bath. While in 
England, still drooping and desponding, he re- 
ceived dispatches from his own government urg- 
ing the necessity of his going to Amsterdam to 
negotiate another loan. It was winter, his health 
was delicate, yet he immediately set out, and 
through stonn, on sea, on horseback and foot, he 
made the trip. 

February 24, 1785, Congress appointed Mr. 
Adams envoy to the Court of St. James. Here 
he met face to face the King of England, who 
had so long regarded him as a traitor. As Eng- 
land did not condescend to appoint a minister to 
the United States, and as Mr. Adams felt that he 
was accomplishing but little, he sought permis- 
sion to return to his own countrv-, where he ar- 
rived in June, 1788. 

When Washington was first chosen President, 
John Adams, rendered illustrious by his signal 
ser\'ices at home and abroad, was chosen Vice- 



President. Again, at the second election of Wash- 
ington as President, Adams was chosen Vice- 
President. In 1796, Washington retired from 
public life, and Mr. Adams was elected President, 
though not without much opposition. Serving 
in this office four years, he was succeeded by Mr. 
Jefferson, his opponent in politics. 

While Mr. Adams was Vice-President the 
great French Revolution shook the continent of 
Europe, and it was upon this point that he was 
at issue with the majoritj' of his countrymen, led 
by Mr. Jefferson. Mr. Adams felt no sympathy 
with the French people in their struggle, for he 
had no confidence in their power of self-govern- 
ment, and he utterly abhorred the class of atheist 
philosophers who, he claimed, caused it. On the 
other hand, Jefferson's sympathies were strongly 
enlisted in behalf of the French people. Hence 
originated the alienation between these distin- 
tinguished men, and the two powerful parties were 
thus soon organized, with Adams at the head of 
the one whose sympathies were with England, 
and Jefferson leading the other in sympathy with 
France. 

The Fourth of July, 1826, which completed the 
half-century since the signing of the Declaration 
of Independence, arrived, and there were but 
three of the signers of that immortal instrument 
left upon the earth to hail its morning light. 
And, as it is well known, on that day two of 
these finished their earthly pilgrimage, a coinci- 
dence so remarkable as to seem miraculous. For 
a few days before Mr. Adams had been rapidly 
failing, and on the morning of the Fourth he 
found himself too weak to rise from his bed. On 
being requested to name a toast for the cus- 
tomary celebration of the day, he exclaimed 
"Independence forever!" When the day was 
ushered in bj' the ringing of bells and the firing 
of cannons, he was asked by one of his attend- 
ants if he knew what day it was ? He replied, 
' ' O yes, it is the glorious Fourth of July — God 
bless it — God bless you all!" In the course of 
the day he said, "It is a great and glorious 
day." The last words he uttered were, "Jeffe:.' 
son survives." But he had, at one o'clock, 
resigned his spirit into the hands of his God. 




THOMAS jeffp:rson. 



THOMAS JEFFERSON. 



y^HOMAS JEFFERSON was born AprU 2, 
f C 1743, at Shadwell, Albemarle County, Va. 
v2/ His parents were Peter and Jane (Ran- 
dolphj Jefferson, the former a native of Wales, 
and the latter born in London. To them were 
born six daughters and two sons, of whom Thomas 
was the elder. When fourteen years of age his 
father died. He received a most liberal educa- 
tion, having been kept diligently at school from 
the time he was five j'ears of age. In 1760 he 
entered William and Mary College. Williams- 
burg was then the seat of the Colonial court, and 
it was the abode of fashion and splendor. Young 
Jefferson, who was then seventeen years old, lived 
somewhat expensively, keeping fine horses, and 
going much into gay society; yet he was ear- 
nestly devoted to his studies, and irreproachable in 
his morals. In the second j^ear of his college 
course, moved by some unexplained impulse, he 
discarded his old companions and pursuits, and 
often devoted fifteen hours a daj- to hard stud}-. 
He thus attained very high intellectual culture, 
and a like excellence in philosophy and the lan- 
guages. 

Immediately upon leaving college he began the 
study of law. For the short time he continued 
in the practice of his profession he rose rapidly, 
and distinguished himself by his energy and 
acuteness as a lawyer. But the times called for 
greater action. The policy of England had awak- 
ened the spirit of resistance in the American Col- 
onies, and the enlarged views which Jefferson had 
ever entertained soon led him into active politi- 
cal life. In 1 769 he was chosen a member of the 
Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1772 he mar- 



ried Mrs. Martha Skelton, a very beautiful, 
wealthy, and highly accomplished young widow. 

In 1775 he was sent to the Colonial Congress, 
where, though a silent member, his abilities as a 
writer and a reasoner soon become known, and he 
was placed upon a number of important com- 
mittees, and was chairman of the one appointed 
for the drawing up of a declaration of independ- 
ence. This committee consisted of Thomas Jef- 
ferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger 
Shennan and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson, 
as chairman, was appointed to draw up the paper. 
Franklin and Adams suggested a few verbal 
changes before it was submitted to Congress. On 
June 28, a few slight changes were made in it by 
Congress, and it was passed and signed July 4, 
1776. 

In 1779 Mr. Jetferson was elected successor to 
Patrick Henry as Governor of Virginia. At one 
time the British officer Tarleton sent a secret 
expedition to Monticello to capture the Governor. 
Scarcely five minutes elapsed after the hurried 
escape of Mr. Jefferson and his family ere his 
mansion was in possession of the British troops. 
His wife's health, never very good, was much 
injured by this excitement, and in the summer 
of 1782 she died. 

Mr. Jefferson was elected to Congress in 1783. 
Two years later he was appointed Minister Pleni- 
potentiary to France. Returning to the United 
States in September, 1789, he became Secretary' 
of State in Washington's cabinet. This position 
he resigned January i, 1794. In 1797, he was 
chosen Vice-President, and four years later was 
elected President over Mr. Adams, with Aaron 



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THOMAS JEFFERSON. 



Burr as Vice-President. In 1804 he was re- 
elected with wonderful unanimity, George CHn- 
ton being elected Vice-President. 

The early part of Mr. Jefferson's second ad- 
ministration was disturbed by an event which 
threatened the tranquillity and peace of the Union; 
this was the conspiracy of Aaron Burr. Defeated 
in the late election to the Vice-Presidency, and 
led on by an unprincipled ambition, this extraor- 
dinary man formed the plan of a military ex- 
pedition into the Spanish territories on our south- 
western frontier, for the purpose of forming there 
a new republic. This was generallj' supposed 
to have been a mere pretext; and although it has 
not been generally known what his real plans 
were, there is no doubt that the}- were of a far 
more dangerous character. 

In 1809, at the expiration of the second term 
for which Mr. Jefferson had been elected, he de- 
termined to retire from political life. For a period 
of nearly forty years he had been continually be- 
fore the public, and all that time had been em- 
ployed in offices of the greatest trust and respon- 
sibility. Having thus devoted the best part of 
his life to the service of his country, he now felt 
desirous of that rest which his declining years re- 
quired, and upon the organization of the new ad- 
ministration, in March, 1809, he bade farewell for- 
'ever to public life and retired to Monticello, his 
famous country home, which, next to Mt. Vernon, 
was the most distinguished residence in the land. 

The Fourth of July, 1S26, beingthe fiftieth an- 
niversary of the Declaration of American Inde- 
pendence, great preparations were made in even- 
part of the Union for its celebration as the nation's 
jubilee, and the citizens of Washington, to add to 
the solemnity of the occasion, invited Mr. Jeffer- 
son, as the framer and one of the few surviving 
signers of the Declaration, to participate in their 
festivities. But an illness, which had been of 
several weeks' duration and had been continually 
increasing, compelled him to decline the invita- 
tion. 

On the 2d of July the disease under which he 
was laboring left him, but in such a reduced 
state that his medical attendants entertained no 
hope of his recovery. From this time he was 



perfectly sensible that his last hour was at hand. 
On the next day, which was Monday, he asked 
of those around him the day of the month, and 
on being told it was the 3d of July, he ex- 
pressed the earnest wish that he might be per- 
mitted to breathe the air of the fiftieth anniver- 
sary. His prayer was heard — that day whose 
dawn was hailed with such rapture through our 
land burst upon his eyes, and then they were 
closed fore\-er. And what a noble consummation 
of a noble life! To die on that day — the birth- 
day of a nation — the day which his own name 
and his own act had rendered glorious, to die 
amidst the rejoicings and festivities of a whole 
nation, who looked up to him as the author, un- 
der God, of their greatest blessings, was all that 
was wanting to fill up the reci>rd of his life. 

Almost at the same hour of his death, the kin- 
dred spirit of the venerable Adams, as if to bear 
him compau}-, left the sceneof his earthly honors. 
Hand in hand they had stood forth, the cham- 
pions of freedom ; hand in hand, during the dark 
and desperate struggle of the Revolution, they 
had cheered and animated their desponding coun- 
trymen; for half a century they had labored to- 
gether for the good of the country, and now hand 
in hand they departed. In their lives they had 
been united in the same great cause of liberty, 
and in their deaths they were not divided. 

In person Mr. Jefferson was tall and thin, rather 
above six feet in height, but well formed; his eyes 
were light, his hair, originally red, in after life be- 
came white and sih'ery, his complexion was fair, 
his forehead broad, and his whole countenance 
intelligent and thoughtful. He possessed great 
fortitude of mind as well as personal courage, and 
his command of temper was such that his oldest 
and most intimate friends never recollected to 
have seen him in a passion. His manners, though 
dignified, were simple and unaffected, and his 
hospitality was so unbounded that all found at 
his house a ready welcome. In conversation he 
was fluent, eloquent and enthusiastic, and his 
language was remarkably pure and correct. He 
was a finished classical scholar, and in his writ- 
ings is discernible the care with which he formed 
his style upon the best models of antiquity. 




JAMKS MADISON. 



JAMES MADISON. 



(Tames MADISON, "Father of the Consti- 

I tutiou," and fourth President of the United 
(2/ States, was born March i6, 1757, and died 
at his home in Virginia June 28, 1836. The 
name of James Madison is inseparably connected 
with most of the important events in that heroic 
period of our country during which the founda- 
tions of this great republic were laid. He was 
the last of the founders of the Constitution of the 
United States to be called to his eternal reward. 

The Madison family were among the early emi- 
grants to the New World, landing upon the shores 
of the Chesapeake but fifteen years after the settle- 
ment of Jamestown. The father of James Madison 
was an opulent planter, residing upon a very fine 
estate called Montpelier, in Orange County, Va. 
It was but twenty-five miles from the home of Jef- 
ferson at Monticello, and the closest personal and 
political attachment existed between these illustri- 
ous men from their early youth until death. 

The early education of Mr. Madison was con- 
ducted mostly at home under a private tutor. At 
the age of eighteen he was sent to Princeton Col- 
lege, in New Jersey. Here he applied himself to 
study with the most imprudent zeal, allowing him- 
self for months but three hours' sleep out of the 
twenty-four. His health thus became so seriously 
impaired that he never recovered any vigor of 
constitution. He graduated in 177 1 , with a feeble 
body, but with a character of utmost purity, and 
a mind highly disciplined and richly stored with 
learning, which embellished and gave efficiency 
to his subsequent career. 

Returning to Virginia, he commenced the study 
of law and a course of extensive and systematic 
reading. This educational course, the spirit of 
the times in which he lived, and the society with 
which he associated, all combined to inspire him 
with a strong love of liberty, and to train him for 
his life-work as a statesman. 

In the spring of 1776, when twenty-six years of 



age, he was elected a member of the Virginia Con- 
vention to frame the constitution of the State. The 
next year (1777), he was a candidate for the Gen- 
eral Assembly. He refused to treat the whisky-lov- 
ing voters, and consequently lost his election; but 
those who had witnessed the talent, energy and 
public spirit of the modest young man enlisted 
themselves in his behalf, and he was appointed to 
the Executive Council. 

Both Patrick Henrj^ and Thomas Jefferson were 
Governors of Virginia while Mr. Madison re- 
mained member of the Council, and their apprecia- 
tion of his intellectual, social and moral worth 
contributed not a little to his subsequent eminence. 
In the year 1780 he was elected a member of the 
Continental Congress. Here he met the most il- 
lustrious men in our land, and he was immediately 
assigned to one ot the most conspicuous positions 
among them. For three years he continued in Con- 
gress, one of its most active and influential mem- 
bers. In 1784, his term having expired, he was 
elected a member of the Virginia lyCgislature. 

No man felt more deeply than Mr. Madison the 
utter inefficiency of the old confederacy, with no 
national government, and no power to form trea- 
ties which would be binding, or to enforce law. 
There was not any State more prominent than 
Virginia in the declaration that an efficient na- 
tional government must be formed. In January, 
1786, Mr. Madison carried a resolution through 
the General Assembly of Virginia, inviting the 
other States to appoint commissioners to meet in 
convention at Annapolis to discuss this subject. 
Five States only were represented. The conven- 
tion, however, issued another call, drawn up by 
Mr. Madison, urging all the States to send their 
delegates to Philadelphia in May, 1787, to draft 
a Constitution for the United States, to take the 
place of the Confederate I^eague. The delegates 
met at the time appointed. Every Stale but 
Rhode Island was represented. George Washing- 



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JAMES MADISON. 



ton was chosen president of the convention, and the 
present Constitution of the United States was then 
and there formed. There was, perhaps, no mind 
and no pen more active in framing this immortal 
document than the mind and the pen of James 
Madison. 

The Constitution, adopted by a vote of eight3--one 
to seventy-nine, was to be presented to the several 
States for acceptance. But grave solicitude was 
<elt. Should it be rejected, we should be left but a 
.'onglomeration of independent States, with but 
little power at home and little respect abroad. Mr. 
Madison was elected by the convention to draw up 
an address to the people of the United States, ex- 
pounding the principles of the Constitution, and 
urging its adoption. There was great opposition 
to it at first, but at length it triumphed over all, 
and went into effect in 1789. 

Mr. Madison was elected to the House of Repre- 
sentatives in the first Congress, and soon became 
the avowed leader of the Republican party. While 
in New York attending Congress, he met Mrs. 
Todd, a young widow of remarkable power of fas- 
cination, whom he married. She was in person 
and character queenly, and probaby no lady has 
thus far occupied so prominent a position in the 
very peculiar societj' which has constituted our 
republican court as did Mis. Madison. 

Mr. Madi.son served as Secretary- of State under 
Jefferson, and at the close of his administration 
was chosen President. At this time the encroach- 
ments of England had brought us to the verge of 
war. British orders in council destroj^ed our com- 
merce, and our flag was exposed to constant insult. 
Mr. Madison was a man of peace. Scholarly in 
his taste, retiring in his disposition, war had no 
charms for him. But the meekest spirit can be 
roused. It makes one's blood boil, even now, to 
think of an American ship brought to upon the 
ocean by the guns of an English cruiser. A 
young lieutenant steps on board and orders the 
crew to be paraded before him. With great non- 
chalance he selects any number whom he may 
please to designate as British subjects, orders them 
down the .ship's side into his boat, and places them 
on the gundeck of his man-of-war, to fight, by 
compulsion, the battles of England. This right 



of search and impressment no efforts of our Gov- 
erimient could induce the British cabinet to re- 
linquish. 

On the i8th of June, 1812, President Madison 
gave his approval to an act of Congress declaring 
war against Great Britain. Notwithstanding the 
bitter hostility of the Federal party to the war, the 
country in general approved; and Mr. Madison, 
on the 4th of March, 18 13, was re-elected by a 
large majorit}', and entered upon his second term 
of office. This is not the place to describe the 
various adventures of this war on the land and on 
the water. Our infant navy then laid the found- 
ations of its renown in grappling with the most 
formidable power which ever swept the seas. The 
contest commenced in earnest by the appearance 
of a British fleet, early in February, 1813, in 
Chesapeake Bay, declaring nearly the whole coast 
of the United States under blockade. 

The Emperor of Russia offered his services as 
mediator. America accepted; England refu.sed. 
A British force of five thousand men landed on the 
banks of the Patuxet River, near its entrance into 
Chesapeake Bay, and marched rapidly, bj- wa)- of 
Bladensburg, upon Washington. 

The straggling little city of Washington was 
thrown into consternation. The cannon of the 
brief conflict at Bladensburg echoed througli the 
streets of the metropolis. The whole population 
fled from the city. The President, leaving Mrs. 
Madison in the White House, with her carriage 
drawn up at the door to await his speedy return, 
hurried to meet the ofiicers in a council of war. 
He met our troops utterly routed, and he could not 
go back without danger of being captured. But 
few hours elapsed ere the Presidential Mansion, 
the Capitol, and all the public buildings in Wash- 
ington were in flames. 

The war closed after two years of fighting, and 
on Febiiiarj' 13, 18 15, the treaty of peace was 
signed at Ghent. On the4th of March, 1817, his 
second term of office expired, and he resigned the 
Presidential chair to his friend, James Monroe. 
He retired to his beautiful home at Montpelier, and 
there passed the remainder of his days. On June 
28, 1836, at the age of eightj'-five years, he fell 
asleep in death. Mrs Madison died July 12, 1849. 





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JAMES MONROE. 



(lAMSS MONROE, the fifth President of the ' 

I United States, was born in Westmoreland 
C) County, Va., April 28, 1758. His early life 
was passed at the place of his nativity. His an- 
cestors had for many years resided in the province 
in which he was born. When he was seventeen 
years old, and in process of completing his educa- 
tion at William and Marj^ College, the Colonial 
Congress, assembled at Philadelphia to deliberate 
upon the unjust and manifold oppressions of Great 
Britain, declared the .separation of the Colonies, 
and promulgated the Declaration of Independence. 
Had he been born ten years before, it is highly 
probable that he would have been one of the 
signers of that celebrated instrument. At this 
time he left school and enlisted among the pa- 
triots. 

He joined the army when everj-thing looked 
hopeless and gloomy. The number of deserters 
increased from day to day. The invading armies 
came pouring in, and the Tories not only favored 
the cause of the mother country, but disheartened 
the new recruits, who were sufficientl}' terrified 
at the prospect of contending with an enemy 
whom they had been taught to deem invincible. 
To such brave spirits as James Monroe, who went 
right onward undismajed through difficulty and 
danger, the United States owe their political 
emancipation. The young cadet joined the ranks 
and espoused the cause of his injured country, 
with a firm determination to live or die in her 
strife for liberty. Firmly, yet sadly, he shared in 
the melancholy retreat from Harlem Heights 
and White Plains, and accompanied the dispirited 
army as it fled before its foes through New Jersey. 
In four months after the Declaration of Inde- 
pendence, the patriots had been beaten in seven 
battles. At the battle of Trenton he led the van- 
guard, and in the act of charging upon the enemy 
he received a wound in the left shoulder. 



As a reward for his braverj^ Mr. Monroe was 
promoted to be captain of infantry, and, having re- 
covered from his wounds, he rejoined the army. 
He, however, receded from the line of promotion 
by becoming an officer on the staff of Lord Ster- 
ling. During the campaigns of 1777 and 1778, 
in the actions of Brandywine, Germantown and 
Monmouth, he continued aide-de-camp; but be- 
coming desirous to regain his position in the 
army, he exerted himself to collect a regiment for 
the Virginia line. This scheme failed, owing to 
the exhausted condition of the State. Upon this 
failure he entered the office of Mr. Jefferson, at 
that period Governor, and pursued with consid- 
erable ardor the study of common law. He did 
not, however, entirely lay aside the knapsack for 
the green bag, but on the invasion of the enemy 
served as a volunteer during the two years of his 
legal pursuits. 

In 1782 he was elected from King George 
County a member of the Legislature of Virginia, 
and by that body he was elevated to a seat in the 
Executive Council. He was thus honored with 
the confidence of his fellow-citizens at twenty- 
three years of age, and having at this early period 
displayed some of that ability and aptitude foi 
legislation which were afterward employed with 
unremitting energy for the public good, he was 
in the succeeding year chosen a member of the 
Congress of the United States. 

Deeply as Mr. Monroe felt the imperfections of 
the old Confederacy, he was opposed to the new 
Constitution, thinking, with many others of the 
Republican party, that it gave too much power to 
the Central Government, and not enough to the 
individual States. Still he retained the esteem 
of his friends who were its warm supporters, and 
who, notwithstanding his opposition, secured its 
adoption. In 1789 he became a member of the 
United States Senate, which office he held for 



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JAMES MONROE. 



four years. Every month the line of distinction 
between the two great parties which divided the 
nation, the Federal and the Republican, was 
growing more distinct. The differences which 
n«\v separated them lay in the fact that the Repub- 
lican party was in sympathy with France, and 
also in favor of such a strict construction of the 
Constitution as to give the Central Government as 
liitle power, and the State Governmtnts as much 
power, as the Constitution would warrant; while 
the Federalists sympathized with England, and 
were in favor of a liberal construction of the Con- 
stitution, which would give as much power to the 
Central Government as that document could pos- 
sibly authorize. 

Washington was then President. England had 
espoused the cause of the Bourbons against the 
principles of the French Revolution. All Europe 
was drawn into the conflict. We were feeble and 
far away. Washington issued a proclamation of 
neutrality between these contending powers. 
France had helped us in the struggles for our 
liberties. All the despotisms of Europe were now 
combined to prevent the French from escaping 
from a tyranny a thousand-fold worse than that 
which we had endured. Col. Monroe, more mag- 
nanimous than prudent, was anxious that, at 
whatever hazard, we should help our old allies in 
their extremity. It was the impulse of a gener- 
ous and noble nature, and Washington, who could 
appreciate such a character, showed his calm, se- 
rene, almost divine, greatness, by appointing that 
very James Monroe who was denouncing the pol- 
icy of the Government, as the minister of that 
Government to the Republic of France. Mr. 
Monroe was welcomed by the National Conven- 
tion in France with the most enthusiastic dem- 
onstration. 

Shortly after his return to this countrj', Mr. 
Monroe was elected Governor of Virginia, and 
held the oflSce for three years. He was again 
sent to France to co-operate with Chancellor Liv- 
ingston in obtaining the vast territory then known 
as the province of Louisiana, which France had 
but shortly before obtained from Spain. Their 
united efforts were successful. For the compara- 
tively small sum of fifteen millions of dollars, the 



entire territory of Orleans and district of Loui- 
.siana were added to the United States. This was 
probably the largest transfer of real estate which 
was ever made in all the history of the world. 

From France Mr. Monroe went to England to 
obtain from that countr\- some recognition of our 
rights as neutrals, and to remonstrate against 
those odious impressments of our .seamen. But 
England was unrelenting. He again returned to 
England on the same mission, but could receive 
no redress. He returned to his home and was 
again chosen Governor of Virginia. This he soon 
resigned to accept the position of Secretary' of 
State under Madison. While in this office war 
with England was declared, the Secretary of War 
resigned, and during these trying times the 
duties of the War Department were also put upon 
him. He was truly the armor-bearer of President 
Madison, and the most efficient business man in 
his cabinet. Upon the return of peace he re- 
.signed the Department of War, but continued in 
the office of Secretary of State until the expira- 
tion of Mr. Madison's administration. At the 
election held the previous autumn, Mr. Monroe 
himself had been chosen President with but little 
opposition, and upon March 4, 1817, he was in- 
augurated. Four years later he was elected for 
a second term. 

Among the important measures of his Presi- 
dency were the cession of Florida to the United 
States, the Missouri Compromise, and the famous 
" Monroe doctrine." This doctrine was enun- 
ciated by him in 1823, and was as follows: " That 
we should consider any attempt on the part of 
European powers to extend their system to any 
portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our 
peace and safety," and that " we could not view 
any interposition for the purpose of oppressing or 
controlling American governments or provinces 
in any other light than as a manifestation by 
European powers of an unfriendly disposition 
toward the United States." 

At the end of his second term, Mr. Monroe re- 
tired to his home in Virginia, where he lived un- 
til 1830, when he went to New York to live with 
his son-in-law. In that city he died, on the 4th 
of July, 1831. 



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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 



(TOHN QUINCY ADAMS, the sixth President 

I of the United States, was born in the niral 
C2? home of his honored father, John Adams, in 
Quinc}', Mass., on the nth of July, 1767. His 
mother, a woman of exalted worth, watched over 
his childhood during the almost constant ab- 
sence of his father. When but eight years of 
age, he stood with his mother on an eminence, 
listening to the booming of the great battle on 
Bunker's Hill, and gazing out upon the smoke 
and flames billowing up from the conflagration of 
Charlestown. 

When but eleven years old he took a tearful 
adieu of his mother, to sail with his father for Eu- 
rope, through a fleet of hostile British cruisers. 
The bright, animated boy spent a year and a-half 
in Paris, where his father was associated with 
Franklin and Lee as Minister Plenipotentiary. 
His intelligence attracted the notice of these dis- 
tinguished men, and he received from them flat- 
tering marks of attention. 

John Adams had scarcely returned to this 
country, in 1779, ere he was again sent abroad. 
Again John Quincy accompanied his father. At 
Paris he applied himself to study with great dil- 
igence for six months, and then accompanied his 
father to Holland, where he entered first a school 
in Amsterdam, then the University at Leyden. 
About a year from this time, in 1781, when ttie 
manly boy was but fourteen years of age, he was 
selected by Mr. Dana, our Minister to the Rus- 
sian court, as his private secretary. 

In this school of incessant labor and of ennobl- 
ing culture he spent fourteen months, and then 
returned to Holland, through Sweden, Denmark, 
Hamburg and Bremen. This long journey he 
took alone in the winter, when in his sixteenth 
year. Again he resumed his studies, under a pri- 
vate tutor, at The Hague. Then, in the spring of 
1782, he accompanied his father to Paris, travel- 
ing leisurely, and forming acquaintances with the 
most distinguished men on the continent, examin- 



ing architectural remains, galleries of paintings, 
and all renowned works of art. At Paris he 
again became associated with the most illustrious 
men of all lands in the contemplation of the 
loftiest temporal themes which can engross the 
human mind. After a short visit to England he 
returned to Paris, and consecrated all his energies 
to study until May, 1785, when he returned to 
America to finish his education. 

Upon leaving Har^'ard College at the age oi 
twenty, he studied law for three years. In jMne, 
1794, being then but twenty-seven years of age, 
he was appointed by Washington Resident Min- 
ister at the Netherlands. Sailing from Boston in 
July, he reached London in October, wlieie he 
was immediately admitted to the deliberations of 
Messrs. Jay & Pincknej', assisting them in nego- 
tiating a commercial treaty with Great Britain. 
After thus spending a fortnight in London, he 
proceeded to The Hague. 

In July, 1797, he left The Hague to go to Por- 
tugal as Minister Plenipotentiary. On his way to 
Portugal, upon arriving in London, he met with 
despatches directing him to the court of Berlin, bul 
requesting him to remain in London until he 
should receive his instructions. While waiting 
he was married to an American lady, to whom he 
had been previously engaged — Miss Louisa Cath- 
erine Johnson, a daughter of Joshua Johnson, 
American Comsul in London, and a lady en- 
dowed with that beauty and those accomplish- 
ments which eminently fitted her to move in the 
elevated sphere for which she was destined. He 
reached Berlin with his wife in November, 1797, 
where he remained until July, 1799, when, hav- 
ing fulfilled all the purposes of his mission, he so 
licited his recall. 

Soon after his return, in 1802, he was chosen 
to the Senate of Massachusetts from Boston, and 
then was elected Senator of the United States for 
six j'ears, from the 4th of March, 1804. His rep- 
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JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 



him immediately amoug the most prominent and 
influential members of that body. 

In 1809, Madison succeeded Jeiferson in the 
Presidential chair, and he immediately nominated 
John Quincy Adams Minister to St. Petersburgh. 
Resigning his professorship in Harvard Col- 
lege, he embarked at Boston in August, 1809. 

While in Russia, Mr. Adams was an intense 
student. He devoted his attention to the lan- 
guage and hi.stor3' of Russia; to the Chinese trade; 
to the European system of weights, measures and 
coins; to the climate and astronomical observa- 
tions; while he kept up a familiar acquaintance 
with the Greek and Latin cla.ssics. In all the 
universities of Europe, a more accomplished 
scholar could scarcely be found. All through 
life the Bible constituted an important part of his 
studies. It was his rule to read five chapters 
everj' day. 

On the 4th of March, 18 17, Mr. Monroe took 
the Presidential chair, and immediately appointed 
Mr. Adams Secretary of State. Taking leave of 
his numerous friends in public and private life in 
Europe, he sailed in June, 18 19, for the United 
States. On the i8th of August, he again crossed 
the threshold of his home in Quincy. During the 
eight years of Mr. Monroe's administration, Mr. 
Adams continued Secretarj' of State. 

Some time before the close of Mr. Monroe's 
second term of office, new candidates began to be 
presented for the Presidency. The friends of Mr. 
Adams brought forward his name. It was an 
exciting campaign, and party spirit was never 
more bitter. Two hundred and sixty electoral 
votes were cast. Andrew Jackson received ninety- 
nine; John Quincy Adams eighty-four; William 
H. Crawford forty-one; and Henry Clay thirt}'- 
seven. As there was no choice by the people, 
the question went to the Hou.se of Representa- 
tives. Mr. Clay gave the vote of Kentucky to 
Mr. Adams, and he was elected. 

The friends of all the disappointed candidates 
now combined in a venomous and persistent as- 
sault upon Mr. Adams. There is nothing more 
disgraceful in the past history of our countr\- than 
the abuse which was poured in one iminterrupted 
stream upon this high-minded, upright and pa- 



triotic man. There never was an administration 
more pure in principles, more conscientiously de- 
voted to the best interests of the country-, than 
that of John Quincy Adams; and never, perhaps, 
was there an administration more unscrupulously 
and outrageously assailed. 

On the 4th of March, 1829, Mr. Adams retired 
from the Presidenc>-, and was succeeded by An- 
drew Jackson. John C. Calhoun was elected 
Vice-President. The slavery question now be- 
gan to assume portentous magnitude. Mr. Adams 
returned to Quincy and to his studies, which he 
pursued with unabated zeal. But he was not 
long permitted to remain in retirement. In No- 
vember, 1830, he was elected Representative in 
Congress. For seventeen years, or until his death, 
he occupied the post as Representative, towering 
above all his peers, ever ready to do brave battle 
for freedom, and winning the title of "the Old 
Man Eloquent." Upon taking his seat in the 
House, he announced that he should hold him- 
self bound to no party. Probably there never 
was a member more devoted to his duties. He 
was usually the first in his place in the morning, 
and the last to leave his seat in the evening. 
Not a measure could be brought forward and es- 
cape his scrutiny. The battle which Mr. Adams 
fought, almost singly, against the pro- slavery 
party in the Government was sublime in its 
moral daring and heroism. For persisting in 
presenting petitions for the abolition of slavery, 
he was threatened with indictment by the grand 
jurj', with expulsion from the House, with assas- 
smation; but no threats could intimidate him, and 
his final triumph was complete. 

On the 2ist of February, 1848, he rose on the 
floor of Congress with a paper in his hand, to 
address the speaker. Suddenly he fell, again 
stricken by paral}'sis, and was caught in the arms 
of those around him. For a time he was sense- 
less, as he was conveyed to the sofa in the ro- 
tunda. With reviving consciousness, he opened 
his eyes, looked calmh- around and said "This 
is the end of earth;" then after a moment's pause 
he added, " I am content." These were the last 
words of the grand ' ' Old Man Eloquent. ' ' 




ANDREW JACKSON. 



ANDREW JACKSON. 



(31 NDREW JACKSON, the seventh President 
Ll of the United States, was born in Waxhaw 
/ I settlement, N. C, March 15, 1767, a few 
days after his father's death. His parents were 
poor emigrants from Ireland, and took up their 
abode in Waxhaw settlement, where they lived 
in deepest poverty. 

Andrew, or Andy, as he was universally called, 
grew up a very rough, rude, turbulent boy. His 
features were coarse, his form ungainly, and there 
was but ver>' little in his character made visible 
which was attractive. 

When only thirteen years old he joined the 
volunteers of Carolina against the British invasion. 
In 1 78 1, he and his brother Robert were captured 
and imprisoned for a time at Camden. A British 
officer ordered him to brush his mud-spattered 
boots. "lam a prisoner of war, not your serv- 
ant," was the reply of the dauntless boy. 

Andrew supported hiniselfin various ways, such 
as working at the saddler's trade, teaching school, 
and clerking in a general store, until 1784, when 
he entered a law office at Salisbury, N. C. He, 
however, gave more attention to the wild amuse- 
ments of the times than to his studies. In 1788, 
he was appointed solicitor for the Western District 
of North Carolina, of which Tennessee was then 
a part. This involved many long journeys amid 
dangers of every kind, but Andrew Jackson never 
knew fear, and the Indians had no desire to re- 
peat a skirmish with "Sharp Knife." 

In 1791, Mr. Jackson was married to a woman 
who supposed herself divorced from her former 
husband. Great was the surprise of both parties, 
two years later, to find that the conditions of the 
divorce had just been definitely settled by the 
first husband. The marriage ceremony was per- 
formed a second time, but the occurrence was 
often used by Iiis enemies to bring Mr. Jackson 
into disfavor. 



In January, 1796, the Territory of Tennessee 
then containing nearly eighty thousand inhabi- 
tants, the people met in convention at Knoxville 
to frame a constitution. Five were sent from 
each of the eleven counties. Andrew Jackson 
was one of the delegates. The new State was 
entitled to but one member in the National House 
of Representatives. Andrew Jackson was chosen 
that member. Mounting his horse, he rode to 
Philadelphia, where Congress then held its ses- 
sions, a distance of about eight hundred miles. 

Jackson was an earnest advocate of the Demo- 
cratic party, and Jefferson was his idol. He ad- 
mired Bonaparte, loved France, and hated Eng- 
land. As Mr. Jackson took his seat. Gen. Wash- 
ington, whose second term of office was then 
expiring, delivered his last speech to Congress. 
A committee drew up a complimentary address in 
reply. Andrew Jackson did not approve of the 
address, and was one of the twelve who voted 
against it. He was not willing to say that Gen. 
Washington's administration had been "wise, 
firm and patriotic." 

Mr. Jackson was elected to the United States 
Senate in 1797, but soon resigned and returned 
home. Soon after he was chosen Judge of the 
Supreme Court of his State, which position he 
held for six years. 

When the War of 181 2 with Great Britain com- 
menced, Madison occupied the Presidential chair. 
Aaron Burr sent word to the President that there 
was an unknown man in the West, Andrew Jack- 
son, who would do credit to a commission if one 
were conferred upon him. Just at that time Gen. 
Jackson offered his ser^dces and those of twenty- 
five hundred volunteers. His offer was accepted, 
and the troops were assembled at Nashville. 

As the British were hourly expected to make 
an attack upon New Orleans, where Gen. Wil- 
kinson was in command, he was ordered to de- 



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ANDREW JACKSON. 



scent! the river with fiiteen hundred troops to aid 
Wilkinson. The expedition reached Natchez, 
and after a delay of several weeks there without 
accomplishing anything, the men were ordered 
back to their homes. But the energy Gen. Jack- 
son had displayed, and his entire devotion to the 
comfort of his soldiers, won for him golden opin- 
ions, and he became the most popular man in the 
•State. It was in this expedition that his tough- 
ness gave him the nickname of "Old Hickory." 

Soon after this, while attempting to horsewhip 
Col. Thomas Benton for a remark that gentleman 
made about his taking part as second in a duel 
in which a younger brother of Benton's was en- 
gaged, he received two severe pistol wounds. 
While he was lingering upon a bed of suffering, 
news came that the Indians, who had combined 
under Tecumseh from Florida to the Lakes to ex- 
terminate the white settlers, were committing the 
most awful ravages. Decisive action became nec- 
essary. Gen. Jackson, with his fractured bone 
just beginning to heal, his arm in a sling, and 
unable to mount his horse without assistance, 
gave his amazing energies to the raising of an 
army to rendezvous at Fayettesville, Ala. 

The Creek Indians had established a strong 
fort on one of the bends of the Tallapoosa River, 
near the center of Alabama, about fifty miles be- 
low Ft. Strother. With an army of two thousand 
men, Gen. Jackson traversed the pathless wilder- 
ness in a march of eleven days. He reached their 
fort, called Tohopeka or Horse-shoe, on the 27th 
of March, 1814. The bend of the river enclosed 
nearly one hundred acres of tangled forest and 
wild ravine. Across the narrow neck the Indians 
had constructed a formidable breastwork of logs 
and brush. Here nine hundred warriors, with 
an ample supply of anns, were as.sembled. 

The fort was stormed. The fight was utterly 
desperate. Not an Indian would accept quarter. 
When bleeding and dying, thej- would fight those 
who endeavored to spare their lives. From ten 
in the morning until dark the battle raged. The 
carnage was awful and revolting. Some threw 
themselves into the river; but the unerring bul- 
lets struck their heads as thev swam. Nearly 
every one of the nine hundred warriors was 



killed. A few, probably, in the night swam 
the river and escaped. This ended the war 

This closing of the Creek War enabled us to 
concentrate all our militia upon the British, who 
were the allies of the Indians. No man of less 
resolute will than Gen. Jackson could have con- 
ducted this Indian campaign to so successful an 
issue. Immediately he was appointed Major- 
General. 

Late in August, with an army of two thousand 
men on a rushing march, Gen. Jackson went to 
Mobile. A British fleet went from Pensacola, 
landed a force upon the beach, anchored near the 
little fort, and from both ship and shore com- 
menced a furious assault. The battle was long 
and doubtful. At length one of the ships was 
blown up and the rest retired. 

Garrisoning Mobile, where he had taken his 
little army, he moved his troops to New Orleans, 
and the battle of New Orleans, which soon ensued, 
was in reality a very arduous campaign. This 
won for Gen. Jackson an imperishable name. 
Here his troops, which numbered about four 
thousand men, won a signal victory over the 
British army of about nine thousand. His loss 
was but thirteen, while the loss of the British was 
twenty-six hundred. 

The name of Gen. Jackson soon began to be 
mentioned in connection with the Presidency, 
but in 1824 he was defeated by Mr. Adams. 
He was, however, successful in the election of 
1828, and was re-elected for a second term in 
1832. In 1829, ju.st before he a.ssumed the reins 
of government, he met with the most terrible 
affliction of his life in the death of his wife, whom 
he had loved with a devotion which has perhaps 
never been surpa.ssed. From the shock of her 
death he never recovered. 

His administration was one of the most mem- 
orable in the annals of our country — applauded 
bj' one party, condemned by the other. No man 
had more bitter enemies or warmer friends. At 
the expiration of his two terms of office he retired 
to the Hermitage, where he died Jiuie 8, 1845. The 
last years of Mr. Jackson's life were those of a de- 
voted Christian man. 



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X 



MARTIN VAX DURHN. 



MARTIN VAN BUREN. 



jV^ARTTN VAN BUREN, the eighth iresi- 
I y dent of the United States, was born at Kin- 
|(i derhook, N. Y., December 5, 1782. He 
died at the same place, July 24, 1862. His body 
rests in the cemetery at Kinderhook. Above it is 
a plain granite shaft, fifteen feet high, bearing a 
simple inscription about half-way up on one face. 
The lot is unfenced, unbordered or unbounded 
by shrub or flower. 

There is but little in the life of Martin Van 
Buren of romantic interest. He fought no battles, 
engaged in no wild adventures. Though his life 
was stormy in political and intellectual conflicts, 
and he gained many signal victories, his days 
passed uneventful in those incidents which give 
zest to biography. His ancestors, as his name indi- 
cates, were of Dutch origin, and were among the 
earliest emigrants from Holland to the banks of 
the Hudson. His father was a farmer, residing 
in the old town of Kinderhook. His mother, also 
of Dutch lineage, was a woman of superior intel- 
ligence and exemplary piety. 

He was decidedly a precocious boy, developing 
unusual activity, vigor and strength of mind. At 
the age of fourteen, he had finished his academic 
studies in his native village, and commenced the 
study of law. As he had not a collegiate educa- 
tion, seven years of study in a law-oflSce were re- 
quired of him before he could be admitted to the 
Bar. Inspired with a lofty ambition, and con- 
scious of his powers, he pursued his studies with 
indefatigable industry. After spending six years 
in an office in his native village, he rvent to the city 
of New York, and prosecuted his studies for the 
seventh year. 

In 1803, Mr. Van Buren, then twenty -one years 



of age, commenced the practice of law in his na- 
tive village. The great conflict between the Federal 
and Republican parties was then at its height. 
Mr. Van Buren was from the beginning a politi- 
cian. He had, perhaps, imbibed that spirit while 
listening to the many discussions which had been 
carried on in his father's hotel. He was in cordial 
sympathy with Jefferson, and earnestly and elo- 
quently espoused the cause of State Rights, though 
at that time the Federal party held the supremacy 
both in his town and State. 

His success and increasing reputation led him 
after six years of practice to remove to Hudson, 
the county seat of his county. Here he spent 
seven years, constantly gaining strength by con- 
tending in the courts with some of the ablest men 
who have adorned the Bar of his State. 

Just before leaving Kinderhook for Hudson, Mr. 
Van Buren married a lady alike distinguished for 
beauty and accomplishments. After twelve short 
years she sank into the grave, a victim of con- 
sumption, leaving her husband and four sons to 
weep over her loss. For twenty-five years, Mr. 
Van Buren was an earnest, successful, assiduous 
lawyer. The record of those years is barren in 
items of public interest. In 18 12, when thirty 
years of age, he was chosen to the State Senate, 
and gave his strenuous support to Mr. Madison's 
administration. In 18 15, he was appointed At- 
torney-General, and the next year moved to Al- 
bany, the capital of the State. 

While he was acknowledged as one of the most 
prominent leaders of the Democratic party, he had 
the moral courage to avow that true democracy did 
not require that "universal suff'rage' ' which admit.^ 
the vile, the degraded, the ignorant, to the right 



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of governing the State. In true consistency with 
his democratic principles, he contended that, while 
the path leading to the privilege of voting should 
be open to every man without distinction, no one 
should be invested with that sacred prerogative 
unless he were in some degree qualified for it by 
intelligence, virtue, and some property interests in 
the welfare of the State. 

In 1 82 1 he was elected a member of the United 
States Senate, and in the same year he took a 
seat in the convention to revise the Constitution of 
his native State. His course in this convention 
secured the approval of men of all parties. No 
one could doubt the singleness of his endeavors to 
promote the interests of all classes in the com- 
munity. In the Senate of the United States, he 
rose at once to a conspicuous position as an active 
and useful legislator. 

In 1827, John Quincy Adams being then in the 
Presidential chair, Mr. Van Buren was re-elected 
to the Senate. He had been from the beginning 
a determined opposer of the administration, adopt- 
ing the ' 'State Rights' ' view in opposition to what 
was deemed the Federal proclivities of Mr. Adams. 

Soon after this, in 1828, he was chosen Governor 
of the State of New York, and accordingly resigned 
his .seat in the Senate. Probably no one in the 
United States contributed so much towards eject- 
ing John Q. Adams from the Presidential chair, 
and placing in it Andrew Jackson, as did Martin 
Van Buren. Whether entitled to the reputation 
or not, he certainly was regarded throughout the 
United States as one of the most skillful, .sagacious 
and cunning of politicians. It was supposed that 
no one knew so well as he how to touch the secret 
springs of action, how to pull all the wires to 
put his machinery in motion, and how to organize 
a political army which would secretly and stealth- 
ily accomplish the mo.st gigantic results. By these 
powers it is said that he outwitted Mr. Adams, Mr. 
Olay, and Mr. Webster, and secured results which 
ew then thought could be accomplished. 

When Andrew Jackson was elected President 
lie appointed Mr. Van Buren Secretary of State. 
This position he resigned in 1831, and was im- 
mediately appointed Minister to England, where 
he went the same autumn. The Senate, however. 



when it met, refused to ratify the nomination, and 
he returned home, apparently untroubled. Later 
he was nominated Vice-President in the place of 
Calhoun, at the re-election of President Jackson, 
and with smiles for all and frowns for none, he 
took his place at the head of that Senate which had 
refused to confirm his nomination as ambassador. 

His rejection by the Senate roused all the zeal 
of President Jackson in behalf of his repudiated 
favorite; and this, probably, more than any other 
cause .secured his elevation to the chair of the 
Chief Executive. On the 20th of May, 1836, Mr. 
Van Buren received the Democratic nomination 
to succeed Gen. Jackson as President of the United 
States. He was elected by a handsome majority, 
to the delight of the retiring President. ' 'Leaving 
New York out of the canvass," says Mr. Parton, 
"the election of Mr. Van Buren to the Presidency 
was as much the act of Gen. Jackson as though 
the Constitution had conferred upon him the power 
to appoint a successor." 

His administration was filled with exciting 
events. The insurrection in Canada, which 
threatened to involve this country in war with 
England, the agitation of the slavery question, 
and finally the great commercial panic which 
spread over the country, all were trials of his wis- 
dom. The financial distress was attributed to 
the management of the Democratic party, and 
brought the President into such disfavor that he 
failed of re-election, and on the 4th of March, 
1 84 1, he retired from the presidency. 

With the exception of being nominated for the 
Presidency by the "Free Soil" Democrats in 1848, 
Mr. Van Buren lived quietly upon his estate until 
his death. He had ever been a prudent man, of 
frugal habits, and, living within his income, had 
now fortunately a competence for his declining 
years. From his fine estate at Lindenwald, he 
still exerted a powerful influence upon the politics 
of the country. From this time until his death, 
on the 24th of July, 1862, at the age of eighty 
years, he resided at Lindenwald, a gentleman of 
leisure, of culture and wealth, enjoying in a 
healthy old age probably far more happiness than 
he had before experienced amid the stormy scenes 
of his active life. 




WILLIAM H. HARRISON. 



WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 



pCJlLLIAM HENRY HARRISON, the ninth 
\ A / Piesideiit of the United States, was born 
YY at Berkele}', Va. , February 9, 1773. His 
father, Benjamin Harrison, was in comparatively 
opulent circumstances, and was one of the most 
distinguished men of his day. He was an inti- 
mate friend of George Washington, was early 
elected a member of the Continental Congress, 
and was conspicuous among the patriots of Vir- 
ginia in resisting the encroachments of the British 
crown. In the celebrated Congress of 1775, Ben- 
jamin Harrison and John Hancock were both 
candidates for the office of Speaker. 

Mr. Harrison was subsequently chosen Gov- 
ernor of Virginia, and was twice re-elected. His 
son William Henry, of course, enjoyed in child- 
hood all the advantages which wealth and intel- 
lectual and cultivated society could give. Hav- 
ing received a thorough common-school educa- 
tion, he entered Hampden Sidney College, where 
he graduated with honor soon after the death of 
his father. He then repaired to Philadelphia to 
study medicine under the instructions of Dr. Rush 
and the guardian.ship of Robert Morris, both of 
whom were, with his father, signers of the Dec- 
laration of Independence. 

Upon the outbreak of the Indian troubles, and 
notwithstanding the remonstrances of his friends, 
he abandoned his medical studies and entered the 
army, having obtained a commission as Ensign 
from President Washington. He was then but 
nineteen years old. From that time he passed 
gradually upward in rank until he became aide 
to Gen. Wayne, after whose death he resigned 
his commission. He was then appointed Secre- 
tar>- of the Northwestern Territory. This Terri- 
torj- was then entitled to but one member in Con- 



gress, and Harrison was chosen to fill that position. 
In the spring of 1800 the Northwestern Terri- 
tory was divided by Congress into two portions. 
The eastern portion, comprising the region now 
embraced in the State of Ohio, was called ' ' The 
Territory northwest of the Ohio. ' ' The western 
portion, which included what is now called Indi- 
ana, Illinois and Wisconsin, was called "the Indi- 
ana Territory." William Henry Harrison, then 
twenty-seven years of age, was appointed by John 
Adams Governor of the Indiana Territory, and 
immediately after also Governor of Upper Loui- 
siana. He was thus ruler over almost as exten- 
sive a realm as any sovereign upon the globe. 
He was Superintendent of Indian Affairs, and 
was invested with powers nearly dictatorial over 
the then rapidly increasing white population. The 
ability and fidelity with which he discharged 
these responsible duties may be inferred from the 
fact that he was four times appointed to this 
office — first by John Adams, twice by Thomas 
Jefferson, and afterwards by President Madison. 

When he began his administration there were 
but three white settlements in that almost bound- 
le.ss region, now crowded with cities and resound- 
ing with all the tumult of wealth and traffic. 
One of these settlements was on the Ohio, nearly 
opposite Louisville; one at Vincennes, on the 
Wabash; and the third was a French settlement. 

The vast wilderness over which Gov. Harrison 
reigned was filled with many tribes of Indians. 
About the year 1806, two extraordinarj' men, 
twin brothers of the vShawnee tribe, rose among 
them. One of the.se was called Tecumseh, or 
"the Crouching Panther;" the other Olliwa- 
checa, or "the Prophet." Tecumseh was not 
only an Indian warrior, but a man of great sagaq- 



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WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON. 



ity, far-reaching foresight and indomitable perse- 
verance in any enterprise in which he might en- 
gage. His brother, the Prophet, was an orator, 
who could sway the feelings of the untutored In- 
dians as the gale tossed the tree-tops beneath 
which they dwelt. With an enthusiasm unsur- 
passed by Peter the Hermit rousing Europe to the 
crusades, he went from tribe to tribe, assuming 
that he was specially sent by the Great Spirit. 

Gov. Harrison made many attempts to con- 
ciliate the Indians, but at last war came, and at 
Tippecanoe the Indians were routed with great 
slaughter. October 28, 18 12, his army began its 
march. When near the Prophet's town, three 
Indians of rank made their appearance and in- 
quired why Gov. Harrison was approaching them 
in so hostile an attitude. After a short confer- 
ence, arrangements were made for a meeting the 
next day to agree upon terms of peace. 

But Gov. Harrison was too well acquainted 
with the Indian character to be deceived by such 
protestations. Selecting a favorable spot for his 
night's encampment, he took every precaution 
against surprise. His troops were posted in a 
hollow square and slept upon their arms. The 
wakeful Governor, between three and four o'clock 
in the morning, had risen, and was sitting 
in conversation with his aides by the embers 
of a waning fire. It was a chill, cloudy morning, 
with a drizzling rain. In the darkness, the In- 
dians had crept as near as possible, and just then, 
with a savage yell, rushed, with all the despera- 
tion which superstition and passion most highly 
inflamed could give, upon the left flank of the 
little army. The savages had been amply pro- 
vided with guns and ammunition by the English, 
and their war-whoop was accompanied by a 
shower of bullets. 

The camp-fires were instantly extingmshed, as 
the light aided the Indians in their aim, and 
Gen. Harrison's troops stood as immovable as 
the rocks around them until day dawned, when 
they made a simultaneous charge with the bayo- 
net and swept everything before them, completely 
routing the foe. 

Gov. Harrison now had all his energies tasked 
to the utmost. The British, descending from the 



Canadas, were of themselves a very formidable 
force, but with their savage allies rushing like 
wolves from the forest, burning, plundering, scalp- 
ing, torturing, the wide frontier was plunged into 
a state of consternation which even the most vivid 
imagination can but faintly conceive. Gen. Hull 
had made an ignominious surrender of his forces at 
Detroit. Under these despairing circumstances. 
Gov. Harrison was appointed by President Madi- 
son Commander-in-Chief of the Northwestern 
Army, with orders to retake Detroit and to protect 
the frontiers. It would be difficult to place a man 
in a situation demanding more energy-, sagacity 
and courage, but he was found equal to the 
position, and nobly and triumphantly did he meet 
all the responsibilities. 

In 1816, Gen. Harrison was chosen a member 
of the National House of Representatives, to rep- 
resent the District of Ohio. In Congress he proved 
an active member, and whenever he spoke it was 
with a force of reason and power of eloquence 
which arrested the attention of all the members. 

In 18 19, Harrison was elected to the Senate of 
Ohio, and in 1824, as one of the Presidential Elec- 
tors of that State, he gave his vote for Henry 
Clay. The same year he was chosen to the Uni- 
ted States Senate. In 1836 his friends brought 
him forward as a candidate for the Presidency 
against Van Buren, but he was defeated. At the 
close of Mr. Van Buren 's term, he was re-nom- 
inated by his party, and Mr. Harrison was unani- 
mously nominated by the Whigs, with John Tyler 
for the Vice-Presidency. The contest was very 
animated. Gen. Jackson gave all his influence to 
prevent Harrison's election, but his triumph was 
signal. 

The cabinet which he formed, with Daniel Web- 
ster at its head as Secretarj- of State, was one of 
the most brilliant with which any President had 
ever been surrounded. Never were the prospects 
of an administration more flattering, or the hopes 
of the country more sanguine. In the midst of 
these bright and joyous prospects. Gen. Harrison 
was seized by a pleurisy-fever, and after a few 
days of violent sickness died, on the 4th of April, 
just one month after his inauguration as President 
of the United States, 




JOHN TYLKR. 



JOHN TYLER. 



(TOHN TYLER, the tenth President of the 
I United States, and was bom in Charles 
(2/ City County, Ya., March 29, 1790. He was 
the favored child of aiBuence and high social po- 
sition. At the early age of twelve, John entered 
William and Mary College, and graduated with 
much honor when but seventeen years old. After 
graduating, he devoted himself with great assi- 
duity to the study of law, partly with his father 
and partly with Edmund Randolph, one of the 
most distinguished lawyers of Virginia. 

At nineteen years of age, he commenced the 
practice of law. His success was rapid and as- 
tonishing. It is said that three months had not 
elapsed ere there was scarcely a case on the 
docket of the court in which he was not retained. 
When but twenty-one years of age, he was almost 
unanimously elected to a seat in the State Legis- 
lature. He connected himself with the Demo- 
cratic party, and warmly advocated the measures 
of Jefferson and Madison. For five successive 
years he was elected to the Legislature, receiving 
nearly the unanimous vote of his county. 

When but twenty-six years of age, he was 
elected a Member of Congress. Here he acted ear- 
nestly and ably with the Democratic party, oppos- 
ing a national bank, internal improvements by 
the General Government, and a protective tariff; 
advocating a strict construction of the Constitu- 
tion and the most careful vigilance over State 
rights. His labors in Congress were so arduous 
that before the close of his second term he found 
it necessary to resign and retire to his estate in 
Charles City County to recruit his health. He, 
however, soon after consented to take his seat in 
the State Legislature, where his influence was 
powerful in promoting public works of great 
utility. With a reputation thus constantly in- 
creasing, he was chosen by a very large majority 
of votes Governor of his native State. His ad- 
ministration was a signally successful one, and his 
popularity secured his re-election, 



John Randolph, a brilliant, erratic, half-crazed 
man, then represented Virginia in the Senate of 
the United States. A portion of the Democratic 
party was displeased with Mr. Randolph's way- 
ward course, and brought forward John Tyler as 
his opponent, considering him the only man in 
Virginia of sufficient popularity to succeed 
against the renowned orator of Roanoke. Mr. 
Tyler was the victor. 

In accordance with his professions, upon tak- 
ing his seat in the Senate he joined the ranks of 
the opposition. He opposed the tariff, and spoke 
against and voted against the bank as unconsti- 
tutional; he strenuously opposed all restrictions 
upon slavery, resisting all projects of internal im- 
provements by the General Government, and 
avowed his sympathy with Mr. Calhoun's view 
of nullification; he declared that Gen. Jackson, 
by his opposition to the nuUifiers, had abandoned 
the principles of the Democratic party. Such 
was Mr. Tyler's record in Congress — a record in 
perfect accordance with the principles which he 
had always avowed. 

Returning to Virginia, he resumed the practice 
of his profession. There was a split in the Demo- 
cratic party. His friends still regarded him as a 
true Jeffersonian, gave him a dinner, and show- 
ered compliments upon him. He had now at- 
tained the age of forty-six, and his career had been 
very brilliant. In consequence of his devotion to 
public business, his private affairs had fallen into 
some disorder, and it was not without satisfac- 
tion that he resumed the practice of law, and de- 
voted himself to the cultivation of his plantation. 
Soon after this he removed to Williamsburg, for 
the better education of his children, and he again 
took his seat in the Legislature of Virginia. 

By the southern Whigs he was sent to the 
national convention at Harrisburg in 1839 to nom- 
inate a President. The majority of votes were 
given to Gen Harrison, a genuine Whig, much 
to the disappointment of the South, which wished 



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JOHN TYLER. 



for Henry Clay. To conciliate the southern 
Whigs and to secure their vote, the convention 
then nominated John Tyler for Vice-President. 
It was well known that he was not in sympathy 
with the Whig party in the North; but the Vice- 
President has very little power in the Govern- 
ment, his main and almost only dutj' being to 
preside over the meetings of the Senate. Thus it 
happened that a Whig President and, in reality, 
a Democratic Vice-President were chosen. 

In 1841, Mr. Tyler was inaugurated Vice- 
President of the United States. In one short 
month from that time. President Harrison died, 
and Mr. Tyler thus found himself, to his own 
surprise and that of the whole nation, an occu- 
pant of the Presidential chair. Hastening from 
Williamsburg to Washington, on the 6th of 
April he was inaugurated to the high and re- 
sponsible office. He was placed in a position of 
exceeding delicacy and difficulty. All his long 
life he had been opposed to the main principles of 
the party which had brought him into power. 
He had ever been a consistent, honest man, with 
an unblemished record. Gen. Harrison had se- 
lected a Whig cabinet. Should he retain them, 
and thus surround himself with counselors whose 
views were antagonistic to his own ? or, on the 
other hand, should he turn against the party 
which had elected him, and select a cabinet in 
harmony with himself, and which would oppose 
all those views which the Whigs deemed essen- 
tial to the public welfare ? This was his fearful 
dilemma. He invited the cabinet which Presi- 
dent Harrison had selected to retain their seats, 
and recommended a day of fasting and prayer, 
that God would guide and bless us. 

The Whigs carried through Congress a bill for 
the incorporation of a fiscal bank of ;he United 
States. The President, after ten days' delay, re- 
turned it with his veto. He suggested, however, 
that he would approve of a bill drawn up upon 
such a plan as he proposed. Such a bill was ac- 
cordingly prepared, and privately submitted to 
him. He gave it his approval. It was passed 
without alteration, and he sent it back with his 
veto. Here commenced the open rupture. It is 
said that Mr, Tyler was provoked to this meas- 



ure by a published letter from the Hon. John M. 
Botts, a distingui.shed Virginia Whig, who se- 
verely touched the pride of the President. 

The opposition now exultingly received the 
President into their arms. The party which 
elected him denounced him bitterly. All the 
members of his cabinet, excepting Mr. Webster, 
resigned. The Whigs of Congress, both the 
Senate and the House, held a meeting and issued 
an address to the people of the United States, 
proclaiming that all political alliance between the 
Whigs and President Tyler was at an end. 

Still the President attempted to conciliate. He 
appointed a new cabinet of distinguished Whigs 
and Conservatives, carefully leaving out all strong 
party men. Mr. Webster soon found it necessary 
to resign, forced out by the pressure of his Whig 
friends. Thus the four years of Mr. Tyler's un- 
fortunate administration passed sadly away. No 
one was satisfied. The land was filled with mur- 
murs and vituperation. Whigs and Democrats 
alike assailed him. More and more, however, he 
brought himself into sympathy with his old 
friends, the Democrats, until at the close of his 
term he gave his whole influence to the support 
of Mr. Polk, the Democratic candidate for his 
successor. 

On the 4th of March, 1845, President Tyler re- 
tired from the harassments of office, to the regret 
of neither party, and probably to his own unspeak- 
able relief The remainder of his days were 
passed mainly in the retirement of his beautiful 
home — Sherwood Forest, Charles City County, 
Va. His first wife. Miss Letitia Christian, died 
in Washington in 1842; and in June, 1844, 
he was again married, at New York, to Miss Julia 
Gardiner, a young lady of many personal and 
intellectual accomplishments. 

When the great Rebellion rose, which the 
State Rights and nullifying doctrines of John C. 
Calhoun had inaugurated. President Tyler re- 
nounced his allegiance to the United States, and 
joined the Confederates. He was chosen a mem- 
ber of their Congress, and while engaged in 
active measures to destroy, by force of arms, the 
Government over which he had once presided, he 
was taken .sick and soon died. 




JAMES K. POLK. 



JAMES K. POLK. 



^AMES K. POLK, the eleventh President of 
I the United States, was bom in Mecklenburgh 
(2/ County, N. C, November 2, 1795. His 
parents were Samuel and Jane (Knox) Polk, the 
former a son of Col. Thomas Polk, who located 
at the above place, as one of the first pioneers, in 
1735. In 1806, with his wife and children, and 
soon after followed by most of the members of the 
Polk family, Samuel Polk emigrated some two or 
three hundred miles farther west, to the rich val- 
ley of the Duck River. Here, in the midst of the 
wilderness, in a region which was subsequently 
called Maury County, they erected their log huts 
and established their homes. In the hard toil of 
a new farm in the wilderness, James K. Polk 
spent the early years of his childhood and youth. 
His father, adding the pursuit of a surveyor to 
that of a farmer, gradually increased in wealth, 
until he became one of the leading men of the 
region. His mother was a superior woman, of 
strong common sense and earnest piety. 

Very early in life James developed a taste for 
reading, and expressed the strongest desire to ob- 
tain a liberal education. His mother's training 
had made him methodical in his habits, had taught 
him punctuality and industry, and had inspired 
him with lofty principles of morality. His health 
was frail, and his father, fearing that he might not 
be able to endure a sedentary life, got a situation 
for him behind the counter, hoping to fit him for 
commercial pursuits. 

This was to James a bitter disappointment. He 
had no taste for these duties, and his daily tasks 
were irksome in the extreme. He remained in this 
uncongenial occupation but a few v-^ks, when, 
at his earnest solicitation, his father removed 
him and made arrangements for him to pros- 
ecute his studies. Soon after he sent him to Mur- 
freesboro Academy. With ardor which could 
scarcely be surpassed, he pressed forward in his 



studies, and in less than two and a-half years, in 
the autumn of 18 15, entered the sophomore class 
in the University of North Carolina, at Chapel 
Hill. Here he was one of the most exemplary of 
scholars, punctual in everj' exercise, never allow- 
ing himself to be absent from a recitation or a 
religious service. 

Mr. Polk graduated in 1818, with the highest 
honors, being deemed the best scholar of his class, 
both in mathematics and the classics. He was 
then twenty -three years of age. His health was 
at this time much impaired by the assiduity with 
which he had prosecuted his studies. After a 
short season of relaxation, he went to Nashville, 
and entered the office of Felix Grundy, to study 
law. Here Mr. Polk renewed his acquaintance 
with Andrew Jackson, who resided on his planta- 
tion, the "Hermitage," but a few miles from 
Nashville. They had probably been slightly ac- 
quainted before. 

Mr. Polk's father was a Jeffersonian Republican 
and James K. adhered to the same political faith. 
He was a popular public speaker, and was con- 
stantly called upon to address the meetings of his 
party friends. His skill as a speaker was such 
that he was popularly called the Napoleon of the 
stump. He was a man of unblemished morals, 
genial and courteous in his bearing, and with that 
sympathetic nature in the joys and griefs of oth- 
ers which gave him hosts of friends. In 1823, 
he was elected to the Legislature of Tennessee, 
and gave his strong influence toward the election 
of his friend, Mr. Jackson, to the Presidency of 
the United States. 

In January, 1824, Mr. Polk married Miss Sarah 
Childress, of Rutherford County, Tenn. His 
bride was altogether worthy of him — a lady of 
beauty and culture. In the fall of 1825 Mr. Polk 
was chosen a member of Congress, and the satis- 
faction he gave his constituents may be inferred 



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JAMES K. POLK. 



from the fact, that for fourteen successive years, 
or until 1839, he was continued in that office. He 
then voluntarily withdrew, only that he might 
accept the Gubernatorial chair of Tennessee. In 
Congress he was a laborious member, a frequent 
and a popular speaker. He was always in his 
seat, alwa}'S courteous, and whenever he spoke 
it was always to the point, without any ambitious 
rhetorical display. 

During five sessions of Congress Mr. Polk was 
Speaker of the House. Strong passions were 
roused and stormj' sceiies were witnessed, but he 
performed his arduous duties to a very general 
satisfaction, and a unanimous vote of thanks to 
him was passed by the House as he withdrew on 
the 4th of March, 1839. 

In accordance with Southern usage, Mr. Polk, 
as a candidate for Governor, canvassed the State. 
He was elected by a large majority, and on Octo- 
ber 14, 1839, took the oath of office at Nashville. 
In 1 841 his term of office expired, and he was 
again the candidate of the Democratic party, but 
was defeated. 

On the 4th of March, 1845, Mr. Polk was in- 
augurated President of the United States. The 
verdict of the country in favor of the annexation 
of Texas exerted its influence upon Congress, 
and the last act of the administration of President 
Tyler was to affix his signature to a joint resolu- 
tion of Congress, passed on the 3d of March, ap- 
proving of the annexation of Texas to the Union. 
As Mexico .still claimed Texas as one of her 
provinces, the Mexican Minister, Almonte, im- 
mediately demanded his pa.ssports and left the 
country, declaring the act of the annexation to be 
an act hostile to Mexico. 

In his first message, President Polk urged that 
Texas should immediately, by act of Congress, be 
received into the Union on the same footing with 
the other States. In the mean time, Gen. Taylor 
was sent with an army into Texas to hold the 
country. He was first sent to Nueces, which the 
Mexicans said was the western boundary of Tex- 
as. Then he was sent nearly two hundred miles 
further west, to the Rio Grande, where he erected 
batteries which commanded the Mexican city of 
Matamoras, which was situated on the western 



banks. The anticipated collision soon took place, 
and war was declared against Mexico by President 
Polk. The war was pushed forward by his ad- 
ministration with great vigor. Gen. Taylor, 
whose army was first called one of ' ' observ^ation, ' ' 
then of "occupation," then of "invasion," was 
sent forward to Monterey. The feeble Mexicans 
in every encounter were hopelessly slaughtered. 
The day of judgment alone can reveal the misery- 
which this war caused. It was by the ingenuity 
of Mr. Polk's administration that the war was 
brought on. 

"To the victors belong the spoils." Mexico 
was prostrate before us. Her capital was in our 
hands. We now consented to peace upon the 
condition that Mexico should surrender to us, in 
addition to Texas, all of New Mexico, and all of 
Upper and Lower California. This new demand 
embraced, exclusive of Texas, eight hundred 
thousand square miles. This was an extent of 
territory equal to nine States of the size of New 
York. Thus slavery was securing eighteen ma- 
jestic States to be added to the Union. There 
were some Americans who thought it all right; 
there were others who thought it all wrong. In 
the prosecution of this war we expended twenty 
thousand lives and more than $100,000,000. Of 
this money $15,000,000 were paid to Mexico. 

On the 3d of March, 1849, Mr. Polk retired 
from office, having served one term. The next 
day was Sunday. On the 5th, Gen. Taylor was 
inaugurate 1 as his successor. Mr. Polk rode to 
the Capitol in the same carriage with Gen. Tay- 
lor, and the same evening, with Mrs. Polk, he 
commenced his return to Tennessee. He was 
then but fifty-four years of age. He had always 
been strictly temperate in all his habits, and his 
health was good. With an ample fortune, a 
choice library, a cultivated mind, and domestic 
ties of the dearest nature, it seemed as though 
long years of tranquillity and happiness were be- 
fore him. But the cholera — that fearful scourge 
— was then sweeping up the Valley of the Missis- 
sippi, and he contracted the disease, dying on the 
15th of June, 1849, in the fifty-fourth year of his 
age, greatly mourned by his countrjmen. 




ZACIIARV TAVI.OR. 



ZACHARY TAYLOR. 



G7ACHARY TAYLOR, twelfth President of 
A the United States, was bom on the 24th of 
/^ November, 1784, in Orange County, Va. 
His father. Col. Taylor, was a Virginian of 
note, and a distinguished patriot and soldier of 
the Revolution. When Zacharj' was an infant, 
his father, with his wife and two children, emi- 
grated to Kentuck}', where he settled in the path- 
less wilderness, a few miles from Louisville. In 
this frontier home, away from civilization and all 
its refinements, young Zacharj^ could enjoy but 
few social and educational advantages. When 
six years of age he attended a common school, 
and was then regarded as a bright, active boy, 
rather remarkable for bluntness and decision of 
character. He was strong, fearless and self-reli- 
ant, and manifested a strong desire to enter the 
army to fight the Indians, who were ravaging the 
frontiers. There is little to be recorded of the 
uneventful years of his childhood on his father's 
large but lonely plantation. 

In 1808, his father succeeded in obtaining for 
him a commission as Lieutenant in the United 
States army, and he joined the troops which were 
stationed at New Orleans under Gen. Wilkinson. 
Soon after this he married Miss Margaret Smith, 
a young lady from one of the first families of 
Maryland. 

Immediately after the declaration of war with 
England, in 1812, Capt. Taylor (for he had then 
been promoted to that rank) was put in command 
of Ft. Harrison, on the Wabash, about fifty miles 
above Vincennes. This fort had been built in the 
wilderness by Gen. Harrison, on his march to 
Tippecanoe. It was one of the first points of at- 
tack by the Indians, led by Tecumseh. Its garri- 
son consisted of a broken company of infantry^ 
numbering fifty men, many of whom were sick. 

Early in the autumn of 181 2, the Indians, 
stealthily, and in large numbers, moved upon the 



fort. Their approach was first indicated by tbfe 
murder of two soldiers just outside of the stockade. 
Capt. Taylor made every possible preparation to 
meet the anticipated assault. On the 4th of Sep- 
tember, a band of fortj' painted and plumed sav- 
ages came to the fort, waving a white flag, and 
informed Capt. Taylor that in the morning their 
chief would come to have a talk with him. It 
was evident that their object was merely to ascer- 
tain the state of things at the fort, and Capt. 
Taylor, well versed in the wiles of the savages, 
kept them at a distance. 

The sun went down; ihe savages disappeared; 
the garrison slept upon their arms. One hour 
before midnight the war-whoop burst from a 
thousand lips in the forest around, followed by 
the discharge of musketry and the rush of the 
foe. Every man, sick and well, sprang to his 
post. Every man knew that defeat was not 
merely death, but, in the case of capture, death by 
the most agonizing and prolonged torture. No 
pen can describe, no imagination can conceive, the 
scenes which ensued. The savages succeeded in 
setting fire to one of the block-houses. Until six 
o'clock in the morning this awful conflict con- 
tinued, when the savages, bafiBed at every point 
and gnashing their teeth with rage, retired. 
Capt. Taylor, for this gallant defense, was pro- 
moted to the rank of Major by brevet. 

Until the close of the war, Maj. Taylor was 
placed in such situations that he saw but little 
more of active service. He was sent far away 
into the depths of the wilderness to Ft. Craw- 
ford, on Fox River, which empties into Green 
Bay. Here there was little to be done but to 
wear away the tedious hours as one best could. 
There were no books, no society, no intellectual 
stimulus. Thus with him the uneventful years 
rolled on. Gradually he rose to the rank of 
Colonel. In the Black Hawk War, which re- 



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suited iu the capture of that renowned chieftain, 
Col. Taylor took a subordinate, but a brave and 
efficient, part. 

For twenty-four years Col. Taylor was engaged 
in the defense of the frontiers, in scenes so re- 
mote, and in employments so obscure, that his 
name was unknown beyond the limits of his own 
immediate acquaintance. In the year 1836, he 
was sent to Florida to compel the Seminole Indi- 
ans to vacate that region, and retire beyond the 
Mississippi, as their chiefs by treaty had prom- 
ised they should do. The services rendered here 
secured for Col. Taylor the high appreciation of 
the Government, and as a reward he was ele- 
vated to the high rank of Brigadier- General by 
brevet, and soon after, in May, 1838, was ap- 
pointed to the chief command of the United 
States troops in Florida. 

After two years of wearisome employment 
amidst the everglades of the Peninsula, Gen. Tay- 
lor obtained, at his own request, a change of 
command, and was stationed over the Department 
of the Southwest. This field embraced Louisiana, 
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia. Establishing 
his headquarters at Ft. Jessup, in Louisiana, he 
removed his family to a plantation which he pur- 
chased near Baton Rouge. Here he remained 
for five years, buried, as it were, from the world, 
but faithfully discharging every duty imposed 
upon liim. 

In 1846, Gen. Taylor was sent to guard the 
land between the Nueces and Rio Grande, the 
latter river being the boundary of Texas, which 
was then claimed by the United States. Soon 
the war with Mexico was brought on, and at Palo 
Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Gen. Taylor won 
brilliant victories over the Mexicans. The rank 
of Major-General by brevet was then conferred 
upon Gen. Taylor, and his name was received 
with enthusiasm almost everywhere in the na- 
tion. Then came the battles of Monterey and 
Buena Vista, in which he won signal victories 
over forces much larger than he commanded. 

The tidings of the brilliant victory of Buena 
Vista spread the wildest enthusiasm over the 
country. The name of Gen. Taylor was on 
every one's lips. The Whig party decided to 



take advantage of this wonderful popularity in 
bringing forward the unpolished, unlettered, hon- 
est .soldier as their candidate for the Presidency. 
Gen. Taylor was astonished at the announce- 
ment, and for a time would not listen to it, de- 
claring that he was not at all qualified for such 
an office. So little interest had he taken in poli- 
tics, that for forty years he had not cast a vote. 
It was not without chagrin that several distin- 
guished .statesmen, who had been long years in 
the public service, found their claims set aside in 
behalf of one whose name had never been heard 
of, save in connection with Palo Alto, Resaca de 
la Palma, Monterey and Buena Vista. It is said 
that Daniel Webster, in his haste, remarked, " It 
is a nomination not fit to be made." 

Gen. Taylor was not an eloquent speaker nor a 
fine writer. His friends took possession of him, 
and prepared such few communications as it was 
needful should be presented to the public. The 
popularity of the successful warrior swept the 
land. He was triumphantly elected over two 
opposing candidates, — Gen. Cass and Ex-Presi- 
dent Martin Van Buren, Though he selected an 
excellent cabinet, the good old man found himself 
in a very uncongenial position, and was at times 
sorely perplexed and harassed. His mental suf- 
ferings were very severe, and probabl)' tended to 
hasten his death. The pro-slavery party was 
pushing its claims with tirele.ss energ}'; expedi- 
tions were fitting out to capture Cuba; California 
was pleading for admission to the Union, while 
slavery stood at the door to bar her out. Gen. 
Taylor found the political conflicts in Washington 
to be far more trying to the nerves than battles 
with Mexicans or Indians. 

In the midst of all these troubles. Gen. Taylor, 
after he had occupied the Presidential chair but 
little over a year, took cold, and after a brief 
sickness of but little over five days, died, on the 
gth of July, 1850. His last words were, "I am 
not afraid to die. I am ready. I have endeav- 
ored to do my duty." He died universally re- 
spected and beloved. An honest, unpretending 
man, he had been steadily growing in the affec- 
tions of the people, and the Nation bitterly la- 
mented his death. 




MILLARD FILLMORE. 



MILLARD FILLMORE. 



y yilLLARD FILLMORE, thirteenth President 
y of the United States, was born at Summer 
a Hill, Cayuga County, N. Y. , on the 7th of 
January, 1800. His father was a farmer, and, owing 
to misfortune, in humble circumstances. Of his 
mother, the daughter of Dr. Abiathar Millard, of 
Pittsfield, Mass., it has been said that she pos- 
sessed an intellect of a high order, united with 
much personal loveliness, sweetness of disposi- 
tion, graceful manners and exquisite sensibilities. 
She died in 1831, having lived to see her son a 
young man of distinguished promise, though she 
was not permitted to witness the high dignity 
which he finally attained. 

In consequence of the secluded home and limited 
means of his father, Millard enjoyed but slender 
advantages for education in his early years. The 
common schools, which he occasionally attended, 
were very imperfect institutions, and books were 
scarce and expensive. There was nothing then 
in his character to indicate the brilliant career 
upon which he was about to enter. He was a 
plain farmer's boy — intelligent, good-looking, 
kind-hearted. The sacred influences of home 
had taught him to revere the Bible, and had laid 
the foundations of an upright character. When 
fourteen j-ears of age, his father sent him some 
hundred miles from home to the then wilds of 
Livingston County, to learn the trade of a clothier. 
Near the mill there was a small village, where 
some enterprising man had commenced the col- 
lection of a village library. This proved an in- 
estimable blessing to young Fillmore. His even- 
ings were spent iu reading. Soon every leisure 
moment was occupied with books. His thirst for 
knowledge became in.satiate, and the selections 
which he made were continually more elevating 
and instructive. He read history, biography, 
oratorj-, and thus gradually there was enkindled 



in his heart a desire to be something more than a 
mere worker with his hands. 

The young clothier had now attained the age 
of nineteen years, and was of fine personal appear- 
ance and of gentlemanly demeanor. It so hap- 
pened that there was a gentleman in the neigh- 
borhood of ample pecuniary means and of benev- 
olence, — ^Judge Walter Wood, — who was struck 
with the prepossessing appearance of young Fill- 
more. He made his acquaintance, and was so 
much impressed with his ability and attainments 
that he ad\ised him to abandon his trade and de- 
vote himself to the study of the law. The young 
man replied that he had no means of his own, 
no friends to help him, and that his previous edu- 
cation had been very imperfect. But Judge Wood 
had so much confidence in him that he kindly 
offered to take him into his own ofiice, and to 
lend him such money as he needed. Most grate- 
fully the generous ofi"er was accepted. 

There is in many minds a strange delusion 
about a collegiate education. A young man is 
supposed to be liberally educated if he has gradu- 
ated at some college. But many a boy who loi- 
ters through university halls and then enters c 
law office is by no means as well prepared to 
prosecute his legal studies as was Millard Fill- 
more when he graduated at the clothing-mill at 
the end of four years of manual labor, during 
which every leisure moment had been devoted tc 
intense mental culture. 

In 1823, when twenty-three years of age, he 
was admitted to the Court of Common Pleas. 
He then went to the village of Aurora, and com- 
menced the practice of law. In this secluded, 
quiet region, his practice, of course, was limited, 
and there was no opportunity for a sudden rise in 
fortune or in fame. Here, in 1826, he married a 
lady of great moral worth, and one capable of 



MILLARD FILLMORE. 



Adorning any station she might be called to fill, — 
Miss Abigail Powers. 

His elevation of character, his untiring industrj', 
his legal acquirements, and his skill as an advo- 
cate, gradually attracted attention, and he was 
invited to enter into partnership, under highly ad- 
vantageous circumstances, with an elder member 
of the Bar in Buffalo. Just before removing to 
Buffalo, in 1829, he took his seat in the House of 
Assembly of the State of New York, as a Repre- 
sentative from Erie County. Though he had 
never taken a very active part in politics, his vote 
and sympathies were with the Whig party. The 
State was then Democratic, and he found himself 
in a helpless minority in the Legislature; still the 
testimony comes from all parties that his courtesy, 
ability and integrity won, to a verj' unusual de- 
gree, the respect of his associates. 

In the autumn of 1832, he was elected to a 
seat in the United States Congress. He entered 
that troubled arena in the most tumultuous hours 
of our national historj-, when the great conflict 
respecting the national bank and the removal of 
the deposits was raging. 

His term of two years closed, and he returned 
to his profession, which he pursued with increas- 
ing reputation and success. After a lapse of two 
years he again became a candidate for Congress; 
was re-elected, and took his seat in 1837. His 
past experience as a Representative gave him 
strength and confidence. The first term of service 
in Congress to any man can be but little more 
than an introduction. He was now prepared for 
active duty. All his energies were brought to 
bear upon the public good. Every measure re- 
ceived his impress. 

Mr. Fillmore \\\ : now a man of wide repute, 
and his popularity filled the State. In the year 
1847, when he had attained the age of forty- 
seven years, he was elected Comptroller of the 
State. His labors at the Bar, in the Legisla- 
ture, in Congress and as Comptroller, had given 
him very considerable fame. The WTiigs were 
casting about to find suitable candidates for Presi- 
dent and Vice-President at the approaching elec- 
tion. Far away on the waters of the Rio Grande, 
there was a rough old soldier, who had fought 



one or two successful battles with the Mexicans, 
which had caused his name to be proclaimed in 
trumpet-tones all over the land as a candidate for 
the presidency. But it was necessary to associate 
with him on the same ticket some man of repu- 
tation as a statesman. 

Under the influence of these considerations, the 
names of Zachar^- Taylor and Millard Fillmore 
became the rallying-cry of the Whigs, as their 
candidates for President and Vice-President. The 
Whig ticket was signall)- triumphant. On the 
4th of March, 1849, Gen. Taylor was inaugurated 
President, and Millard Fillmore Vice-President, 
of the United States. 

On the 9th of July, 1850, President Tayloi. 
about one year and four months after his inaugura 
tion, was suddenly taken sick and died. By th« 
Constitution, Vice-President Fillmore thus b« 
came President. He appointed a very able cabi 
net, of which the illustrious Daniel Webster was 
Secretary of State; nevertheless, he had seriou* 
difiiculties to contend with, since the opposition 
had a majority in both Hou<5es. He did all in hi? 
power to conciliate the South; but the pro-slavet> 
party in the South felt the inadequacy of al' 
measures of transient conciliation. The popula 
tion of the free States was so rapidly increasing 
over that of the slave States, that it was inevitable 
that the power of the Government should soon 
pass into the hands of the free States. The fa 
mous compromise measures were adopted undei 
Mr. Fillmore's admini.stration, and the Japan ex 
pedition was sent out. On the 4th of March 
1853, he, having served one term, retired. 

In 1856, Mr. Fillmore was nominated for the 
Presidency by the "Know-Nothing" party, but 
was beaten by Mr. Buchanan. After that Mr. 
Fillmore lived in retirement. During the terri- 
ble conflict of civil war, he was mostly silent. It 
was generally supposed that his sympathies were 
rather with those who were endeavoring to over- 
throw our institutions. President Fillmore kept 
aloof from the conflict, without any cordial words 
of cheer to one party or the other. He was thus 
forgotten by both. He lived to a ripe old age, 
and died in Bufialo, N. Y., March 8, 1874. 




FRANKLIN PIERCE. 



FRANKLIN PIERCE. 



n'RANKLIN PIERCE, the fourteenth Presi- 
rrf dent of the United States, was bom in Hills- 
I ' borough, N. H., November 23, 1804. His 
father was a Revolutionary soldier, who with his 
own strong arm hewed out a home in the wilder- 
ness. He was a man of inflexible integrity, of 
strong, though uncultivated, mind, and was an un- 
compromising Democrat. The mother of Frank- 
lin Pierce was all that a son could desire — an in- 
telligent, prudent, affectionate, Christian woman. 
Franklin, who was the sixth of eight children, 
was a remarkably bright and handsome boy, 
generous, warm-hearted and brave. He won 
alike the love of old and young. The boys on 
the play-ground loved him. His teachers loved 
him. The neighbors looked upon him with pride 
and affection. He was bj- instinct a gentleman, 
always speaking kind words, and doing kind 
deeds, with a peculiar, unstudied tact which 
taught him what was agreeable. Without de- 
veloping any precocity of genius, or any unnatural 
devotion to books, he was a good scholar, and in 
body and mind a finely developed boy. 

When sixteen years of age, in the year 1820, 
he entered Bowdoin College, at Brunswick, Me. 
He was one of the most popular young men in 
the college. The purity of his moral character, 
the unvarying courtesy of his demeanor, his rank 
as a scholar, and genial nature, rendered him a 
universal favorite. There was something pe- 
culiarly winning in his address, and it was evi- 
dently not in the slightest degree studied — it was 
the simple outgushing of his own magnanimous 
and loving nature. 

Upon graduating, in the year 1824, Franklin 
Pierce commenced the study of law in the office 
of Judge Woodbury, one of the most distinguished 



lawyers of the State, and a man of great private 
worth. The eminent social qualities of the young 
lawyer, his father's prominence as a public man, 
and the brilliant political career into which Judge 
Woodburj- was entering, all tended to entice Mr. 
Pierce into the fascinating yet perilous path of 
political life. With all the ardor of his nature he 
espoused the cause of Gen. Jackson for the Presi- 
dency. He commenced the practice of law in 
Hillsborough, and was soon elected to represent 
the town in the State Legislature. Here he 
served for four years. The last two years he was 
chosen Speaker of the House by a very large 
vote. 

In 1833, at the age of twenty-nine, he was 
elected a member of Congress. In 1837, being 
then but thirty-three years old, he was elected to 
the Senate, taking his seat just as Mr. Van Buren 
commenced his administration. He was the 
yovmgest member in the Senate. In the year 
1834, he married Miss Jane Means Appleton, a 
lady of rare beauty and accomplishments, and one 
admirably fitted to adorn every station with which 
her husband was honored. Of the three sons who 
were born to them, all now sleep with their par- 
ents in the grave. 

In the year 1838, Mr. Pierce, with growing 
fame and increasing business as a lawyer, took up 
his residence in Concord, the capital of New 
Hampshire. President Polk, upon his accession 
to office, appointed Mr. Pierce Attorney-General 
of the United States; but the offer was declined 
in consequence of numerous professional engage- 
ments at home, and the precarious state of Mrs. 
Pierce's health. He also, about the same time, 
declined the nomination for Governor by the 
Democratic party. The war with Mexico called 



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FRANKLIN PIERCE. 



Mr. Pierce into the army. Receiving the appoint- 
ment of Brigadier-General, he embarked with a 
portion of his troops at Newport, R. I., on the 
27th of May, 1847. He took an important part 
in this war, proving himself a brave and true sol- 
dier. 

When Gen. Pierce reached his home in his na- 
tive State, he was received enthusiastically by the 
advocates of the Mexican War, and coldly by his 
opponents. He resumed the practice of his pro- 
fession, very frequentlj- taking an active part in 
political questions, giving his cordial support to 
the pro-slaver>- wing of the Democratic party. 
The compromise measures met cordially with his 
approval, and he strenuously advocated the en- 
forcement of the infamous Fugitive Slave Law, 
which so shocked the religious sensibilities of the 
North. He thus became distinguished as a 
" Northern man with Southern principles." The 
strong partisans of slavery in the South conse- 
quently regarded him as a man whom they could 
safely trust in oihce to carry out their plans. 

On the 12th of June, 1852, the Democratic con- 
vention met in Baltimore to nominate a candidate 
for the Presidency. For four days they contin- 
ued in session, and in thirty -five ballotings no one 
had obtained a two-thirds vote. Not a vote thus 
far had been thrown for Gen. Pierce. Then the 
Virginia delegation brought forward his name. 
There were fourteen more ballotings, during which 
Gen. Pierce constantly gained strength, until, at 
the forty-ninth ballot, he received two hundred 
and eighty-two votes, and all other candidates 
eleven. Gen. Winfield Scott was the Whig can- 
didate. Gen. Pierce was chosen with great una- 
nimity. Only four States — Vermont, Massachu- 
setts, Kentucky and Tennessee — cast their elec- 
toral votes against him. Gen. Franklin Pierce 
was therefore inaugurated President of the United 
States on the 4th of March, 1853. 

His administration proved one of the most 
storm}' our country had ever experienced. The 
controversy between slavery and freedom was 
then approaching its culminating point. It be- 
came evident that there was to be an irrepressible 
conflict between them, and that this nation 
could not long exist " half slave and half free." 



President Pierce, during the whole of his admin- 
istration, did everything he could to conciliate the 
South; but it was all in vain. The conflict eveiy 
year grew more violent, and threats of the disso- 
lution of the Union were borne to the North on 
every vSouthern breeze. 

Such was the condition of affairs when Presi- 
dent Pierce approached the close of his four- 
years term of office. The North had become 
thoroughly alienated from him. The anti-slavery 
.sentiment, goaded by great outrages, had been 
rapidly increasing; all the intellectual ability and 
social worth of President Pierce were forgotten in 
deep reprehension of his administrative acts. The 
.slaveholders of the South also, unmindful of the 
fidelity with which he had advocated those meas- 
ures of Government which they approved, and 
perhaps feeling that he had rendered himself 
so unpopular as no longer to be able to accepta- 
bly serve them, ungratefully dropped him, and 
nominated James Buchanan to succeed him. 

On the 4th of March, 1857, President Pierce re- 
turned to his home in Concord. His three chil- 
dren were all dead, his last surviving child hav- 
ing been killed before his eyes in a railroad acci- 
dent; and his wife, one of the most estimable and 
accomplished of ladies, was rapidly sinking in 
consumption. The hour of dreadful gloom soon 
came, and he was left alone in the world without 
wife or child. 

When the terrible Rebellion burst forth which 
divided our country into two parties, and two 
only, Mr. Pierce remained steadfast in the prin- 
ciples which he had always cherished, and gave 
his sympathies to that pro-slavery party with 
which he had ever been allied. He declined to 
do anything, either by voice or pen, to strengthen 
the hand of the National Government. He con- 
tinued to reside in Concord until the time of his 
death, which occurred in October, 1869. He was 
one of the most genial and social of men, an hon- 
ored communicant of the Episcopal Church, and 
one of the kindest of neighbors. Generous to a 
fault, he contributed liberally toward the allevia- 
tion of suffering and want, and many of his 
towns-people were often gladdened by his material 
bounty. 




JAMES BUCHANAN. 



JAMES BUCHANAN. 



3 AMES BUCHANAN, the fifteenth President 
of the United States, was born in a small 
frontier town, at the foot of the eastern ridge 
of the Alleghanies, in Franklin County, Pa., on 
the 23d of April, 1791. The place where the 
humble cabin home stood was called Stony Bat- 
ter. His father was a native of the north of Ire- 
land, who had emigrated in 1783, with little prop- 
erty save his own strong arms. Five years after- 
ward he married Elizabeth Spear, the daughter 
of a respectable farmer, and, with his young bride, 
plunged into the wilderness, staked his claim, 
reared his log hut, opened a clearing with his 
axe, and settled down there to perform his obscure 
part in the drama of life. When James was eight 
years of age, his father removed to the village of 
Mercersburg, where his son was placed at school, 
and commenced a course of study in English, 
Latin and Greek. His progress was rapid, and 
at the age of fourteen he entered Dickinson Col- 
lege, at Carlisle. Here he developed remarkable 
talent, and took his stand among the first scholars 
in the institution. 

In the year i^-^^ he graduated with the high- 
est honors of his class He was then eighteen 
years of age; tall and graceful, vigorous in health, 
fond of athletic sports, an unerring shot, and en- 
livened with an exuberant flow of animal spirits. 
He immediately commenceo the study of law in 
the city of Lancaster, and was admitted to the 
Bar in 18 12, when he was bu twenty -one years 
of age. 

In 1820, he reluctantly consented to run as a 
candidate for Congress. He was elected, and for 
ten years he remained a member of the Lower 
House. During the vacations of Congress, he 



occasionally tried some important case. In 1831 
he retired altogether from the toils of his profes- 
sion, having acquired an ample fortune. 
, Gen. Jack-son, upon his elevation to the Presi- 
dency, appointed Mr. Buchanan Minister to Rus- 
sia. The duties of his mission he performed 
with ability, and gave satisfaction to all parties. 
Upon his return, in 1833, he was elected to a seat 
in the United States Senate. He there met as 
his associates Webster, Clay, Wright and Cal- 
houn. He advocated the measures proposed by 
President Jackson, of making reprisals against 
France to enforce the payment of our claims 
against that country, and defended the course 01 
the President in his unprecedented and wholesale 
removal from office of those who were not the 
supporters of his administration. Upon this 
question he was brought into direct collision with 
Henry Clay. He also, with voice and vote, ad- 
vocated expunging from the journal of the Senate 
the vote of censure against Gen. Jackson for re- 
moving the deposits. Earnestly he opposed the 
abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, 
and urged the prohibition of the circulation of 
anti-slavery documents by the United States 
mails. As to petitions on the subject of slavery, 
he advocated that they should be respectfully re- 
ceived, and that the reply should be returned 
that Congress had no power to legislate upon the 
subject. "Congress," said he, "might as well 
undertake to interfere with slavery under a for- 
eign government as in any of the States where it 
now exists." 

Upon Mr. Polk's accession to the Presidency. 
Mr. Buchanan became Secretar>- of State, and a? 
such took his share of the responsibility in th»: 



JAMES BUCHANAN. 



conduct of the Mexican War. Mr. Polk assumed 
ihat crossing the Nueces by the American 
troops into the disputed territorj- was not wrong, 
but for the Mexicans to cross the Rio Grande 
into Texas was a declaration of war. No candid 
man can read with pleasure the account of the 
course our Government pursued in that movement. 

Mr. Buchanan identified himself thoroughly 
with the party devoted to the perpetuation and 
extension of slaven,', and brought all the energies 
of his mind to bear against the Wilmot Proviso. 
He gave his cordial approval to the compromise 
measures of 1850, which included the Fugitive 
Slave Law. Mr. Pierce, upon his election to the 
Presidenc}-, honored Mr. Buchanan with the mis- 
sion to England. 

In the year 1856, a national Democratic Con- 
vention nominated Mr. Buchanan for the Presi- 
dency. The political conflict was one of the most 
severe in which our country has ever engaged. 
All the friends of slavery were on one side; all 
the advocates of its restriction and final abolition 
on the other. Mr. Fremont, the candidate of the 
enemies of slavery, received one hundred and 
fourteen electoral votes. Mr. Buchanan received 
one hundred and seventy-four, and was elected. 
The popular vote stood 1,340,618 for Fremont, 
1,224,750 for Buchanan. On March 4, 1857, 
the latter was inaugurated. 

Mr. Buchanan was far advanced in life. Only 
four years were wanting to fill up his three-score 
years and ten. His own friends, those with 
whom he had been allied in political principles 
and action for years, were seeking the destruc- 
tion of the Government, that they might rear 
upon the ruins of our free institutions a nation 
whose corner-stone should be human slaver}-. In 
this emergency, Mr. Buchanan w^as hopelessly 
bewildered. He could not, with his long-avowed 
principles, con.sistently oppose the State Rights 
party in their assumptions. As President of the 
United States, bound by his oath faithfully to 
administer the laws, he could not, without per- 
jury of the grossest kind, unite with those en- 
deavoring to overthrow the Republic. He there- 
fore did nothing. 

The opponents of Mr. Buchanan's administra- 



tion nominated Abraham Lincoln as their stand- 
ard-bearer in the next Presidential canvass. 
The pro-slavery party declared that if he were 
elected and the control of the Government were 
thus taken from their hands, they would .secede 
from the Union, taking with them as they retired 
the National Capitol at Washington and the 
lion's share of the territorj' of the United States. 

As the storm increased in violence, the slave- 
holders claiming the right to secede, and Mr. 
Buchanan avowing that Congress had no power 
to prevent it, one of the most pitiable exhibitions 
of governmental imbecility was exhibited that the 
world has ever seen. He declared that Congress 
had no power to enforce its laws in any State 
which had withdrawn, or which was attempting 
to withdraw, from the Union. This was not the 
doctrine of Andrew Jackson, when, with his hand 
upon his sword-hilt, he exclaimed: "The Union 
must and shall be presened ! ' ' 

South Carolina seceded in December, i860, 
nearly three months before the inauguration of 
President Lincoln. Mr. Buchanan looked on in 
listless despair. The rebel flag was raised in 
Charleston; Ft. Sumter was besieged; our forts, 
navy-yards and arsenals were seized; our depots 
of military stores were plundered, and our cus- 
tom-houses and post-offices were appropriated by 
the rebels. 

The energy of the rebels and the imbecility of 
our Executive were alike marvelous. The na- 
tion looked on in agony, waiting for the slow 
weeks to glide away and close the administration, 
so terrible in its weakness. At length the long- 
looked-for hour of deliverance came, when Abra- 
ham Lincoln was to receive the scepter. 

The administration of President Buchanan was 
certainly the most calamitous our country has ex- 
perienced. His best friends can not recall it with 
pleasure. And still more deplorable it is for his 
fame, that in that dreadful conflict which rolled 
its billows of flame and blood over our whole 
land, no word came from his lips to indicate his 
wish that our countrv-'s banner should triumph 
over the flag of the Rebellion. He died at bis 
Wheatland retreat, June i, 1868. 




ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 



ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 



61 BRAHAM LINCOLN, the sixteenth Presi- 
Ll dent of the United States, was born in Hardin 
/ I County, Ky., February 12, 1809. About 
the year 1780, a man by the name of Abraham 
Lincohi left Virginia with his family and moved 
into the then wilds of Kentucky. Only two years 
after this emigration, and while still a young man, 
he was working one day in a field, when an Indian 
stealthily approached and killed him. His widow 
was left in extreme poverty with five little chil- 
dren, three boys and two girls. Thomas, the 
youngest of the boys, and the father of President 
Abraham Lincoln, was four years of age at his 
father's death. 

When twenty-eight years old, Thomas Lincoln 
built a log cabin, and married Nancy Hanks, the 
daughter of another family of poor Kentucky 
emigrants, who had also come from Virginia. 
Their second child was Abraham Lincoln, the sub- 
ject of this sketch. The mother of Abraham was 
a noble woman, gentle, loving, pensive, created 
to adorn a palace, but doomed to toil and pine, and 
die in a hovel. " All that I am, or hope to be," 
exclaimed the grateful son, " I owe to my angel- 
mother. ' ' When he was eight years ot age, his 
father sold his cabin and small farm and moved 
to Indiana, where two years later his mother died. 

As the years rolled on, the lot of this lowly 
family was the usual lot of humanity. There 
were joys and griefs, weddings and funerals. 
Abraham's sister Sarah, to whom he was tenderly 
attached, was married when a child of but four- 
teen years of age, and soon died. The family 
was gradually scattered, and Thomas Lincoln 
sold out his squatter's claim in 1830, and emi- 
grated to Macon County, 111. 

Abraham Lincoln was then twenty-one years 
of age. With vigorous hands he aided his father 
in rearing another log cabin, and worked quite 
diligently at this until he saw the family com- 
fortably settled, and their small lot of enclosed 
prairie planted with corn, when he announced to 



his father his intention to leave home, and to gc 
out into the world and seek his fortune. Littk 
did he or his friends imagine how brilliant that 
fortune was to be. He saw the value of educa- 
tion and was intensely earnest to improve his 
mind to the utmost of his power. Religion he 
revered. His morals were pure, and he was un- 
contaminated by a single vice. 

Young Abraham worked for a time as a hired 
laborer among the farmers. Then he went to 
Springfield, where he was employed in building 
a large flat-boat. In this he took a herd of swine, 
floated them down the Sangamon to Illinois, and 
thence by the Mississippi to New Orleans. What- 
ever Abraham Lincoln undertook, he performed 
so faithfully as to give great satisfaction to his 
employers. In this adventure the latter were 
so well pleased, that upon his return they placed 
a store and mill under his care. 

In 1832, at the outbreak of the Black Hawk 
War, he enlisted and was chosen Captain of a 
company. He returned to Sangamon County, 
and, although only twenty-three years of age, was 
a candidate for the Legislature, but was defeated. 
He soon after received from Andrew Jackson the 
appointment of Postmaster of New Salem. His 
only post-ofiice was his hat. All the letters he 
received he carried there, ready to deliver to those 
he chanced to meet. He studied surv^eying, and 
soon made this his business. In 1834 he again 
became a candidate for the Legislature and was 
elected. Mr. Stuart, of Springfield, advised him 
to study law. He walked from New Salem to 
Springfield, borrowed of Mr. Stuart a load of 
books, carried them back, and began his legal 
studies. When the Legislature assembled, he 
trudged on foot with his pack on his back one 
hundred miles to Vandalia, then the capital. In 
1836 he was re-elected to the Legislature. Here 
it was he first met Stephen A. Douglas. In 1839 
he removed to Springfield and began the practice 
of law. His success with the jury was so great 



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ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 



that he was soon engaged in almost ever)- noted 
case in the circuit. 

In 1854 the great discussion began between Mr. 
Lincoln and Mr. Douglas on the slavery ques- 
tion. In the organization of the Republican party 
in Illinois, in 1856, he took an active part, and at 
once became one of the leaders in that party. 
Mr. Lincoln's speeches in opposition to Senator 
Douglas in the contest in 1858 for a seat in the 
Senate, form a most notable part of his history. 
The issue was on the slavery question, and he 
took the broad ground of the Declaration of In- 
dependence, that all men are created equal. Mr. 
Lincoln was defeated in this contest, but won a 
far higher prize. 

The great Republican Convention met at Chi- 
cago on the 1 6th of June, i860. The delegates 
and strangers who crowded the city amounted to 
twenty-five thousand. An immense building 
called " The Wigwam," was reared to accommo- 
date the convention. There were eleven candi- 
dates for whom votes were thrown. William H. 
Seward, a man who.se fame as a statesman had 
long filled the land, was the most prominent. It 
was generally supposed he would be the nomi- 
nee. Abraham Lincoln, however, received the 
nomination on the third ballot. 

Election day came, and Mr. Lincoln received 
one hundred and eighty electoral votes out of two 
hundred and three cast, and was, therefore, con- 
stitutionally elected President of the United States. 
The tirade of abu.se that was poured upon this 
good and merciful man, especially by the slave- 
holders, was greater than upon any other man 
ever elected to this high position. In February, 
1861, Mr. Lincoln started for Washington, stop- 
ping in all the large cities on his way, making 
speeches. The whole journey was fraught with 
much danger. Many of the Southern States had 
already seceded, and several attempts at as.sassi- 
nation were afterward brought to light. A gang 
in Baltimore had arranged upon his arrival to 
"get up a row," and in the confusion to make 
sure of his death with revolvers and hand-gren- 
ades. A detective unravelled the plot. A secret 
and special train was provided to take him from 
Harri.sburg, through Baltimore, at an unexpected 



hour of the night. The tram started at half-pa.st 
ten, and to prevent any possible communication 
on the part of the Sece.s.sionists with their Con- 
federate gang in Baltimore, as soon as the train 
had started the telegraph-wires were cut. Mr. 
Lincoln reached Washington in safety and was 
inaugurated, although great anxietj' was felt by 
all loyal people. 

In the selection of his cabinet Mr. Lincoln gave 
to Mr. Seward the Department of State, and to 
other prominent opponents before the convention 
he gave important positions; but during no other 
administration had the duties devolving upon the 
President been so manifold, and the responsibilities 
so great, as tho.se which fell to his lot. Knowing 
this, and feeling his own weakness and inability 
to meet, and in his own strength to cope with, 
the difficulties, he learned early to seek Divine 
wisdom and guidance in determining his plans, 
and Divine comfort in all his trials, both personal 
and national. Contrary to his own estimate of 
him.self, Mr. Lincoln was one of the most cour- 
ageous of men. He went directly into the rebel 
capital just as the retreating foe was leaving, with 
no guard but a few sailors. From the time he 
had left Springfield, in 1861, however, plans had 
been made for his as.sassination, and he at last 
fell a victim to one of them. April 14, 1865, he, 
with Gen. Grant, was urgently invited to attend 
Ford's Theatre. It was announced that they 
would be present. Gen. Grant, however, left the 
city. President Lincoln, feeling, with his char- 
acteristic kindliness of heart, that it would be a 
disappointment if he .should fail them, very re- 
luctantly consented to go. While listening to 
the play, an actor by the name of John Wilket- 
Booth entered the box where the President and 
family were seated, and fired a bullet into his 
brain. He died the next morning at seven 
o'clock. 

Never before in the historj' of the world was 
a nation plunged into such deep grief by the death 
of its ruler Strong men met in the streets and 
wept in speechless anguish. His was a life which 
will fitly become a model. His name as tlie 
Savior of his country will ]i\e with that of Wash- 
ington's, its Father. 




ANDRIvW JOHNSON. 



ANDREW JOHNSON. 



Gl NDREW JOHNSON, seventeenth President 
L\ of the United States. The early life of An- 
/ I drew Johnson contains but the record of pov- 
erty , destitution and friendlessness. He was born 
December 29, 1808, in Raleigh, N. C. His par- 
ents, belonging to the class of "poor whites" 
of the South, were in such circumstances that they 
could not confer even the slightest advantages of 
education upon their child. When Andrew was 
five years of age, his father accidentally lost his 
life, while heroically endeavoring to save a friend 
from drowning. Until ten years of age, Andrew 
was a ragged boy about the streets, supported by 
the labor of his mother, who obtained her living 
with her own hands. 

He then, having never attended a school one 
day, and being unable either to read or write, was 
apprenticed to a tailor in his native town. A gen- 
tleman was in the habit of going to the tailor's 
shop occasionally, and reading to the boys at 
work there. He often read from the speeches of 
distinguished British statesmen. Andrew, who 
was endowed with a mind of more than ordinary 
ability, became much interested in these speeches; 
his ambition was roused, and he was inspired with 
a strong desire to learn to read. 

He accordingly applied himself to the alphabet, 
and with the assistance of some of his fellow- 
workmen learned his letters. He then called upon 
the gentleman to borrow the book of speeches. 
The owner, pleased with his zeal, not only gave 
him the book, but assisted him in learning to com- 
bine the letters into words. Under such difficul- 
ties he pressed onward laboriously, spending usu- 
ally ten or twelve hours at work in the shop, and 
then robbing himself of rest and recreation to de- 
vote such time as he could to reading. 

He went to Tennessee in 1826, and located at 



Greenville, where he married a young lady who 
possessed some education. Under her instructions 
he learned to write and cipher. He became 
prominent in the village debating society, and a 
favorite with the students of Greenville College. 
In 1828, he organized a working man's party, 
which elected him Alderman, and in 1830 elected 
him Mayor, which position he held three years. 

He now began to take a lively interest in 
political afiairs, identifying himselfwith the work- 
ing-class, to which he belonged. In 1835, he 
was elected a member of the House of Represent- 
atives of Tennessee. He was then just twenty- 
seven years of age. He became a very active 
member of the L,egislature, gave his support to 
the Democratic party, and in 1840 "stumped the 
State," advocating Martin Van Buren's claims to 
the Presidency, in opposition to those of Gen. 
Harrison. In this campaign he acquired much 
readiness as a speaker, and extended and increased 
his reputation. 

In 1 84 1, he was elected State Senator; in 1843, 
he was elected a Member of Congress, and by suc- 
cessive elections held that important post for ten 
years. In 1853, he was elected Governor of Tenn- 
essee, and was re-elected in 1855. In all these 
responsible positions, he discharged his duties 
with distinguished ability, and proved himself the 
warm friend of the working classes. In 1857, Mr. 
Johnson was elected United States Senator. 

Years before, in 1845, he had warmly advocated 
the annexation of Texas, stating, however, as his 
reason, that he thought this annexation would 
probably prove ' 'to be the gateway out of which 
the sable sons of Africa are to pass from bondage 
to freedom, and become merged in a population 
congenial to themselves." In 1850, he also sup- 
ported the compromise measures, the two essen- 



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ANDREW JOHNSON. 



tial features of which wer^ , that the white people 
of the Territories should be permitted to decide 
for themselves whether they would enslave the 
colored people or not, and that the free States of 
the North should return to the South persons who 
attempted to escape from slavery. 

Mr. Johnson was never ashamed of his lowly 
origin: on the contrary, he often took pride in 
avowing that he owed his distinction to his own 
exertions. "Sir," said he on the floor of the 
Senate, "I do not forget that I am a mechanic; 
neither do I forget that Adam was a tailor and 
sewed fig-leaves, and that our Savior was the son 
of a carpenter. ' ' 

In the Charleston-Baltimore convention of i860, 
he was the choice of the Tennessee Democrats for 
the Presidency. In 1861, when the purpose of 
the Southern Democracy became apparent, he took 
a decided stand in favor of the Union, and held 
that "slavery must be held subordinate to the 
Union at whatever cost. ' ' He returned to Tenn- 
essee, and repeatedly imperiled his own life to 
protect the Unionists of that State. Tennessee 
having seceded from the Union, President Lincoln, 
on March 4, 1862, appointed him Military Gov- 
ernor of the State, and he established the most 
stringent military rule. His numerous proclama- 
tions attracted wide attention. In 1864, he was 
elected Vice-President of the United States, and 
upon the death of Mr. Lincoln, April 15, 1865, 
became President. In a speech two days later he 
said, "The American people must be taught, if 
they do not already feel, that treason is a crime 
and must be punished; that the Government will 
not always bear with its enemies; that it is strong 
not only to protect, but to punish. * * The 
people must understand that it (treason) is the 
blackest of crimes, and wiU surely be punished." 
Yet his whole administration, the history of which 
is so well known, was in utter inconsistency with, 
and in the most violent opposition to, the princi- 
ples laid down in that speech. 

In his loose policy of reconstruction and general 
amnesty, he was opposed by Congress, and he 
characterized Congress as a new rebellion, and 
lawlessly defied it in everything possible to the ut- 
most. In the beginning of 1868, on account of 



"High crimes and misdemeanors," the principal 
of which was the removal of Secretary Stanton in 
violation of the Tenure of Office Act, articles of 
impeachment were preferred against him, and the 
trial began March 23. 

It was very tedious, continuing for nearly three 
months. A test article of the impeachment was 
at length submitted to the court for its action. It 
was certain that as the court voted upon that ar- 
ticle so would it vote upon all. Thirty -four voices 
pronounced the President guilty. As a two-thirds 
vote was necessary to his condemnation, he was 
pronounced acquitted, notwithstanding the great 
majority against him. The change of one vote 
from the not guilty side would have sustained the 
impeachment. 

The President, for the remainder of his term, 
was but little regarded. He continued, though 
impotently, his conflict with Congress. His own 
party did not think it expedient to renominate 
him for the Presidency. The Nation rallied with 
enthusiasm, unparalleled since the days of Wash- 
ington, around the name of Gen. Grant. Andrew 
Johnson was forgotten. The bullet of the assassin 
introduced him to the President's chair. Not- 
withstanding this, never was there presented to a 
man a better opportunity to immortalize his name, 
and to win the gratitude of a nation. He failed 
utterly. He retired to his home in Greenville, 
Tenn., taking no very active part in politics until 
1875. On Januarj' 26, after an exciting struggle, 
he was chosen by the Legislature of Tennessee 
United States Senator in the Forty-fourth Congess, 
and took his seat in that body, at the special ses- 
sion convened by President Grant, on the 5th of 
March. On the 27th of July, 1875, the ex-Presi- 
dent made a visit to his daughter's home, near 
Carter Station, Tenn. When he started on his 
journey, he was apparently in his usual vigorous 
health , but on reaching the residence of his child 
the following day, he was stricken with paralysis, 
which rendered him unconscious. He rallied oc- 
casionally, but finally passed away at 2 A. m., 
July 31 , aged sixty -seven years. His funeral was 
held at Greenville, on the 3d of August, with 
everj- demonstration of respect. 




ULYSSES S. GRANT. 



ULYSSES S. GRANT. 



HLYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth Presi- 
dent of the United States, was born on the 
29th of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in 
a humble home at Point Pleasant, on the banks 
of the Ohio. Shortly after, his father moved to 
Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. In this re- 
mote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common- 
school education. At the age of seventeen, in 
the year 1839, he entered the Military Academj^ 
at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, 
sensible young man, of fair ability, and of sturdy, 
honest character. He took respectable rank as a 
scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated about the 
middle in his class, and was sent as Lieutenant of 
Infantry to one of the distant military posts in the 
Missouri Territory. Two years he passed in these 
dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond Indians. 

The war with Mexico came. Lieut. Grant was 
sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His 
first battle was at Palo Alto. There was no 
chance here for the exhibition of either skill or 
heroism, nor at Resaca de la Palma, his second 
battle. At the battle of Monterey, his third en- 
gagement, it is said that he performed a signal 
service of daring and skillful horsemanship. 

At the close of the Mexican War, Capt. Grant 
returned with his regiment to New York, and 
was again sent to one of the military posts on the 
frontier. The discovery of gold in California 
causing an immense tide of emigration to flow to 
the Pacific shores, Capt. Grant was sent with a 
battalion to Ft. Dallas, in Oregon, for the protec- 
tion of the interests of the immigrants. But life 
was wearisome in those wilds, and he resigned 
his commission and returned to the States. Hav- 
ing married, he entered upon the cultivation of a 
gmall farm near St. Louis, Mo., but having little 



skill as a farmer, and finding his toil not re- 
munerative, he turned to mercantile life, entering 
into the leather business, with a younger brother 
at Galena, 111. This was in the year i860. As 
the tidings of the rebels firing on Ft. Sumter 
reached the ears of Capt. Grant in his counting- 
room, he said: "Uncle Sam has educated me 
for the army; though I have served him through 
one war, I do not feel that I have yet repaid the 
debt. I am still ready to discharge my obliga- 
tions. I shall therefore buckle on my sword and 
see Uncle Sam through this war too. ' ' 

He went into the streets, raised a company of 
volunteers, and led them as their Captain to 
Springfield, the capital of the State, where their 
ser\'ices were offered to Gov. Yates. The Gov- 
ernor, impressed by the zeal and straightforward 
executive ability of Capt. Grant, gave him a desk 
in his ofiice to assist in the volunteer organiza- 
tion that was being formed in the State in behalf 
of the Government. On the 15th of June, 1861, 
Capt. Grant received a commission as Colonel of 
the Twenty-first Regiment of Illinois Volunteers. 
His merits as a West Point graduate, who had 
ser\^ed for fifteen years in the regular army, were 
such that he was soon promoted to the rank of 
Brigadier- General, and was placed in command at 
Cairo. The rebels raised their banner at Padu- 
cah, near the mouth of the Tennessee River. 
Scarcel)^ had its folds appeared in the breeze ere 
Gen. Grant was there. The rebels fled, their 
banner fell, and the Stars and Stripes were un- 
furled in its stead. 

He entered the service with great determina- 
tion and immediately began active duty. This 
was the beginning, and until the surrender of 
Lee at Richmond he was ever pushing the ^nemy 



ULYSSES S. GRANT. 



with great vigor and effectiveness. At Belmont, 
a few days later, he surprised and routed the 
rebels, then at Ft. Henry won another victory. 
Then came the brilliant fight at Ft. Donelson. 
The nation was electrified by the victory, and the 
brave leader of the boys in blue was immediately 
made a Major- General, and the military district 
of Tennessee was assigned to him. 

Like all great captains, Gen. Grant knew well 
how to secure the results of victory. He imme- 
diately pushed on to the enemies' lines. Then 
came the terrible battles of Pittsburg Landing, 
Corinth, and the siege of Vicksburg, where Gen. 
Pemberton made an unconditional surrender of 
the city with over thirty thousand men and one 
hundred and seventy-two cannon. The fall of 
Vicksburg was by far the most severe blow which 
the rebels had thus far encountered, and opened 
up the Mississippi firom Cairo to the Gulf. 

Gen. Grant was next ordered to co-operate with 
Gen. Banks in a movement upon Texas, and pro- 
ceeded to New Orleans, where he was thrown 
from his horse, and received severe injuries, from 
which he was laid up for months. He then 
rushed to the aid of Gens. Rosecrans and Thomas 
at Chattanooga, and by a wonderful series of 
strategic and technical measures put the Union 
army in fighting condition. Then followed the 
bloody battles at Chattanooga, Lookout Moun- 
tain and Missionary Ridge, in which the rebels 
were routed with great loss. This won for him 
unbounded praise in the North. On the 4th of 
February, 1864, Congress revived the grade of 
lieutenant-general, and the rank was conferred 
on Gen. Grant. He repaired to Washington to 
receive his credentials and enter upon the duties 
of his new ofiice. 

Gen. Grant decided as soon as he took charge 
of the army to concentrate the widely-dispersed 
National troops for an attack upon Richmond, 
the nominal capital of the rebellion, and endeavor 
there to destroy the rebel armies which would be 
promptly assembled from all quarters for its de- 
fense. The whole continent seemed to tremble 
under the tramp of these majestic armies, rushing 
to the decisive battle-field. Steamers were crowd- 
ed with troops. Railway trains were burdened 



with closely-packed thousands. His plans were 
comprehensive, and involved a series of cam- 
paigns, which were executed with remarkable 
energy and ability, and were consummated at the 
surrender of Lee, April 9, 1865. 

The war was ended. The Union was saved. 
The almost unanimous voice of the nation de- 
clared Gen. Grant to be the most prominent in- 
strument in its salvation. The eminent services 
he had thus rendered the country brought him 
conspicuously forward as the Republican candi- 
date for the Presidential chair. 

At the Republican Convention held at Chicago, 
May 21, 1868, he was unanimously nominated 
for the Presidency, and at the autumn election 
received a majority of the popular vote, and two 
hundred and fourteen out of two hundred and 
ninety-four electoral votes. 

The National Convention of the Republican 
party, which met at Philadelphia on the 5th 01 
June, 1872, placed Gen. Grant in nomination for 
a second term by a unanimous vote. The selec- 
tion was emphatically indorsed by the people five 
months later, two hundred and ninety-two elect- 
oral votes being cast for him. 

Soon after the close of his second term, Gen. 
Grant started upon his famous trip around the 
world. He visited almost every country of the 
civilized world, and was everywhere received 
with such ovations and demonstrations of resf>ect 
and honor, private as well as public and official, 
as were never before bestowed upon any citizen 
of the United States. 

He was the most prominent candidate before 
the Republican National Convention in 1880 for 
a renomination for President. He went to New 
York and embarked in the brokerage business 
under the firm name of Grant & Ward. The 
latter proved a villain, wrecked Grant's fortune, 
and for larceny was sent to the penitentiarj'. 
The General was attacked with cancer in the 
throat, but suffered in his stoic-like manner, never 
complaining. He was re-instated as General of 
the Array, and retired by Congress. The cancer 
soon finished its deadly work, and July 23, 1885, 
the nation went in mourning over the death 01 
the illustrious General. 





RTTHERFORD B. HAYES. 



RUTHERFORD B. HAYES. 



RUTHERFORD B. HAYES, the nineteenth 
President of the United States, was born in 
Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1822, almost 
three months after the death of his father, Ruther- 
ford Hayes. His ancestry on both the paternal and 
maternal sides was of the most honorable char- 
acter. It can be traced, it is said, as far back as 
1280, when Hayes and Rutherford were two 
Scottish chieftains, fighting side by side with 
Baliol, William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Both 
families belonged to the nobility, owned extensive 
estates, and had a large following. Misfortune 
overtaking the family, George Hayes left Scotland 
in 1680, and settled in Windsor, Conn. His son 
George was born in Windsor, and remained there 
during his life. Daniel Hayes, son of the latter, 
married Sarah Lee, and lived from the time of 
his marriage until his death in Simsbury, Conn. 
Ezekiel, son of Daniel, was bom in 1724, and was 
a manufacturer of scythes at Bradford, Conn. 
Rutherford Hayes, son of Ezekiel and grandfather 
of President Hayes, was born in New Haven, in 
August, 1756. He was a farmer, blacksmith and 
tavern-keeper. He emigrated to Vermont at an 
unknown date, settling in Brattleboro, where he 
established a hotel. Here his son, Rutherford 
Hayes, the father of President Hayes, was bom. 
He was married, in September, 181 3, to Sophia 
Birchard, of Wilmington, Vt., whose ancestors 
emigrated thither from Connecticut, they having 
been among the wealthiest and best families of 
Norwich. Her ancestry on the male side is 
traced back to 1635, to John Birchard, one of the 
principal founders of Norwich. Both of her grand- 
fathers were soldiers in the Revolutionary War. 

The father of President Hayes was an industri- 
ous, frugal, yet open-hearted man. He was of a 



mechanical tum of mind, and could mend a plow, 
knit a stocking, or do almost anything else that 
he chose to undertake. He was a member of the 
church, active in all the benevolent enterprises 
of the town, and conducted his business on Chris- 
tian principles. After the close of the War of 
1 81 2, for reasons inexplicable to his neighbors, he 
resolved to emigrate to Ohio. 

The joumey from Vermont to Ohio in that day, 
when there were no canals, steamers, or rail- 
ways, was a very serious aflFair. A tour of in- 
spection was first made, occupying four months. 
Mr. Hayes decided to move to Delaware, where 
the family arrived in 181 7. He died July 22, 
1822, a victim of malarial fever, less than three 
months before the birth of the son of whom we 
write. Mrs. Hayes, in her sore bereavement, 
found the support she so much needed in her 
brother Sardis, who had been a member of the 
household from the day of its departure from 
Vermont, and in an orphan girl, whom she had 
adopted some time before as an act of charity. 

Rutherford was seven years old before he went 
to school. His education, however, was not neg- 
lected. He probably learned as much from his 
mother and sister as he would have done at 
school. His sports were almost wholly within 
doors, his playmates being his sister and her asso- 
ciates. These circumstances tended, no doubt, to 
foster that gentleness of disposition and that del- 
icate consideration for the feelings of others which 
were marked traits of his character. 

His uncle, Sardis Birchard, took the deepest 
interest in his education; and as the boy's health 
had improved, and he was making good progress 
in his studies, he proposed to send him to college. 
His preparation commenced with a tutor at home; 



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but he was afterwards sent for one year to a pro- 
fessor in the Wesleyan University in Middletown, 
Conn. He entered Kenyon College in 1838, at 
the age of sixteen, and was graduated at the head 
of his class in 1842. 

Immediately after his graduation he began the 
study of law in the office of Thomas Sparrow, 
Esq., in Columbus. Finding his opportunities 
for study in Columbus somewhat limited, he de- 
termined to enter the Law School at Cambridge, 
Mass., where he remained two years. 

In 1845, after graduating at the L,aw School, he 
was admitted to the Bar at Marietta, Ohio, and 
shortly afterward went into practice as an at- 
torney-at-law with Ralph P. Buckland, of Fre- 
mont. Here he remained three years, acquiring 
but a limited practice, and apparently unambitious 
of distinction in his profession. 

In 1849 he moved to Cincinnati, where his am- 
bition found a new stimulus. For several years, 
however, his progress was slow. Two events 
occurring at this period had a powerful influence 
upon his subsequent life. One of these was his 
marriage with Miss Lucy Ware Webb, daughter 
of Dr. James Webb, of Chillicothe; the other was 
his introduction to the Cincinnati Literary Club, 
a body embracing among its members such men 
as Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, Gen. John 
Pope, Gov. Edward F. Noyes, and many others 
hardly less distinguished in after life. The mar- 
riage was a fortunate one in everj' respect, as 
everybody knows. Not one of all the wives of 
our Presidents was more universally admired, 
reverenced and beloved than was Mrs. Hayes, and 
no one did more than she to reflect honor upon 
American womanhood. The LiteraryClub brought 
Mr. Hayes into constant association with young 
men of high character and noble aims, and lured 
him to display the qualities so long hidden by his 
bashfulness and modesty. 

In 1856 he was nominated to the office of Judge 
of the Court of Common Pleas, but he declined to 
accept the nomination. Two years later, the of- 
fice of City Solicitor becoming vacant, the City 
Council elected him for the unexpired term. 

In 1 86 1, when the Rebellion broke out, he was 
at the zenith of his professional life. His rank at 



the Bar was among the first. But the news of 
the attack on Ft. Sumter found him eager to 
take up arms for the defense of his countrj'. 

His military record was bright and illustrious. 
In October, 1861, he was made Lieutenant- Colo- 
nel, and in August, 1862, promoted Colonel of 
the Seventy-ninth Ohio Regiment, but he refused 
to leave his old comrades and go among strangers. 
Subsequently, however, he was made Colonel of 
his old regiment At the battle of South Moun- 
tain he received a wound, and while faint and 
bleeding displayed courage and fortitude that 
won admiration from all. 

Col. Hayes was detached from his regiment, 
after his recovery, to act as Brigadier-General, 
and placed in command of the celebrated Kanawha 
division, and for gallant and meritorious services 
in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and 
Cedar Creek, he was promoted Brigadier-General. 
He was also breveted Major- General, "for gallant 
and distinguished services during the campaigns 
of 1864, in West Virginia." In the course of his 
arduous services, four horses were shot from un- 
der him, and he was wounded four times. 

In 1864, Gen. Hayes was elected to Congress 
from the Second Ohio District, which had long 
been Democratic. He was not present during the 
campaign, and after the election was importuned 
to resign his commission in the army ; but he fi- 
nally declared, " I shall never come to Washing- 
ton until I can come by way of Richmond." He 
was re-elected in 1866. 

In 1867, Gen. Hayes was elected Governor of 
Ohio, over Hon. Allen G. Thurman, a popular 
Democrat, and in 1869 was re-elected over George 
H. Pendleton. He was elected Governor for the 
third term in 1875. 

In 1876 he was the standard-bearer of the Re- 
publican party in the Presidential contest, and 
after a hard, long contest was chosen President, 
and was inaugurated Monday, March 5, 1877. 
He served his full term, not, however, with satis- 
faction to his party, but his administration was an 
average one. The remaining years of his life 
were passed quietlj' in his Ohio home, where he 
passed away January 17, 1893. 




JAMES A. GARFIELD. 



JAMES A. GARFIELD. 



QAMES a. GARFIELD, twentieth President 
I of the United States, was bora November 19, 
(2/ 1 83 1, in the woods of Orange, Cuyahoga 
County, Ohio. His parents were Abram and 
Eliza (Ballon) Garfield, both of New England 
ancestry, and from families well known in the 
early history of that section of our countrj^ but 
who had moved to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, 
early in its settlement. 

The house in which James A. was born was 
not unlike the houses of poor Ohio fanners of 
that day. It was about 20 x 30 feet, built of logs, 
with the spaces between the logs filled with clay. 
His father was a hard-working farmer, and he 
soon had his fields cleared, an orchard planted, 
and a log barn built. The household comprised 
the father and mother and their four children, 
Mehetabel, Thomas, Mary and James. In May, 
1823, the father died from a cold contracted in 
helping to put out a forest fire. At this time 
James was about eighteen months old, and 
Thomas about ten years old. No one, perhaps, 
can tell how much James was indebted to his 
brother's toil and self-sacrifice during the twenty 
years succeeding his father's death. He now 
lives in Michigan, and the two sisters live in Solon, 
Ohio, near their birthplace. 

The early educational advantages young Gar- 
field enjoyed were very limited, yet he made the 
most of them. He labored at farm work for 
others, did carpenter work, chopped wood, or did 
anything that would bring in a few dollars to aid 
his widowed mother in her struggles to keep the 
little family together. Nor was Gen. Garfield 
ever ashamed of his origin, and he never forgot 
the friends of his struggling childhood, youth and 
manhood; neither did they ever forget him. 
When in the highest seats of honor, the humblest 
friend of his boyhood was as kindly greeted as 
ever. The poorest laborer was sure of the sym- 
pathy of one who had known all the bitterness of 



want and the sweetness of bread earned by the 
sweat of the brow. He was ever the simple, 
plain, modest gentleman. 

The highest ambition of young Garfield until 
he was about sixteen years old was to be cap- 
tain of a vessel on Lake Erie. He was anxious 
to go aboard a vessel, but this his mother strongly 
opposed. She finally consented to his going to 
Cleveland, with the understanding, however, that 
he should try to obtain some other kind of em- 
ployment. He walked all the way to Cleveland. 
This was his first visit to the city. After making 
many applications for work, and trying to get 
aboard a lake vessel and not meeting with suc- 
cess, he engaged as a driver for his cousin, Amos 
Letcher, on the Ohio & Pennsylvania Canal. 
He remained at this work but a short time, when 
he went home, and attended the seminary at 
Chester for about three years. He then entered 
Hiram and the Eclectic Institute, teaching a few 
terms of school in the mean time, and doing other 
work. This school was started by the Disciples 
of Christ in 1850, of which body he was then a 
member. He became janitor and bell-ringer in 
order to help pay his way. He then became both 
teacher and pupil. Soon " exhausting Hiram," 
and needing a higher education, in the fall of 1854 
he entered Williams College, from which he grad- 
uated in 1856, taking one of the highest honors of 
his class. He afterwards returned to Hiram Col- 
lege as its President. As above stated, he early 
united with the Christian, or Disciples, Church at 
Hiram, and was ever after a devoted, zealous 
member, often preaching in its pulpit and places 
where he happened to be. 

Mr. Garfield was united in mai-riage, Novem- 
ber II, 1858, with Miss Lucretia Rudolph, who 
proved herself worthy as the wife of one whom 
all the world loved. To them were bom seven 
children, five of whom are still living, four boys 
and one girl. 



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Mr. Garfield made his first political speeches in 
1856, in Hiram and the neighboring villages, and 
three years later he began to speak at county 
mass-meetings, and became the favorite speaker 
wherever he was. During this year he was 
elected to the Ohio Senate. He also began to 
study law at Cleveland, and in 1861 was admitted 
to the Bar. The great Rebellion broke out in the 
early part of this year, and Mr. Garfield at once 
resolved to fight as he had talked, and enlisted to 
defend the Old Flag. He received his commission 
as Lieutenant- Colonel of the Forty-second Regi- 
ment of Ohio Infantry August 14, 1861. He 
was immediately put into active service, and be- 
fore he had ever seen a gun fired in action, was 
placed in command of four regiments of infantrj- 
and eight companies of cavalry, charged with the 
work of driving out of his native State the able 
rebel officer, Humphrey Marshall, of Kentucky. 
This work was bravely and speedily accomplished, 
although against great odds, and President Lin- 
coln commissioned him Brigadier-General, Janu- 
ary 10, 1862; and "as he had bee.i the youngest 
man in the Ohio Senate two years before, so now 
he was the youngest General in the army." He 
was with Gen. Buell's army at Sliiloh, in its 
operations around Corinth and its march through 
Alabama. He was then detailed as a member of 
the general court martial for the trial of Gen. 
Fitz-John Porter. He was next ordered to re- 
port to Gen. Rosecrans, and was assigned to the 
" Chief of Staff." The militar>- history of Gen. 
Garfield closed with his brilliant services at Chick- 
amauga, where he won the rank of Major-General. 

Without an effort on his part. Gen. Garfield 
was elected to Congress in the fall of 1862, from 
the Nineteenth District of Ohio. This section of 
Ohio had been represented in Congress for sixty 
years mainly by two men — Elisha Whittlesey and 
Joshua R. Giddings. It was not without a strug- 
gle that he resigned his place in the army. At 
the time he entered Congress he was the youngest 
member in that body. There he remained hj' 
successive re-elections until he was electecit Presi- 
dent, in 1880. Of his labors in Congress, Senator 
Hoar says: "Since the year 1864 you cannot 
think of a question which has been debated in 



Congress, or discussed before a tribunal of the 
American people, in regard to which you will not 
find, if you wish instruction, the argument on 
one side stated, in almost ever}' instance better 
than by anybody else, in some speech made in 
the House of Representatives or on the hustings 
by Mr. Garfield." 

Upon January 14, 1880, Gen. Garfield was elect- 
ed to the United States Senate, and on the 8th of 
June, of the same year, was nominated as the 
candidate of his party for President at the great 
Chicago Convention. He was elected in the fol- 
lowing November, and on March 4, 1881, was 
inaugurated. Probably no administration ever 
opened its existence under brighter auspices than 
that of President Garfield, and every- day it grew 
in favor with the people. By the ist of July 
he had completed all the initiatory and prelimi- 
nary worti of his administration, and was prepar- 
ing to leave the city to meet his friends at Will- 
iams College. While on his way and at the 
depot, in company with Secretary Blaine, a man 
stepped behind him, drew a revolver, and fired 
directly at his back. The President tottered and 
fell, and as he did so the assassin fired a second 
shot, the bullet cutting the left coat sleeve of his 
victim, but inflicting no further injury. It has 
been very truthfully said that this was ' ' the shot 
that was heard around the world. ' ' Never before 
in the history of the nation had anything occur- 
red which so nearly froze the blood of the people 
for the moment as this awful deed. He was 
smitten on the brightest, gladdest day of all his 
life, at the summit of his power and hope. For 
eighty days, all during the hot months of July 
and August, he lingered and suffered. He, how- 
ever, remained master of himself till the last, and 
by his magnificent bearing taught the country 
and the world one of the noblest of human les- 
sons — how to live grandly in the very clutch of 
death. Great in life, he was surpassing!}- great 
in death. He passed serenely away September 
19, 1883, at Elberon, N. J., on the very bank of 
the ocean, where he had been taken shortly be- 
fore. The world wept at his death, as it rarely 
ever had done on the death of any other great 
and noble man. 




CHESTKR A. ARTHUR. 



CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 



E HESTER A. ARTHUR, twenty-first Presi- 
dent of the United States, was born in Frank- 
lin County, Vt., on the 5th day of October, 
1830, and was the eldest of a family of two sons 
and five daughters. His father was the Rev. Dr. 
William Arthur, a Baptist clergyman, who emi- 
grated to this country from County Antrim, Ire- 
land, in his eighteenth year, and died in 1875, in 
Newtonville, near Albany, after a long and suc- 
cessful ministry. 

Young Arthur was educated at Union College, 
Schenectady, where he excelled in all his studies. 
After his graduation he taught school in Ver- 
mont for two years, and at the expiration of that 
time came to New York, with $500 in his pocket, 
and entered the office of ex -Judge E. D. Culver 
as a student. After being admitted to the Bar, he 
formed a partnership with his intimate friend and 
room-mate, Henry D. Gardiner, with the inten- 
tion of practicing in the West, and for three 
months they roamed about in the Western States 
in search of an eligible site, but in the end re- 
turned to New York, where they hung out their 
shingle, and entered upon a successful career al- 
most from the start. Gen. Arthur soon after mar- 
ried the daughter of Lieut. Herndon, of the 
United States Navy, who was lost at sea. Con- 
gress voted a gold medal to his widow in recog- 
nition of the bravery he displayed on that occa- 
sion. Mrs. Arthur died shortly before Mr. 
Arthur's nomination to the Vice-Presidency, leav- 
ing two children. 

Gen. Arthur obtained considerable legal celeb- 
rity in his first great case, the famous Lemmon 
suit, brought to recover possession of eight slaves 
who had been declared free by Judge Paine, of 
the Superior Court of New York City. It was in 



1852 that Jonathan Lemmon, of Virginia, went to 
New York with his slaves, intending to ship them 
to Texas, when they were discovered and freed. 
The Judge decided that they could not be held by 
the owner under the Fugitive Slave Law. A howl 
of rage went up from the South, and the Virginia 
Legislature authorized the Attorney-General of 
that State to assist in an appeal. William M. 
Evarts and Chester A. Arthur were employed to 
represent the people, and they won their case, 
which then went to the Supreme Court of the 
United States. Charles O' Conor here espoused 
the cause of the slaveholders, but he, too, was 
beaten by Messrs. Evarts and Arthur, and a long 
step was taken toward the emancipation of the 
black race. 

Another great sen-ice was rendered by Gen. 
Arthur in the same cause in 1856. Lizzie Jen- 
nings, a respectable colored woman, was put off 
a Fourth Avenue car with violence after she had 
paid her fare. Gen. Arthur sued on her behalf, 
and secured a verdict of $500 damages. The next 
day the company issued an order to admit colored 
persons to ride on their cars, and the other car 
companies quickly followed their example. Be- 
fore that the Sixth Avenue Company ran a few 
special cars for colored persons, and the other lines 
refused to let them ride at all. 

Gen. Arthur was a delegate to the convention 
at Saratoga that founded the Republican party. 
Previous to the war he was Judge-Advocate of 
the Second Brigade of the State of New York, 
and Gov. Morgan, of that State, appointed him 
Engineer-in-Chief of his staff". In 1861, he was 
made Inspector-General, and soon afterward be- 
came Quartermaster-General. In each of these 
ofl&ces he rendered great service to the Govern- 



CHESTER A. ARTHUR. 



ment during the war. At the eud of Gov. Mor- 
gan's term he resumed the practice of law, form- 
ing a partnership with Mr. Ransom, and then 
Mr. Phelps, the District Attornej- of New York, 
ivas added to the firm. The legal practice of this 
well-known firm was very large and lucrative, 
as each of the gentlemen composing it was an able 
lawyer, and possessed a splendid local reputa- 
tion, if not, indeed, one of national extent. 

Mr. Arthur always took a leading part in State 
and city politics. He was appointed Collector of 
the Port of New York by President Grant, No- 
vember 21, 1872, to succeed Thomas Murphy, 
and he held the office until July 20, 1878, when 
he was succeeded by Collector Merritt. 

Mr. Arthur was nominated on the Presidential 
ticket, with Gen. James A. Garfield, at the 
famous National Republican Convention held at 
Chicago in June, 1880. This was perhaps the 
greatest political convention that ever assembled 
an the continent. It was composed of the lead- 
ing politicians of the Republican party, all able 
men, and each stood firm and fought vigorously 
and with signal tenacity for his re.spective can- 
didate that was before the convention for the 
domination. Finally Gen. Garfield received the 
•lomination for President, and Gen. Arthur for 
Vice-President. The campaign which followed 
was one of the most animated known in the his- 
tory of our country. Gen. Hancock, the stand- 
ard-bearer of the Democratic party, was a popular 
man, and his party made a valiant fight for his 
election. 

Finally the election came, and the country's 
choice was Garfield and Arthur. They were in- 
augurated March 4, 1881, as President and Vice- 
President. A few months only had passed ere 
the newly-chosen President was the victim of the 
assassin's bullet. Then came terrible weeks of 
suffering — those moments of anxious suspense, 
when the hearts of all civilized nations were 
throbbing in unison, longing for the recovery of 
the noble, the good President. The remarkable 
patience that he manifested during those hours 
and weeks, and even months, of the most terrible 
suffering man has ever been called upon to en- 
dure, was seemingly more than human. It was 



certainlj' godlike. During all this period of 
deepest anxiety Mr. Arthur's every move was 
watched, and, be it said to his credit, that his every 
action displayed only an earnest desire that the 
suffering Garfield might recover to ser\-e the re- 
mainder of the term he had so auspiciously be- 
gun. Not a selfish feeling was manifested in 
deed or look of this man, even though the most 
honored position in the world was at any moment 
likely to fall to him. 

At last God in his mercy relieved President 
Garfield from further suffering, and the world, as 
never before in its history over the death of any 
other man, wept at his bier. Then it became the 
duty of the Vice-President to assume the respon- 
sibilities of the high office, and he took the oath 
in New York, September 20, 1881. The position 
was an embarrassing one to him, made doubly so 
from the fact that all eyes were on him, anxious 
to know what he would do, what policy he would 
pursue, and whom he would select as advisers. 
The duties of the office had been greatly neglected 
during the President's long illness, and many im- 
portant measures were to be immediately decided 
by him ; and to still further embarass him he did 
not fail to realize under what circumstances he 
became President, and knew the feelings of many 
on this point. Under these trying circumstances. 
President Arthur took the reins of the Govern- 
ment in his own hands, and, as embarrassing as 
was the condition of affairs, he happily surprised 
the nation, acting so wisely that but few criticized 
his administration. He ser\fed the nation well 
and faithfully until the close of his administra- 
tion, March 4, 1885, and was a popular candidate 
before his party for a second term. His name 
was ably presented before the convention at Chi- 
cago, and was received with great favor, and 
doubtless but for the personal popularity of one 
of the opposing candidates, he would have been 
selected as the standard-bearer of his party for 
another campaign. He retired to private life, car- 
rying with him the best wishes of the American 
people, whom he had served in a manner satisfac- 
tory to them and with credit to himself. One 
year later he was called to his final rest. 




GROVER CLEVELAND. 



STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND. 



mTEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND, the 
^\ twenty -second President of the United States, 
Vjj/ was born in 1837, in the obscure town of 
Caldwell, Essex County, N. J., and in a little 
t\vo-and-a-lialf-story white house, which is still 
standing to characteristically mark the humble 
birthplace of one of America's great men, in 
striking contrast with the Old World, where all 
men high in office must be high in origin and 
born in the cradle of wealth. When the subject 
of this sketch was three years of age, his father, 
who was a Presbyterian minister with a large 
family and a small salary, moved, by way of the 
Hudson River and Erie Canal, to Fayetteville, N. 
Y., in search of an increased income and a larger 
field of work. Fayetteville was then the most 
straggling of countrj' villages, about five miles 
from Pompey Hill, where Governor Seymour 
was born. 

At the last-mentioned place young Grover com- 
menced going to school in the good, old-fashioned 
way, and presumably distinguished himself after 
the manner of all village boys — in doing the 
things he ought not to do. Such is the dis- 
tinguishing trait of all geniuses and independent 
thinkers. When he arrived at the age of four- 
teen years, he had outgrown the capacity of the 
village school, and expressed a most emphatic de- 
sire to be sent to an academy. To this his fa- 
ther decidedly objected. Academies in those 
days cost money ; besides, his father wanted him 
to become self-supporting by the quickest pos- 
sible means, and this at that time in Fayetteville 
seemed to be a position in a countr>- store, where 
his father and the large family on his hands had 



considerable influence. Grover was to be paid 
$50 for his services the first year, and if he proved 
trustworthy he was to receive $100 the second 
year. Here the lad commenced his career as 
salesman, and in two years he had earned so good 
a reputation for trustworthiness that his employ- 
ers desired to retain him for an indefinite length 
of time. 

But instead of remaining with this firm in 
Fayetteville, he went with the family in their re- 
moval to Clinton, where he had an opportunity 
of attending a High School. Here he industri- 
ously pursued his studies until the family re- 
moved with him to a point on Black River known 
as the "Holland Patent," a village of five or six 
hundred people, fifteen miles north of Utica, N. Y. 
At this place his father died, after preaching but 
three Sundays. This event broke up the family, 
and Grover set out for New York City to accept, 
at a small salarj-, the position of under-teacher 
in an asjdum for the blind. He taught faithfully 
for two years, and although he obtained a good 
reputation in this capacity, he concluded that 
teaching was not his calling in life, and, revers- 
ing the traditional order, he left the city to seek 
his fortune, instead of going to the city. He first 
thought of Cleveland, Ohio, as there was some 
charm in that name for him; but before proceed- 
ing to that place he went to Buffalo to ask advice 
of his uncle, Lewis F. Allan, a noted stock- 
breeder of that place. The latter did not speak 
enthusiastically. "What is it you want to do, 
my boy?" he asked. "Well, sir, I want to study 
law," was the reply "Good gracious!" remarked 
the old gentleman; " do you, indeed? Whatever 



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STEPHEN GROVER CLEVELAND. 



put that into jour head ? How much monej' 
have you got?" "Well, sir, to tell the truth, I 
haven't got any." 

After a long consultation, his uncle offered him 
a place temporarily as assistant herd-keeper, at 
$50 a year, while he could look around. One 
day soon afterward he boldly walked into the of- 
fice of Rogers, Bowen & Rogers, of Buffalo, and 
told them what he wanted. A number of young 
men were already engaged in the office, but Gro- 
ver's persistency won, and he was finally per- 
mitted to come as an oSice boy and have the use 
of the law library, receiving as wages the sum of 
$2, or $4 a week. Out of this he had to pay for his 
board and washing. The walk to and from his 
uncle's was a long and rugged one; and although 
the first winter was a memorably severe one, his 
shoes were out of repair, and as for his overcoat he 
had none; yet he was, nevertheless, prompt and 
regular. On the first day of his service there, his 
senior employer threw down a copj- of Black- 
stone before him, with a bang that made the dust 
fly, saying "That's where they all begin." A 
titter ran around the little circle of clerks and 
students, as they thought that was enough to 
scare young Grover out of his plans; but in due 
time he mastered that cumbersome volume. 
Then, as ever afterward, however, Mr. Cleve- 
land exhibited a talent for executiveness rather 
than for chasing principles through all their 
metaphysical possibilities. ' 'Let us quit talking 
and go and do it, ' ' was practically his motto. 

The first public office to which Mr. Cleveland 
was elected was that of Sheriff of Erie County, 
N. Y., in which Buffalo is situated; and in such 
capacity it fell to his duty to inflict capital punish- 
ment upon two criminals. In 1881 he was 
elected Mayor of the City of Buffalo, on the 
Democratic ticket, with especial reference to bring- 
ing about certain reforms in the administration 
of the municipal affairs of that citj'. In this of- 
fice, as well as in that of Sheriff, his performance 
of duty has generallj- been considered fair, with 
possibly a few exceptions, which were ferreted 
out and magnified during his Presidential cam- 
paign. As a specimen of his plain language in 
a veto message, we quote from one vetoing an 



iniquitous street-cleaning contract: "This is a 
time for plain speech, and my objection to your 
action shall be plainly stated. I regard it as the 
culmination of a most bare-faced, impudent and 
shameless scheme to betray the interests of the 
people and to worse than squander the people's 
money." The New York Sitn afterward very 
highly commended Mr. Cleveland's administra- 
tion as Mayor of Buffalo, and thereupon recom- 
mended him for Governor of the Empire State. 
To the latter office he was elected in 1882, and 
his administration of the affairs of State was 
generally satisfactory. The mistakes he made, 
if any, were made very public throughout the na- 
tion after he was nominated for President of the 
United States. For this high office he was 
nominated July 11, 1884, by the National Demo- 
cratic Convention at Chicago, when other com- 
petitors were Thomas F. Bayard, Roswell P. 
Flower, Thomas A. Hendricks, Benjamin F. 
Butler, Allen G. Thurman, etc. ; and he was 
elected bj^ the people, by a majority of about a 
thousand, over the brilliant and long-tried Re- 
publican statesman, James G. Blaine. President 
Cleveland resigned his office as Governor of New 
York in January, 1885, in order to prepare for 
his duties as the Chief Executive of the LTnited 
States, in which capacitj' his term commenced at 
noon on the 4th of March, 1885. 

The silver question precipitated a controversy 
between those who were in favor of the continu- 
ance of silver coinage and those who were op- 
posed, Mr. Cleveland answering for the latter, 
even before his inauguration. 

On June 2, 1886, President Cleveland married 
Frances, daughter of his deceased friend and part- 
ner, Oscar Folsom, of the Buffalo Bar. Their 
union has been blessed by the birth of two daugh- 
ters. In the campaign of 1888, President Cleve- 
land was renominated by his party, but the 
Republican candidate. Gen. Benjamin Harrison, 
was victorious. In the nominations of 1892 
these two candidates for the highest position in 
the gift of the people were again pitted against 
each other, and in the ensuing election President 
Cleveland was victorious by an overwhelming 
majority. 




BENJAMIN HARRISON. 



BENJAMIN HARRISON. 



BENJAMIN HARRISON, the twenty-third 
President, is the descendant of one of the 
historical families of this country. The first 
known head of the family was Maj.-Gen. Harrison, 
one of Oliver Cromwell's trusted followers and 
fighters. In the zenith of Cromwell's power it be- 
came the duty of this Harrison to participate in 
the trial of Charles I., and afterward to sign the 
death warrant of the king. He subsequently 
paid for this with his life, being hung October 13, 
1660. His descendants came to America, and 
the next of the family that appears in history is 
Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, great-grandfa- 
ther of the subject of this sketch, and after whom 
he was named. Benjamin Harrison was a mem- 
ber of the Continental Congress during the years 
1774, 1775 and 1776, and was one of the original 
signers of the Declaration of Independence. He 
Was three times elected Governor of Virginia. 

Gen. William Henr\- Harrison, the son of the 
distinguished patriot of the Revolution, after a 
successful career as a soldier during the War of 
18 1 2, and with a clean record as Governor of the 
Northwestern Territory, was elected President of 
the United States in 1840. His career was cut 
short by death within one month after his in- 
auguration. 
President Harrison was born at North Bend, 



Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833. His 

life up to the time of his graduation from Miami 
University, at Oxford, Ohio, was the uneventful 
one of a country lad of a family of small means. 
His father was able to give him a good education, 
and nothing more. He became engaged while at 
college to the daughter of Dr. Scott, Principal of 
a female school at Oxford. After graduating, he 
determined to enter upon the study of law. He 
went to Cincinnati and there read law for two 
years. At the expiration of that time young Har- 
rison received the only inheritance of his life — his 
aunt, dying, left him a lot valued at $800. He 
regarded this legacy as a fortune, and decided to 
get married at once, take this money and go to 
some Eastern town and begin the practice of law. 
He sold his lot, and, with the money in his pocket, 
he started out with his young wife to fight for a 
place in the world. He decided to go to Indian- 
apolis, which was even at that time a town of 
promise. He met with slight encouragement at 
first, making scarcely anything the first year. 
He worked diligently, applying himself closely to 
his calling, built up an extensive practice and 
took a leading rank in the legal profession. 

In i860, Mr. Harrison was nominated for the 
position of vSupreme Court Reporter, and then be- 
gan his experience as a stump speaker. He can- 



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BENJAMIN HARRISON. 



vassed the State thoroughly, and was elected by 
a handsome majority. In 1862 he raised the 
Seventeenth Indiana Infantry, and was chosen its 
Colonel. His regiment was composed of the raw- 
est material, but Col. Harrison employed all his 
time at first in mastering military' tactics and drill- 
ing his men, and when he came to move toward 
the East with Sherman, his regiment was one of 
the best drilled and organized in the army. At 
Resaca he especially distinguished himself, and 
("or his bravery at Peachtree Creek he was made 
a Brigadier-General, Gen. Hooker speakmg of 
him in the most complimentarj- terms. 

During the absence of Gen. Harrison in the 
field, the Supreme Court declared the office of 
Supreme Court Reporter vacant, and another 
person was elected to the position. From the 
time of leaving Indiana with his regiment until 
the fall of 1S64 he had taken no leave of absence, 
but having been nominated that year for the same 
office, he got a thirty-day leave of absence, and 
during that time made a brilliant canvass of the 
State, and was elected for another term. He then 
started to rejoin Sherman, but on the way was 
stricken down with scarlet fever, and after a most 
trying attack made his way to the front in time to 
participate in the closing incidents of the war. 

In 1868 Gen. Harrison declined a re-election 
as Reporter, and resumed the practice of law. In 
1876 he was a candidate for Governor. Although 
defeated, the brilliant campaign he made won for 
him a national reputation, and he was much sought 
after, especially in the East, to make speeches. 
In 1880, as usual, he took an active part in the 
campaign, and was elected to the United States 
Senate. Here he served for six j'ears, and was 
known as one of the ablest men, best lawyers and 
strongest debaters in that body. With the ex- 
piration of his senatorial term he returned to the 
practice of his profession, becoming the head of 
one of the strongest firms in the State. 

The political campaign of 1888 was one of the 
most memorable in the history of our country. 
The convention which assembled in Chicago in 
June and named Mr. Harrison as the chief st.ind- 
ard-bearer of the Republican party was great in 
every particular, and on t'lis account, and the at- 



titude it assumed upon the vital questions of the 
day, chief among which was the tariff, awoke a 
deep interest in the campaign throughout the 
nation. Shortly after the nomination, delegations 
began to visit Mr. Harrison at Indianapolis, his 
home. This movement became popular, and from 
all sections of the country societies, clubs and 
delegations journeyed thither to pay their re- 
spects to the distinguished statesman. 

Mr. Harrison spoke daily all through the sum- 
mer and autumn to these visiting delegations, 
and so varied, masterly, and eloquent were his 
speeches that they at once placed him in the fore- 
most rank of American orators and statesmen. 
Elected by a handsome majority, he served his 
countn,^ faithfully and well, and in 1892 was nom- 
inated for re-election; but the people demanded a 
change and he was defeated by his predecessor 
in office, Grover Cleveland. 

On account of his eloquence as a speaker and 
his power as a debater. Gen. Harrison was called 
upon at an early age to take part in the dis- 
cussion of the great questions that then began to 
agitate the country. He was an uncompromising 
anti-slaver)' man, and was matched against some 
of the most eminent Democratic speakers of his 
State. No man who felt the touch of his blade 
desired to be pitted with him again. With all 
his eloquence as an orator he never .spoke for ora- 
torical effect, but his words always went like bul- 
lets to the mark. He is purely American in his 
ideas, and is a splendid type of the American 
statesman. Gifted with quick perception, a logi- 
cal mind and a ready tongue, he is one of the 
most distinguished impromptu speakers in the 
nation. Many of these speeches sparkled with the 
rarest eloquence and contained arguments of great 
weight, and many of his terse statements have 
already become aphorisms. Original in thought, 
precise in logic, terse in statement, j'et withal 
faultless in eloquence, he is recognized as the 
sound statesman and brilliant orator of the day. 
During the last daj-s of his administration Presi- 
dent Harrison suflFered an irreparable loss in the 
death of his devoted wife, Caroline (Scott) Har- 
rison, a lady of manj' womanly charms and vir- 
tues, They were the parents of two childreq, 



City of Toledo 



Lucas and Wood Counties, 

OHIO. 












JHE time has arrived when it 
becomes the duty of the 
people of this county to per- 
petuate the names of their 
pioneers, to furnish a record 
of their early settlement, 
and relate the story of their 
progress. The civilization of our 
day, the enlightenment of the age 
and the duty that men of the pres- 
ent time owe to their ancestors, to 
themselves and to their posterity, 
demand that a record of their lives 
and deeds should be made. In bio- 
graphical history is found a power 
to instruct man by precedent, to 
enliven the mental faculties, and 
to waft down the river of time a 
safe vessel in which the names and actions of the 
people who contributed to raise this country from its 
primitive state may be pieserved. Surely and rapidly 
the great and aged men, who in their prime entered 
the wilderness and claimed the virgin soil as their 
heritage, are passing to their graves. The number re- 
maining who can relate the incidents of the first days 
:>{ settlement is becoming small indeed, so that an 
actual necessity exists for the collection and preser- 
vation of events without delay, before all the early 
settlers are cut down by the scythe of Time. 

To be forgotten has been the great dread of mankind 
from remotest ages. All will be forgotten soon enough, 
in spite of their best works and the most earnest 
efforts of their friends to perserve the memory of 
their lives. The means employed to prevent oblivion 
and to perpetuate their memory has been in propor- 
tion *o the amount of intelligence they possessed. 
ThT pyramids of Egypt were built to perpetuate the 
names and deeds of their great rulers. The exhu- 
mations made by the archeologists of Egypt from 
buried Memphis indicate a desire of those people 



to perpetuate the memory of their achievements 
The erection of the great obelisks were for the same 
purpose. Coming down to a later period, we find the 
Greeks and Romans erecting mausoleums and monu- 
ments, and carving out statues to chronicle theii 
great achievements and carry them down the ages. 
It is also evident that the Mound-builders, in piling 
up their great mounds of earth, had but this idea — 
to leave something to show that they had lived. All 
these works, though many of them costly in the ex- 
treme, give but a faint idea of the lives and cliarac- 
ters of those whose memory they were intended to 
perpetuate, and scarcely anything of the masses of 
the people that then lived. The great pyramids and 
some of the obelisks remain objects only of curiosity; 
the mausoleums, monuments and statues are crum- 
bling into dust. 

It was left to modern ages to estabhsh an intelU- 
gent, undecaying, immutable method of perpetuating 
a full history — immutable in that it is almost un- 
limited in extent and perpetual in its action; and 
this is through the art of printing. 

To the present generation, however, we are in- 
debted for the introduction of the admirable systenff 
of local biography. By this system every man, tliougl 
he has not achieved what the vi^orld calls greatness, 
has the means to perpetuate his life, his history, 
through the coming ages. 

The scythe of Time cuts down all ; nothing of the 
physical man is left. The monument which his chil- 
dren or friends may erect to his memory in the ceme, 
tery will crumble into dust and pass away; but his 
life, his achievements, the work he has accomplished, 
which otherwise would be forgotten, is perpetuated 
by a record of this kind. 

To preserve the lineaments of our companions we 
engrave their portraits, for the same reason we col- 
lect the attainable facts of their history. Nor do we 
think it necessary, as we speak only truth of them, to 
wait until they are dead, or until those who know 
them are gone: to do this we are ashamed only to 
publish to the world the history of those whose live= 
are unworthy of oublic record. 




HON. MOKRIS(_»N K. WAITK 




oc ^^^ ^ 



Biographical. 



HON. MORRISON REMICK WAITE was 
born at Lyme, Conn., November 29, 1816. 
His father, Henry Matson Waite, was also 
a native of Lyme, the date of his birth being Feb- 
ruary 9, 1787. The father was graduated at Yale 
College, and, after completing the study of his 
profession, entered upon the practice of law at 
Lyme, in which he soon attained a prominent po- 
sition. He was chosen successively as Represent- 
ative and Senator in the State Legislature. In 
1834 his qualities as a jurist were recognized in 
his appointment as Associate Judge of the Supreme 
Court of Errors of Connecticut, and subsequently 
in his unanimous election by the Legislature to 
the Chief Justiceship of the state, from which po- 
sition he was withdrawn in 1857, by the constitu- 
tional age limit of sevent}' years for incumbents 
of that office. The Waite family settled before 
1700 at Lyme, where its members have for nearly 
two hundred years held prominent positions in 
different spheres of active life. These included 
Marvin Waite, who, as Presidential Elector, cast a 
vote for Washington at his first election in 1789. 
He was one of the commissioners appointed to sell 
lands belonging to Connecticut in the Connecti- 
cut Western Reserve, Ohio, the proceeds of which 
sale now constitute the Connecticut School Fund. 



The mother of our subject was a granddaughter of 
Col. Samuel Selden, commander of a Connecticut 
regiment in the Army of the Revolution, who was 
made prisoner September 17, 1776, at the evacua- 
tion of New York. He died October 11 following, 
in the "Old Provost," and was buried in the old 
"Brick Church" jard, where the New York Times 
office now stands, his fellow-prisoners b}' special 
permission being allowed to attend his funeral in 
uniform. 

Morrison R. Waite «as graduated at Yale in 
1837, his class including several men who subse- 
quently achieved a national reputation, among 
whom were William M. Evarts, Edwards Pierre- 
pont and Benjamin Silliman, Jr. Samuel J. Til- 
den was of the same class, though from poor health 
was unable to graduate with those here named. 
Selecting the profession of the law as his life worki 
Mr. Waite commenced reading in his father's of- 
fice; but, accepting the view then so prevalent in 
the East as to wider and more hopeful fields for 
activity in the then Far West, he left Lyme in Oc- 
tober, 1838, for the Maumee Valley, settling at 
Mauniee City. Here he at once renewed his law 
reading in the office of Samuel M.Young, who had 
preceded him to that locality in 1835. Upon his 
admission to the Bar in 1839, the firm of Young 



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& Waite was formed, the junior partner at once 
taking upon himself the larger portion of detail in 
work. This included much horseback travel and 
otiier severe labor in attendance at courts in other 
counties, in the collection of claims from scattered 
debtors, and other business. In 1850 Mr. Waite 
removed to Toledo, where the firm opened an of- 
fice and continued in practice until January, 1856, 
when, upon the retirement of Mr. Young, a brother, 
Richard Waite, became a partner, and the firm of 
M. R. & R. Waite was formed, which continued 
for a period of eighteen years, or until the senior 
brother was appointed Chief Justice, when it was 
succeeded by that of R. & E. T. Waite, the junior 
member being a son of the retiring partner. 

Though never a partisan in any objectionable 
sense of the term, Mr. Waite from early life had 
clear convictions upon questions of public polic}', 
and took an active part in support of the same. 
A Whig in sentiment, he co-operated with that 
party until it was merged into the Republican or- 
ganization in 1854, since which time he has acted 
with the latter. The different public positions 
held by him were all conferred without his seek- 
ing. As shown by the political record elsewhere 
given, he was earlj' active in local political affairs. 
He was first a candidate for public ofHce in 1846, 
as the Whig nominee for Congress in a strongly 
Democratic district, his opponent, William Sawyer, 
being elected. In 1849 Mr. Waite was chosen as 
Representative to the State Legislature, serving in 
that body with special credit. He was a candidate 
for delegate to the State Constitutional Conven- 
tion in 1850, failing of an election in consequence 
of the strongly adverse political major! I3'. 

Mr. Waite's most prominent relation to polit- 
ical matters was that held in 1862, and was inci- 
dent to the question then arising in regard to the 
war policy of the Government. In common with 
a large portion of the Republicans and many Dem- 
ocrats of the Toledo Congressional District, he 
was in full sympathy with President Lincoln's 
purpose to make the preservation of the Union, 
through the suppression of the rebellion, the para- 
mount end of all war measures in that connection. 
Opposed to such policy was a large portion of the 
Republican party in the district, who held that 



abolition of slavery in the South should be made a 
condition in any terms for peace. As a result of 
such disagreement, two District Conventions were 
held, representing these two adverse policies. The 
one composed of Republicans and what were known 
as War Democrats nominated Mr. AVaite for Con- 
gress, and he, with much hesitation, accepted the 
position. The other convention selected James 
M. Ashley, the Republican incumbent, as its can- 
didate. While the Democrats of Lucas, Wood 
and Fulton Counties, with great unanimity, sup- 
ported Mr. Waite, the members of that party in 
the other counties of the district, from considera- 
tions of part}- strategj', voted for a third candi- 
date, the result being the re-election of Mr. Ash- 
ley. In Toledo Mr. Waite then received eighteen 
hundred and six votes out of twenty-four hundred 
and forty-seven votes cast, while his plurality in 
the county was thirteen hundred and forty-six in 
a total vote of forty-one hundred and sixty-three. 
No oiher popular endorsement of equal emphasis 
had been given a citizen of that county. Upon 
the refusal of Hocking H. Hunter to accept the 
seat on the State Supreme Bench, to which he was 
elected in 1863, Governor Brough tendered the 
position to Mr. Waite, by whom it was declined. 
His reputation as a sound and able lawyer and 
conservative citizen had become so far national, 
that in December, 1871, President Grant selected 
him as one of the counsel for the United States in 
the arbitration at Geneva, involving the settle- 
ment of what were known as the "Alabama Claims" 
of the Government against Great Britain. For 
such position Mr. Waite possessed the special qual- 
ities of great industry and abilitj' in research and 
argument, qualities which were made conspicuous 
and effective on that memorable occasion, and se- 
cured for his labors historical recognition. His 
presentation of the question of Great Britain's li- 
ability in permitting the Confederate war steamers 
to obtain in British ports supplies for hostilities 
against American shipping commanded marked at- 
tention both from that tribunal and from the world. 
Entering that service with a reputation more limited 
than was that of either of his associate counsel, the 
close of the trial found him in that respect second 
to none. 



PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



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Returning to Toledo in 1872, Mr. Waite resumed 
liis practice. In 1873 lie was elected without op- 
position as a member of the convention called to 
revise the State Constitution, and upon the assem- 
bling of that body he was chosen as its President. 
It was during the session of this convention at 
Cincinnati, in January, 1874, that the successive 
nominations of George H. Williams and Caleb 
Gushing for Chief Justice, to succeed Salmon P. 
Chase, deceased, were presented and withdrawn by 
President Grant. The tliird name communicated 
to the Senate was that of Mr. Waite, which was 
done without the knowledge of that gentleman, 
who had positively withheld his apjiroval of any 
steps by his friends in that direction. The an- 
nouncement of the nomination was received by 
the Constitutional Convention with special dem- 
onstration of pleasure, and a resolution strongly 
approving the same was at once introduced to that 
body, and by him, as its presidingoflicer, ruled out 
of order. The Senate, by a unanimous vote, ap- 
proved the nomination. It so happened tliat only 
a year previous to his appointment as Chief Jus- 
tice, Mr. Waite was admitted to |]ractice in the Su- 
perior Court, and upon the motion of Mr. Gushing. 
His appointment was received by tlie citizens of 
Toledo with marks of special gratification. The 
Bar at once met and made expression both of ap- 
proval and of its high appreciation of Mr. Waite's 
personal and professional worth. A proposition 
for a banquet was, at his request, changed to an 
informal reception, held at the residence of Will- 
iam Baker, Esq., February 3, 1874, which was at- 
tended by large numbers of citizens, glad to con- 
gratulate the appointee on the high lionor con- 
fei-red, and to assure him of their wish for success 
in bis new position. He left Toledo for Wash- 
ington on the 13th of February, and assumed the 
office of Chief Justice by taking the prescribed 
oath, March 4 following. 

In the administration of the position to which 
he had been appointed the highest judicial posi- 
tion in the world, Mr. Waite was eminently suc- 
cessful. His capacity of mind and his endurance, 
which throughout had distinguished his profes- 
sional life, were only made more conspicuous and 
effective in his judicial position. The excessive 



labor demanded for the research and study of facts, 
authorities and principles of jurisprudence, and 
their just application, could be properly met only 
with resources to be supplied by long practice of 
energy and self-denying toil; and it may be men- 
tioned here, for the benefit of young men in all 
departments of active life, that Chief Justice Waite 
recognizes in his present capacity for labor the di- 
rect result and chief reward of the years of severe 
work, without apparent return, spent in his early 
practice. The result has been all that he or the 
country could ask. During no equal period have 
adjudications of that august tribunal been attend- 
ed with more complete success, either in the cor- 
rectness of its decisions, or in their acceptance by 
parties and the public. Its action has involved 
points of special delicacy in connection with con- 
troverted political and constitutional questions, 
with no instance in which the result was not 
promptly' accepted as final and just. In this con- 
nection will be appropriate the testimony of a 
member of the Supreme Court, given after be had 
retired from that Bench. Of Chief Justice Waite 
he said: "From the day of his entrance into office 
as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he has been 
indefatigable in his discharge of its great duties — 
patient, industrious and able. His administrative 
ability is remarkable. None of his predecessors 
more steadily and wisely superintended the Court, 
or more carefully observed all that is necessary to 
its working. Nothing under his administration 
has been neglected or overlooked. He has written 
many of the most important decisions of the Court 
— too many to be particularized. Among the more 
recent of his opinions may be mentioned those de- 
livered in the cases of Anton i vs. Greenhow, Lou- 
isiana vs. Jumel and Elliott vs. Wiltz, each of them 
involving questions arising under the Constitution 
of the United States." 

In nothing has Chief Justice Waite more clearly 
indicated fitness for the office he holds tlian in the 
exalted estimate which he has ever manifested of 
Its grave responsibilities and dignified character. 
Occasion for such manifestation was furnished in 
1875. He then had held the position of Chief 
Justice long enough for his special fitness therefor 
to become known. So high had this appreciation 



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become at the date named tbat the matter of his 
nomination for the Presidency came to be earnest- 
ly canvassed in prominent and influential quar- 
ters. This was especially true of many leading 
public journals. From the first suggestion of that 
sort, however, those most familiar with his real 
feelings and sentiments in regard to public life 
could see no encouragement for yielding to, much 
less for co-operating with, such movement. These 
knew too well his strong atLachraent to his profes- 
sion; his repugnance to the life of the political as- 
pirant; and his eminently conservative habit of 
mind, to find the slightest warrant for such sug- 
gestion. His friends did not have long to wait 
for the fullest justification of their assumption in 
the case. The matter having, in November. 1875, 
been presented to him in such form as to invite 
definite response, he addressed to a relative, Hon. 
John T. Waite, then Member of Congress from 
Connecticut, a private letter, which afterward, by 
request, he permitted to be published. In that 
letter he said: "Of course, I am grateful U> my 
friends for any efforts on my behalf; and no one 
ever had friends more faithful or more indulgent. 
But do you think it quite right for one occupying 
the first judicial position in the land to permit the 
use of his name for political position.? The office 
I hold came to me covered with honor; and when 
I accepted it my chief duty was not to make it a 
stepping-stone to something else, but to preserve 
its purity, and, if that might be, to make my name 
as honorable as are those of my predecessors. No 
man ought to accept this place unless he take the 
vow to leave it as honorable as he found it. There 
ought never to be a necessity for rebuilding from 
below, all additions should be above. In my judg- 
ment, the Constitution might wisely have prohibit- 
ed the election of a Chief Justice to the Presidency. 
Entertaining such view, could I properly or consist- 
ently permit mj' name to be used for the promo- 
tion of a political combination, as now suggested.? 
If I should do so, could I at all times and in all 
cases remain an unbiased judge in the estimation 
of the people.? There cannot be a doubt tliat in 
these days of politico-judicial questions it would 
be specially dangerous to have a judge who could 
look beyond the judiciary in his personal ambi- 



tion. The Supreme Court is now, I believe, justly 
regarded as a sheet-anchor of the nation. Will it 
continue such if its Chief Justice be placed in the 
political whirlpool.? My friend, consider these 
things, and tell me if you really think I ought to 
permit my name to be used as suggested by you. 
If you do, I do not." 

This expression of the views and purposes of the 
Chief Justice was conclusive in this case, utterly 
placing him then and thereafter outside all politi- 
cal combinations. While it was no surprise to 
those personally acquainted with him, the public 
use tlien made of it was deemed due alike to him 
and to the country. In view of previous events, 
then fr.esh in the public mind, it was specially 
proper that such position of the incumbent of that 
high office upon the important question raised 
should be made known, to the end that it might 
aid in stimulating and making more clear and 
fixed the sentiment, already so general, against 
political aspirations among members of the Na- 
tional Judiciary. It was justly regarded as no 
small thing for the American people to be assured 
that the gentleman then recently called to the 
head of that branch of then- Government couhl 
not be tempted from his high position of inde- 
pendence and eminent usefulness by the glitter of 
political preferment, though never so attractive. 
Such timely action will ever stand as a protest 
from the quarter most effective for good against 
such prostitution of the National Judiciary. Chief 
Justice Waite throughout his life has had clear 
convictions on religious subjects, and for many 
years past has been a communicant, and for forty 
years an active Vestrj'man, in the Protestant 
Episcopal Church. His interest in whatever con- 
cerned the moral or material well-being of his fel- 
low-men has always been actively shown in such 
ways as occasions have offered. During the War 
of the Rebellion no one in northwestern Ohio 
contributed more toward the support of the Gov- 
ernment in maintaining a lojal sentiment, in rais- 
ing reciuits and in caring for soldiers and their 
families, than did he. 

Chief Justice Waite was married September 21, 
1840, to Miss Amelia C, daughter of Samuel Sei- 
dell Warner, of Lyme, a descendant of Colonel 



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Selden of Revolutionary record. Five children 
have been born to them: Henry Selden, who died 
in Toledo, April 10, 1873, leaving a wife and two 
sons; Christopher C, now President and General 
Manager of the Columbus, Hocking Valley & To- 
ledo Railroad; Edward T., of the law firm of R. & 
E. T. Waite, Toledo, who died December 23, 1889; 
Miss Mary F., of Washington, D. C; and one who 
died in infancy. 



■C T «) ILLIAM H. BOOS. One of the most 
\/ \/ elegant residences of Toledo is siutated 
at No. 1403 .Jefferson Street, and, both 
in its exterior appearance and interior appoint- 
ments, it indicates the refined taste of the inmates. 
Surrounding the house are extensive grounds and 
a beautiful, well kept lawn, while in the rear is a 
substantial brick stable, containing all modern im- 
provements for the comfort of the iiorses. Pass- 
ers-by are wont to pause and gaze admiringly at 
the place, the beauty of which is praised alike by 
strangers and the people of the city. 

The gentleman whose wealth has rendered such 
a home possible, and whose artistic taste is evi- 
denced by the harmony of arrangement every- 
where visible, is the subject of this sketch. His 
success is largely due to tiie ciiaracteristics of 
thrift and energy inherited from his German an- 
cestors. His father, Mathias Boos, was a native of 
Baden, and at the age of twelve years accompanied 
his parents to the United States. Settling in To- 
ledo in 1836, he became identified with the early 
history of this city and was recognized as one of 
its most successful business men. He continued 
to make his home here until his death, which oc- 
curred October 15, 1885, when he was in the sev- 
enty-second year of his age. His wife, Anna M., 
was a daughter of John Kimball, one of the early 
settlers of Manhattan, about three miles from To- 
ledo, Ohio, who settled there in 1837. After her 
marriage Mrs. Boos accompanied her husband to 



Toledo, in 1840. She survived Mr. Boos a number 
of years, and passed from earth March 17, 1893. 

The parental family consisted of four daughters 
and three sons, but four of the number are now 
deceased. William II. was born in Toledo March 
1, 1842, and has been a life-long resident of this 
city. Until sixteen years of age he was a student 
in the public schools, but at that time he discon- 
tinued his studies and entered the employ of Cal- 
vin Bronson, of Toledo, in the capacity of clerk. 
Two years later he formed a partnership with his 
fatlier, under the firm name of M. Boos & Son, 
wholesale dealers in wines and liquors. The con- 
nection thus formed continued until shortly pie- 
ceding the demise of his father. Afterward he 
continued the business alone for three years, when 
the estate was settled up and he disposed of his in- 
terest and retired to private life. January 1, 
1895, he and his brother George organized the 
Toledo Chewing Gum Company. 

The marriage of Mr. Boos took place October 
15, 1867, and united him with Miss Hettie L. Sil)- 
ley, who is a daughter of Mark K. Sibley, of To- 
ledo. Two sons have been born unto them, Will- 
iam M. and Harry M., who are members of the 
Toledo Chewing Gum Company. The family is 
prominent in Toledo and moves in tlie best circles 
of society. 

Since attaining his majority, Mr. Boos has never 
failed to cast his ballot for Democratic principles 
whenever au opportunity has been offered. In 
the local councils of the party he has been prom- 
inent for many years, but his influence has never 
been given to secure personal aggrandizement. 
Instead, he has favored those measures which will 
best promote the interests of his party, without re- 
gard for personal preferences. He has at different 
times served on important committees, and has 
taken an active part in local, county, state and 
national politics. For the past ten years he has 
been a member of the Election Board. 

Aside from his other valuable interests, Mr. 
Boos is one of the stockholders of the First Na- 
tional Bank, with which his father was connected 
from its organization until his death, a part of the 
time being Director. A genial, companionable 
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liis associates, and is kind to those less fortunate 
llian himself. He is a lover of fine horses, and de- 
rives considerable enjoyment from a drive behind 
a valuable and spirited team. Doubtless few en- 
joy life more than he. Blessed with an abundance 
of this world's goods, with a beautiful home and 
pleasant domestic relations, he may be accounted 
more than ordinarily fortunate in everything that 
can enhance the happiness of life. 






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WILLIAM L. HOYT. The social insti- 
tutions of a city are among the most 
important factors in the development 
of its resources. To their influence may often be 
attributed the increase of commerce and of manu- 
facturing interests, and tiirough their efforts the 
material resources of the place are developed. 
Tliey are active in securing oflicials wlio will wor- 
thily represent the citizens, and in promoting en- 
terprises that will enhance the welfare of the peo- 
ple. Sucli an organization, while aiding social in- 
tercourse, has a higher object in view — the good 
of the city and the prosperity of its residents. 

No institution of its kind has gained greater 
prominence in this portion of Ohio than the To- 
ledo Club, of which Fred J. Reynolds is President 
and William L. Hoyt Secretary. It dates its his- 
tory from 1879, when at a social gathering one 
evening twelve or more of the influential men of 
Toledo resolved to organize a club. The organi- 
zation was soon effected, and the new body was 
given the name of the "Draconian Club" by its 
first President, D. R. Locke (Petroleum V. Nasby). 
The word means "written in gore," and comes 
from the name of the famous Greek law-maker, 
Draco, who wrote his general edicts in blood. For 
a time the letters and all printed matter of the 
Club were written or printed in red. 

For some time the membersiiip of the club was 
limited, though from the first it has been promi- 



nent and influential in public matters. About 1889 
it began to exert a very important influence in de- 
veloping the manufacturing interests of the city. 
Its power was felt more than ever before, and its 
influence in advancing the welfare of the city was 
very apparent. About the same time the club 
was reorganized and the name changed to the 
Toledo Club, under which title it is now widel}' 
known. In 1890 their present fine building was 
constructed. This is a Lake Superior red sand- 
stone structure, attractive in exterior appearance, 
and elegant in its interior appointments. Itscost, 
including the lot, building and furnishings, was 
about S 100,000, and it is not only one of the most 
expensive and costly buildings of Toledo, but one 
of the most handsome as well. 

Not a little of the success of the club may be 
attributed to the indefatigable efforts of the sub- 
ject of this sketch, who has been its Secretary from 
the date of organization to the present, and who 
through all this period has been an active factor 
in advancing its interests. In its success he natu- 
rally takes great pride, and its popularity is due 
in no small degree to his efforts. He is one of the 
genial, cordial and highly respected citizens of 
Toledo, a man of superior conversational ability, 
fitted both by natural gifts and culture for the 
companionship of the most gifted men, intellectu- 
ally, of the times. 

Mr. Hoyt was born in Norwalk, Ohio, !Ma3- 9, 
1836, and is a son of William R. and Elizabeth 
(Peck) Hoyt, the former a native of Connecticut, 
the latter of Massachusetts. His parents came to 
Ohio early in the '30s, and in 1836 settled in To- 
ledo, where for a time the father engaged in the 
lumber and furniture business. In 1838 he went 
back to Norwalk, where he continued to make his 
home for many years afterward. Returning to 
Toledo in 1876, he remained here until his death, 
at the age of seventy-six. His wife died in this 
city at the age of eight3'-eight. 

There were four children in the family of Will- 
iam R. Hoyt, and all but one are still living. At 
the age of eleven j'ears our subject became a clerk 
in a dry-goods store in Sandusky, Ohio, where he 
remained for some years. April 19, 1861, he en- 
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Infantry, and became Orderl^'-Sergeant under Cap- 
tain .Sawyer. Later he was chosen Adjutant of the 
Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, in which position he 
served until shortly before the close of the war. 
He was mustered out as Captain, and still has in 
his possession the commission he received from the 
"war" Governor, Dennison. 

For about six months Mr. Hoyt resided in Day- 
ton, Ohio, whence in 1865 he came to Toledo and 
accepted a position as chief clerk with a railroad 
company, remaining in their employ for several 
years. Later he engaged in the commission and 
brokerage business, and afterward was for seven 
years the representative of the Union Central Life 
Insurance Company of Cincinnati. His next posi- 
tion was that of Secretary for a coal and ice com- 
panj', in which capacity he worked for seventeen 
years. Politically he is a Republican, and is act- 
ive in local political affairs. Of the Grand Army 
post at Toledo he is an influential member and a 
leading worker. Throughout the long period of 
his residence in Toledo he has gained and main- 
tained the friendship of many of the best men of 
the place, and is numbered among its liberal and 
progressive citizens. 



VALENTINE HAHN, a worthy old citizen 
of Wood County, who makes his home on 
section 3, is the owner of several desirable 
farms in Troy Township. He was born on the 
River Rhine in Germany, and continued to live in 
his native land until 1844, when he sailed for 
America. He arrived on the shores of the New 
World with but 160 as capital, but industriously 
went to work, and before many years had passed 
was in comfortable circumstances. 

The parents of our subject were Henry and Bar- 
bara (Smith) Hahn, both of whom passed their en- 
tire lives in Germany, the father dying about 1834, 
and the mother about 1829. The former was a 
miller b\' trade, but in later life engaged in farm- 



ing, and owned considerable property. He and 
his wife were members of the Mennonite Church, 
and brought up their children in that faith. 

In a family of twelve children, Valentine is tlie 
eighth in order of birth, tlie others being as follows: 
Peter, who emigrated to this coun ty, wiiere he died 
in 1861; Henry, who came to this county in 1852, 
and whose death occurred in 1891; Mrs. Catherine 
Cornelius, who died in Germany; Jacob, who passed 
away in Lucas County in 1885; Mrs. Elizabetli 
Missing, who died in Perrysburg; Barbara, whose 
death occurred in Germany when she was about 
fourteen years of age; Mrs. Mary Stover, deceased; 
Christian, who died in tiiis county in 1850; Daniel, 
a farmer in New York State; John, deceased; and 
Jacob. 

As our subject was born Marcli 3, 1816, he was 
consequentl3' twenty-eight j'ears of age when he 
crossed the Atlantic to seek a iiome and fortune 
in the United States. lie first located in Ashland 
County, Ohio, where he remained for five years, 
and then, coming to this county, bought forty acres 
of land, going in debt for a portion of the amount. 
This place was thickl3' covered with timber, and 
Mr. Hahn was the first person to fell a tree on the 
farm. He built a log cabin, which sheltered him 
for about five years, at the end of which time he 
sold the homestead. Subsequently he purchased 
one hundred acres in this township, and with this 
as a nucleus he has extended his [)ossessions until 
he now owns altogether four hundred acres. He 
has erected all of the buildings which may be 
found on these farms, and has developed the land 
from its primitive state. 

November 29, 1846, Valentine Hahn married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Magdalene Berg, 
natives of Germany, who emigrated to Ashland 
County, Ohio, in 1842, where the father followed 
his trade of milling. His eldest child, Elizabeth, 
is deceased; Maiy, the third of the family, is the 
wife of George Hoff, of Angola, Ind.; and Katie, 
the youngest, is Mrs. Samuel Edwards, now of De 
Witt County, 111. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Hahn were born twelve children, 
all of whom are living and residents of this county. 
They are as follows: Julius, born November 29, 
1847; Rudolph, May 15, 1849; Mrs. Elizabeth 



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Brimm,July 16, 1855; Herman, July 31, 1857; Mary 
and Lama, twins, March 13, 1858; Theodore, Sep- 
tembers, 18G0; Barbara, April 16, 1862; Katie, July 
25, 1864; Albert, January 21, 1867; August, Au- 
gust 14, 1869; and Clara,.October 21, 1873. Mary 
became the wife of George Brown, and her twin 
sister, Laura, married William Andrews. Mrs. 
Valentine Hahn was born August 3, 1829. She 
h.as been a faithful wife and devoted mother, and 
feels very proud of the fifteen grandchildren 
granted her, for without exception they are bright 
and interesting children. 

Religiously our subject and his wife are mem- 
bers of the Mennonite Church. Mr. Hahn, who is 
a Democrat politically, has served his district as 
School Director and Trustee. 



PROF. W. A. OGDKN. There is no science 
that has done so much to elevate and en- 
noble mankind as that of music, and to its 
disciples, those who have developed its wonderful 
possibilities, the world owes a debt of gratitude. 
Among the number who have gained a national 
reputation through their skill as artists and com- 
posers, prominent mention should be made of the 
name of Professor Ogden, of Toledo. A sketch of 
his life will have not only a present, but also a 
future, interest to the people of this city, and it is 
therefore with pleasure that we present the follow- 
ing facts connected with his career: 

He was born in Franklin County, Ohio, October 
10, 1841, and is a son of Aaron and Mary M. 
(Hawkins) Ogden, natives, respectively, of New 
Jersey and Ross County, Ohio. The maternal 
grandfather, Daniel Turney, was a French Hugue- 
not, and, being exiled from France, came to 
America. He was an Episcopalian minister. At 
the age of six years our subject was taken by his 
parents to Indiana, and his early education was 
obtained in the common schools of that state. His 
marked genius as a musician was apparent in boy- 



hood, and at the age of nine he commenced the 
study of music, which he has since continued. 
When eighteen years of age he began as chorister, 
and since that time has been almost constantly 
connected with some church as leader of the choir. 

At the opening of the Civil War, in 1861, our 
subject exchanged the soft and dream-alluring 
music of peace for the martial notes of war, and 
followed the drum into the heart of the Confed- 
eracy with no less zeal and enthusiasm than he had 
given to the wooing of the softer-toned instru- 
ments. While in the army he drilled a chorus of 
ten male voices, it being one of the most proficient 
and popular in the regiment. He was assigned to 
Company C, Thirtieth Indiana Infantry, com- 
manded by Col. S. S Bass, of Ft. Wayne, Ind.,and 
with his regiment participated in many of the 
bloody and decisive battles of the rebellion, among 
which were those of Shiloh, Stone River, Chatta- 
nooga and the Atlanta campaign. 

Mustered out of the service at the close of the 
war, Professor Ogden returned to Indiana in 1865, 
and four years later moved to Bellefontaine, Ohio, 
where he drilled a number of classes in music. In 
1881 he came to Toledo, where he has since resided, 
devoting his attention to the art of which he has 
made a specialty. In 1887 he took charge of the 
work in the public schools of Toledo, and has since 
officiated as Superintendent of Music. Through 
his skillful and artistic management of the Saenger- 
fest of Toledo, his reputation was materially in- 
creased, and he was brought to the notice of prom- 
inent musicians in other cities. He has composed 
thirty books of music, many of which are verj' 
widely known. For six years he lilled the position 
of Professor of the State Hawkeye Normal School 
of Iowa. In 1883 he went to Mobile, Ala., and 
organized the Mobile Choral Union, composed of 
eighty voices. His productions have been trans- 
lated into almost every language of the civilized 
world, and in art circles his name is among the 
most prominent of those of the gifted composers of 
the present age. 

Since the war the Professor has retained his in- 
terest in army affairs and is now holding the posi- 
tion of Senior Vice-Commander of Volunteer Post 
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ment Commander, witli the rank of Major-General 
of the Union Veterans' Union, in which organiza- 
tion he was a charter member. The department 
consists of Ohio, Indiana and Kentuclij'. Though 
he has never been aggressive in liis political opin- 
ions, he nevertheless adheres to the principles of 
the Republican party with unwavering fidelity. 

The residence of Professor Ogden at No. 353 
Missouri Street is presided over by his accom- 
plished wife, whom he married in Indiana and who 
is a native of Ohio. .She bore the maiden name of 
Rebecca V. Headington, and is a daughter of Will- 
iam Headington. The family consists of two sons 
and a daughter, namely: Lowell; Percy; Mary E., 
assistant suiierintendent of music in the public 
schools; and Edwin Hale. For two years the Pro- 
fessor taught in the Western School of Normsil 
Methods in Chicago. Personally he is a genial, 
affable gentleman, possessing excellent conversa- 
tional ability and a wide fund of information upon 
general topics, but is particularly well informed re- 
garding the science to which the entire years of 
his active life have been devoted. 



RICHARD WHITEFORD, M. D., of To- 
ledo, has attained a high reputation 
among the physicians and surgeons of 
this city, and being a careful student of his pro- 
fession, skilled in the diagnosis of intricate cases 
and accurate in the treatment of the same, he has 
gained an extensive and lucrative practice. The 
same ability that has placed him in the front rank 
of his profession is always at the service of the 
community in which he lives for the promotitm 
of progressive and meritorious enterprises. In 
his opinions, both in regard to civic affairs and 
professional matters, he is thoughtful, discriminat- 
ing and well informed, and in his studies keeps 
abreast with modern discoveries in medicine and 
their proper application. 

A Canadian by birth, the Doctor was born in 



Three Rivers, August 15, 1836, and is the son of 
.John and Emily (Schultz) Whiteford, natives, re- 
spectively, of Ireland and Canada, the latter being 
of French descent. The years of boyhood and 
youth he passed in the cit^' where he was born, 
and received an excellent education in its puljlic 
schools. At the age of sixteen he became a student 
in McGill University' of Montreal, where he pros- 
ecuted his studies diligently until his graduation 
in 1857. Previous to this he had for several 
years attended a Jesuit college in Montreal. 

Having by careful study thoroughly equipped 
himself for the practice of the medical profession. 
Dr. Whiteford opened an office at Lotbiniere, Can- 
ada, where he gradually gained a lucrative and 
extensive practice, covering a large area of the 
surrounding country. For seven years he re- 
mained at that place, and such was his ability' and 
the attention which he gave to his professional 
duties that he was regarded as one of the best 
physicians of the locality. In 1861 he came to 
tlie States, and settling in Detroit, Mich., he opened 
an office and entered upon the usual routine of 
l^rofessional labors. As that city grew in popula- 
tion his reputation as a skilled phj'sician also 
grew, and he had all the patronage that he could 
possibly attend to. He continued to make his 
home in Detroit until 1880, when he removed to 
Toledo, and has since conducted a general prac- 
tice in medicine and surgerj- in this city. At the 
present time he is filling the position of Professor 
Emeritus of Materia Medica and Therapeutics in 
the Toledo Medical College. 

The marriage of Dr. Whiteford and Miss Flora 
DeMars, of Canada, was solemnized in 1859, and 
for twenty j'ears, or until the death of Mrs. White- 
ford in 1879, their wedded life was one of happi- 
ness and mutual helpfulness. She was a well edu- 
cated, amiable and noble-hearted lady, and with 
her husband held an enviable position in the social 
circles of the community. She left a son and two 
daughters, Albert, Alice and Flora, besides her 
husband, to mourn her death. The family resi- 
dence is situated at No. 709 Cherry Street. 

In his social connections the Doctor is officiating 
as President of the French Society of St. Joseph, 
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member. Devoted to professional duties, he has 
no desire to enter the arena of political life, but 
being a public-spirited citizen, he is well posted 
and deeiily interested in local and national issues. 
His political affiliations are witli the Democratic 
party, of which he is a pronounced advocate. 



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TEPHP^N ENTSMINOER. During the 
dark d.a3s of the Civil War, Ohio did her 
full share in furnishing troops to defend 
the honor of the Old Flag and maintain that union 
of states which has proved to be the glory and 
strengtii of our nation. The record of the sous 
whom she sent forth forms a story of hardships 
nobi}' borne, battles bravely fought, marches stur- 
dily undertaken and imprisonment patiently en- 
dured from motives of purest patriotism. It is 
with pleasure that the biograplier presents a life 
sketch of any one of these heroes, among whom 
pioniincnt mention belongs to the subject of this 
narrative. 

Now a resident of Brudiier, Mr. Entsininger was 
l)orn near Columbus, in Franklin County, Ohio, 
October 17, 1830. Tlie family is of German ex- 
traction, and has been represented in Ohio for a 
number of generations. His grandfather, Samuel, 
who was one of the pioneers of this state, was a 
prominent man here, being the owner and man- 
ager of a number of Hatboats on the Ohio in the 
early da^-s. During the War of 1812 he served in 
the American army, i-endering faithful service to 
the cause of liberty. 

The father of our subject, Louis Entsminger, 
was born near Point Pleasant, on the Ohio River, 
and there grew to manhood. In early manhood 
he removed to Seneca County, and later settled in 
the western part of Sandusky County, where he 
died more than thirty years ago. His wife, Abi- 
gail Randall, was a native of Connecticut and 
traced her ancestry to the Pilgrim Fathers. Aside 



from this fact, but little is known of the history' of 
her family. 

In the parental fainil^^ there were five sons and 
three daughters, of whom two sons and two daugh- 
ters are now living. A. L., who was in the Gov- 
ernment employ during the Civil War, afterward 
went to Kansas, where he has since resided. Will- 
iam, who was a member of the Third Ohio Caval- 
ry, served until the close of the war; later he set- 
tled in Sandusky County, and there he died in 
1890. Our subject spent his early years upon the 
farm and attended tiie school which was held in a 
log building near his home. 

At the time the Civil War broke out, Mr. Ents- 
minger was living on a farm in Sandusky County. 
Being a man of the deepest patriotic spirit, his 
sj'mpathies were at once enlisted in behalf of the 
Union. In February, 1864, he went to the front as a 
member of the Third Ohio Cavalry, which had 
charge of the National Road. During a raid on the 
noted raider, Boody, he was thrown from his horse 
and received injuries from which he has since suf- 
fered in a constantly increasing degree, so that at 
this time he is almost totally disabled. He was left 
on the battlefield for dead, but being found later, 
was taken to a hospital, and finally regained a suf- 
ficient amount of strength to permit him to return 
to the service. He remained in the army until the 
close of the war, though his injuries rendered him 
unfit for active service. 

After having been mustered out at Nashville, 
Tenn., August 4, 1865, Mr. Entsminger returned 
to Sandusky Countj' and began farming opera- 
tions, but as he was unable to do manual labor, he 
was soon obliged to seek employment elsewhere. 
He began traveling throughout the state selling 
farm machinery, which occupation he followed 
several years. About the year 1877 he settled in 
Bradner, where he expects to spend his remaining 
years. Financially he is well provided for, being 
the owner of considerable valuable property, in 
addition to which the Government has granted 
him a pension of 850 per month. 

In 1851 Mr. Entsminger married Miss Ellen Lit- 
tle, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, of 
which her father, Abram, was a pioneer. She had 
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whom were soldiers in the late war, and Jesse was 
killed during his service. Mr. and Mrs. Entsmin- 
ger became the parents of nine children, narael}': 
David, a resident of the village of Rising Sun; 
William, a farmer at Arcadia, Ohio; Luke, who is 
working in the oil fields near Bradner; Francis, 
who is similarly engaged; Arthur, who is with his 
parents; Sarah, wife of William Iraniel, a farmer; 
Anna, who married Joseph Milligan, an agricultur- 
ist near Rising Sun; John and Frank, deceased. 
As would naturally be expected, Mr. Entsminger 
is actively interested in Grand Army affairs, being 
a member of the post at Bradner. Politically he is 
a jjionounced Republican. 






MARQUIS BALDWIN. There is probably 
no citizen of Toledo so well and favor- 
ably known among tiie old residents of 
this place as the venerable gentleman whose life 
career is here sketched, and who enjoys the dis- 
tinction of being the pioneer merchant of the cit}'. 
For man}' years he was one of the prominent bus- 
iness men of Toledo, in the growth and upbuild- 
ing of which he was a prominent factor. Through 
the exercise of excellent judgment and indefati- 
gable energy, he secured financial success, and after 
a long and honorable business career he retired 
from the active duties of life, and now in the twi- 
light of his years rests from his labors and enjoys 
the fruits of his toil. 

Born in Portage County, Ohio, January 22, 
1809, the subject of this notice is a .son of 
John T. and Catherine (McCarther) Baldwin. His 
father was a native of Connecticut, but came to 
Ohio and settled in Palmyra Township, Portage 
County, in 1805. His occupation was that of a 
farmer, and he was thus engaged until 1823, when 
he came to Toledo and continued afterward to 
make this place his home until his death, in 1838. 
At the time of his arrival in Toledo, there were 
only three families in the place, and the entire 



count}' was in the primeval state of nature. How- 
ever, the pioneer fathers and mothers were of a 
sturdy race, possessing the courage and energy 
characteristic of the people of that day. The}' 
set to work with a will to overcome every obstacle 
and prepare the w.a}- for the great transformation 
scene that has taken place since that time. Tibbals 
Baldwin, the grandfather of our subject, was a na- 
tive of Connecticut, and his entire life was spent 
there. The mother of Marquis was born in Scot- 
land, but when quite young accompanied her par- 
ents to America and settled in Connecticut, where 
she met and married John T. Baldwin. 

The first fourteen years of the life of our sub- 
ject were spent in Portage County, after which he 
came with his parents to Lucas County. His 
schooling was meager, as educational advantages 
were very limited, there being no public-school 
system then in vogue, and the few subscription 
schools were of inferior character. His first occu- 
pation was that of a hunter and fisherman on the 
Miami River. The fish were caught in nets and 
were salted in barrels, then taken by boat to Ports- 
mouth on the Ohio Canal, where they were ex- 
changed for iron, flour, whisky and other prod- 
ucts. After the trade had been completed, the 
flour was brought to Miami and sold to the peoi)le 
of that place. In 1845 he bought a tract of land 
and cleared a farm about seven miles from the city, 
making that his home for about sixteen years. 

As early as 1825 Mr. Baldwin made his Cist ven- 
ture in the mercantile business. During that year 
he formed a partnership with his brother, under 
the firm name of J. Baldwiu & Co., and embarked 
in general merchandising at Toledo. They han- 
dled the first merchandise ever sold here, and for 
some time they were the only merchants in the 
town. By their courteous manners and fair deal- 
ings, they soon built up an extensive trade, and 
not only prospered financially, but also became 
popular and influential citizens of the place. For 
almost thirty years they continued to engage in 
the general mercantile business, after which they 
disposed of the stock. About 1861 they embarked 
in a new enterprise, and continued to carry on a 
large and profitable business until after the close 
of the Civil War. Since disposing of his busi- 



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ness interests Mr. Baldwin has lived retired from 
active cares, although he still maintains a general 
supervision of his business affairs. In the growth 
and improvement of the city he has always taken 
an active interest, and was in the early days an 
important factor in its prosperity-. 

The marriage of Mr. Baldwin occurred in June, 
1829, at wliich time he was united with Mrs. Eliza 
R. Baldwin, nee. Roe. Mrs. Baldwin, who was the 
widow of John Baldwin, was a cousin of the cele- 
brated author, K. P. Roe. She was born in New 
York, and died in Toledo in 1889. Always a 
temperate man in his habits, Mr. Baldwin is a 
strong advocate of the temperance cause, and sup- 
ports all those measures which he believes will en- 
hance the moral condition of the people. Polit- 
ically he is a stanch Republican and an ardent 
supporter of the principles of that part}'. At the 
advanced age of nearly eighty-seven years, he is 
hale and hearty, and makes his home at No. 521 
West Bancroft Street. 






DAVID B. BROWN, M. D. The profession- 
al men of Pemberville are an element in 
the development of tins progressive little 
city, to the reputation of which thej' are constantly- 
adding by their talents and skill. To this class 
belongs Dr. Brown, who has conducted a general 
practice as a physician and surgeon here since 1881. 
As a physician he is patient, constant, sympathetic, 
yet in the hour of extremity cool, calm and courage- 
ous, thus inspiring his patients with the greatest 
confidence in his skill. Although his practice re- 
quires almost his entire time, yet he still continues 
the study of his profession, keeping himself abreast 
with the practical details in the improvements of 
medicine. 

For several generations the family to which the 
Doctor belongs has resided in Ohio. His father, 
Thomas, was born in Knox Count}', this state, near 
the city of Mt. Vernon. He was reared upon a 



farm, and upon arriving at man's estate selected 
agriculture for his life occupation. Settling in 
Morrow County about 1850, he engaged in cul- 
tivating a farm there for nine jears. In 1859 he 
came to Wood County, and afterward made his 
home upon a farm seven miles south of Pember- 
ville, where his death occurred in 1889. His wid- 
ow, who is still living on the old homestead in this 
county, was a native of Haj'den, Md., and bore 
the maiden name of Rachel Mills. Orphaned b}' 
the death of her parents when she was a mere 
ciiild, she came to Ohio with a family of the name 
of Meyers, with whom she remained until her mar- 
riage. 

During the residence of the family in Morrow 
County, Ohio, the subject of this sketch was born 
April 17, T852. The family of which he is a mem- 
ber consists of three brothers and three sisters, all 
of whom are living. Henry B. has for twenty- 
four years been Principal of a college at Valpa- 
raiso, Ind.; AVilliamT. resides on a farm near Brad- 
ner, Ohio; Sarah is the wife of James Shoewalter; 
Ellen married Milton Ashley; and Mary is the wife 
of Joseph Jennings. 

The first seven years of the life of our subject 
were passed on the home farm near Mt. Gilead. 
In 1859 he came with his parents to Wood County, 
where he attended the district schools of the neigh- 
borhood and the public schools of Bradner. On 
completing his studies he began to teach, and fol- 
lowed that profession for five years. It was not, 
however, his intention to make this his life work, 
and having resolved to become a physician, in 
1872 he commenced the study of medicine at Fiee- 
port, Ohio, under the guidance of Dr. N. W. Good- 
rick, with whom he remained for two years. In 
1874-75 he attended lectures in the Cincinnati 
Medical College, from which institution he was 
graduated February 23, 1876. 

At once after completing his medical studies. 
Dr. Brown opened an office for practice at Sher- 
wood, Defiance Count}', Ohio, where he remained 
for a number of years. In 1881 he came to Pem- 
berville, where he has given his attention to profes- 
sional duties ever since, and has built up a large 
and remunerative pr.actice. Through devotion to 
I his profession he has gained a place among the sue- 




DAVID R. LOCKE. 

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cessful physicians of the county, and has also be- 
come the possessor of some valuable piopertj-, in- 
cluding a comfortable residence. Here he and his 
wife, with their three children, Truman Glen, Dale 
Benton and Neva B., have established a pleasant 
home. Mrs. Brown was Miss Minnie Truman 
prior to her marriage in 1881, and is the daughter 
of a farmer living near W<^odville. 

In his fraternal relations Dr. Brown is a Royal 
Arch Mason, and for five years filled the position 
of Master of the blue lodge. In the Odd Fellows' 
lodge he is serving as Noble Grand. He is also 
connected with the Order of the Maccabees. His 
religious views incline him to the faith of the 
Baptist Church, with which his father was con- 
nected, having aided in the erection of the Ladd 
Hill Baptist Church, of which he was a member 
until dentil. Mrs. Brown is an active member of 
the Presb3teriau Church and is alwa\s ready to 
aid in charitable enterprises for the aid of those in 
distress. While the Doctor has never been an as- 
pirant for official honorb, he never fails to cast his 
ballot for the men nominated by the Democratic 
party, and his views coincide with the principles 
promulgated by that organization. 



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^7~\ AVID ROSS LOCKE (Petroleum V. Nas- 

I / by) ^^'"is born in Vestal, Broome County, 
N. Y., September 20, 1833, and died at his 
home in Toledo, February 15, 1888. Thrown upon 
his own resources at the earlj- age of eleven years, 
he entered the office of the Cortland (N. Y.) Dem- 
ocrat, serving an apprenticeship that lasted seven 
years. Here he learned the trade of a printer, and 
learned it as he did everything else, with complete 
thoroughness. To those who knew him only in 
later years, his extensive familiarit}' with books, 
and the readiness with which he used his pen upon 
all subjects, seemed wonderful, in view of the fact 
2 



that all of the regular schooling which he ever 
had was obtained during the first tender years of 
boyhood. In this case the precocious child became 
the man of intellectual power. 

Leaving Cortland, Mr. Locke visited the West- 
ern and Southern States, finally settling in Plym- 
outh, Ohio, where he started the Advmiiser. In 
1856 he started the Journal at Bucyrus, Ohio, and 
in the first year of the war he became the proprietor 
and editor of the Fiudlay (Ohio) Jeffersonian, in 
which the famous Nasby Letters first appeared. 
These letters were copied into the newspapers all 
over the country, quoted in political speeches and 
circulated in pamphlets throughout the length and 
breadth of the land. George S. Boutwell, Secre- 
tary of the Treasury under Lincoln, in a speech 
at Cooper Union, New Y^ork, at the close of the 
war, said that '*the crushing of the rebellion could 
be credited to three forces, the army, the navy and 
the Nasby Letters." Charles Sumner in referring 
to the historic qualities of the Nasbj' Letters, said: 
"Appearing with a certain regularity and enjoy- 
ing an extensive circulation, they became a con- 
slant and welcome ally. Unquestionably they 
were among the influences and agencies by which 
dislo3'alty in all its forms was exposed, and pub- 
lic opinion assured upon the right side. It is 
impossible to measure their value. Against the 
devices of slavery and its supporters, each let- 
ter was like a speech, or one of those songs which 
stir the people. Therefore they belong to the po- 
litical history of this critical period." 

In 1865 Mr. Locke removed to Toledo and took 
editorial charge of the Blade, afterward becoming 
the sole proprietor. He then built up the Weekly 
Blade to a national circulation, which has been 
steadily maintained to this day. It is not often 
that one person possesses such a commanding gen- 
ius in one direction and is yet so gifted in others 
as was Mr. Locke. Unsurpassed and, perhaps, un- 
equaled as a satirist of public men and of political 
affairs, he yet won no mean place in the world of 
letters as a writer of poetry, novels and essays, a 
narrator of travels and a dramatic author; and if 
he had given more attention to these things, liter- 
ature would have been far richer to-day. He was, 
however, above all a thorough newspaper man, and 



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it was only in brief intervals of leisure that he 
did any literary work aside from editorial writing. 
There were two sides to his personality. His 
vein of quaint humor and of satire, sometimes 
bilinjj;, sometimes kindly, which is exemplified in 
the Nabby Letters, was given full play in ordinary 
conversation when amid congenial societj-. Had 
tliere been a Boswcll to chronicle his fugitive say- 
ings, humorous remarks and satiric comments on 
passing incidents and events, tliese unpremeditated 
sallies would form a collection of table-talk that 
would eclipse in depth of genuine humor the most 
pretentious productions of any other American 
writer in that line. But while he deservedly 
gained a world-wide reputation as a humorist and 
satirist, he had another side to his character, the 
legitimate heritage of a long line of Puritan an- 
cestry. It is to be regretted that the force of 
events caused that portion of his literary' woik 
most widely read (and therefore the greater jjarl 
of it) to be in the former vein; but of the latter, 
that poetic gem of the first water, "Hannah Jane," 
and several hymns breathing so devout a Christian 
spirit that they have taken a high place in our 
modern hj'mnology, are striking examples. To 
this deeper part of his nature may be ascribed his 
intense hatred of shams, political or social, and 
the fact that the whole influence of his potent pen 
was thrown invariably for the eternal Right, in 
whatever field the battle was cast. 



DANIEL FISH, who is a well-to-do and re- 
spected farmer of Freedom Township, 
Wood County, owns a farm of one hun- 
dred and fort^'-six acres on section 28, which he 
literally hewed out of the virgin forest with his 
axe. For a quarter of a century or more he has 
lived on this homestead, and has been industri- 
ously engaged in its development. December 30, 
1886, he leased his land to the Buffalo Gas and 
Oil Company for five years, and in December, 



1892, again leased his farm, since which time sev- 
eral oil wells have been located on the place. He 
is largely self educated, as his opportunities in 
youth were very limited and his services were re- 
quired on his father's farm. Politically he is a 
good Republican, and has served capably in a num- 
ber of township otflces. 

Daniel Fish was born September 3, 1830, in Col- 
umbiana Count}', Ohio. He is a son of John and 
Sarah (Conser) Fish, and is the brother of John and 
William Fish, whose histories appear elsewhere in 
this volume. Our subject remained at home until 
1856, when he started out to make his own living. 
It was in 1833 that, with his parents, he came to 
Wood County, and for three years he helped to 
make them a home and also worked at whatever 
he could find to do. March 18, 1864, he enlisted 
at Toledo in Company G, First Ohio Volunteers, 
as a Corporal under Capt. Alexander Marshall. 
Sent to Nashville, he was there i)lacerl in the First 
Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army Corps, 
and took part in eleven more or less important 
battles or cigagements. He was honorably dis- 
charged Sejjteniber 1, 1865, and returned home. 
On the day after his arrival there he shouldered 
his axe and stalled in earnest to clear his land. He 
had previously bought one hundred and twenty- 
nine acres of farm land, heavily covered with for- 
est, and this tract he retains up to the present time, 
having made his abode thereon ever since. 

The lady whom Daniel Fish chose for his help- 
mate in early manhood was Jane Youse, who was 
born in 1833. They were married October 9, 1851, 
and but eight years had passed ere the wife was 
summoned to her final rest. She left two children: 
James E., born July 30, 1852; and John B., born 
August 30, 1854. The former married Sarah Neu- 
renberger, and has one child; and the latter, who 
lives in Pennsylvania, married Miss Artensia Bow- 
ers, by whom he has three children. December 15, 
1860, Mr. Fish married Harriet A. Pember, who 
was one of eight children, the others being Pollen, 
Emeline, Byron, Sarah, James, Scott and Caroline. 
Of the children born of Mr. Fish's second marriage, 
Cora, who married James T. Anderson and has 
four children, was born September 12, 1862; Min- 
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Ohio, was born November 2, 1864; George A., an 
engineer of Michigan, was born Oclobcr 17, 1866; 
Franli L., born October 21, 1871, lives in Fostoria, 
Ohio; Louis C. was born February 18, 1873; Jessie 
E., who married Clark CanfieJd and lias one child, 
was born May 4, 1875; and Raymond was born 
February 26, 1878. The mother of these children 
died May 21, 1883. The present wife of our sub- 
ject is Hannah .Jane, a daughter of Ezekiel and Jane 
(Rose) Wilson, the former born July 21, 1807,and 
the latter April 22, 1823. Mrs. Fish is one of 
eight children, and was born March 7, 1844. They 
were married May 11, 1884, and have one daugh- 
ter. Maggie, born February 21, 1887. 



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DANIEL HOUSHOLDER, an old and hon- 
ored citizen of Webster Township, Wood 
County, has been a witness of its entire 
development, and has assisted not a little to bring 
about its present condition of prosperity. Since 
1859 he has made his home on a farm of sixty-one 
acres situated on section 18. When he first came 
to this region he traded at P'remont and Perrys- 
burg, takirg two daj'S to make the trip, and in his 
boyhood Indians frequently stayed over night 
under his father's hospitable roof. 

The parents of our subject were Adam and 
Phoebe (Corbett) Housholder. The former was 
born in Maryland, but at a very early day moved 
to Jefferson County, Ohio, and in 1833 came to 
this county, making the trip bjMeam. He settled 
in what is now Webster Township, taking up two 
hundred acres of Government land on section 10, 
for which he paid §1.25 per acre. The land was 
covered with heavy timber, and after clearing a 
small place Mr. Housholder erected a log cabin of 
one room, with on immense fireplace on one side. 
His death occurred in 1854 and he was placed to 
rest in the Loomis Cemetery. He helped to or- 
ganize and build the first schoolhouse in this 
township, situated at Housholder's Corners, now 



called Scotch Ridge. In politics he was identified 
with the Whig party. At the time of his death he 
was in his eighty-fifth year, and his good wife 
lived to be ninety years of age. 

Daniel Housholder is one of eleven children, 
and is the third in order of birth. The others were 
named as follows: Isabel, John, Eliza, Eva, Betsy, 
Sallie, Lewis, William, Alfred and Nancy. They 
are all deceased with the exception of Alfred, 
Eliza and Sallie. Our subject was born April 11, 
1812, in Knox Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, 
and was reared on his father's farm. In 1833 he 
came to Wood County with his parents, but when 
twenty-two years of age he returned to his native 
county on foot, though the distance was about two 
hundred miles. After a time he came back to 
Wood County and engaged in farming for two 
years, and subsequently made two trips to Jeffer- 
son County on foot, the last time about 1838. 
Until he was twenty-seven he worked for farmers 
at stated wages, and then, having accumulated a 
small sum, embarked in farming on his own ac- 
count. He erected a log cabin containing one 
room on the old homestead, which he .assisted in 
clearing and improving. 

In October, 1844, Mr. Housholder married Irene 
Colvin, who was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 
and to them were born three children: Isabel, Eu- 
genia, and Monroe, who died in infanc}'. The 
wife and mother died in 1846, and the following 
year Mr. Housholder married Mrs. Rebecca A. 
Holly, who was born May 16, 1826, and who has 
become the mother of four sons: Elmer; Everett 
E., a resident of Jackson Township; John, whose 
home is in Baltimore; and Hiram. Byron, a son 
of Mrs. Rebecca A. Housholder by her first mar- 
riage, was in the war for four j-ears, participating 
in a number of battles, but is now deceased. 

In his boyhood our subject attended the sub- 
scription schools of the day, which were fur- 
nished with seats and benches made of slabs. He 
frequently during the long cold winters walked 
three miles to school, and in other ways obtained 
his knowledge by the hardest method. One night, 
when a young man, he went to see his "'girl," and 
on returning home got lost in the thick woods, 
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country at tluit time. The Indians had not all 
left the countiy, and on one of iiis trips to Perrys- 
biirg he met a party of them returning from a 
hunting expedition. They, however, offered him 
no molestation. In politics Mr. llousholder is a 
Republican, and prior to the formation of that 
party was a Whig. 



<ri^^ KWKE II. KUKNEALS, owner and pro- 
I I prietor of the Bradner ^(^(,'o««/e, and one 
of the successful newspaper men of north- 
western Ohio, was born in Adrian, Seneca C'ount3', 
Ohio, September 1, 1867. The first representative 
of the family in Ohio was his grandfather, Zacha- 
riah Runneals, a pioneer of Seneca County, who 
commenced the task of clearing a farm there, but 
his labors were cut short b^' his untimely' death at 
the age of twenty-eight. His farm was situated 
near Rehobeth, and is now known as tlie AVarren 
P. Noble Place. Retaining possession of the home- 
stead, our subject's grandmother made it her home 
until her death, in April, 1879, at the age of sixty- 
seven. 

The maternal grandparents of Mr. Runneals, 
Francis J. and Lucy Weber, are living at Carey, 
Wyandot Countj', Ohio, and are seventy-six and 
seventy-two years old, respectively. They are the 
parents of six sons and six daughters, all of whom 
are living, and all are married but the joungest 
daughter. There are now four generations of that 
family living. During the late war Grandfather 
Weber served in the Forty-ninth Ohio Infantrj-, 
and two of his sons were also members of that 
regiment. They rendered valiant service in their 
country's behalf, and were fortunate in escaping 
uninjured. 

James C. Runneals, father of our subject, was 
born in Rehobeth, Seneca County, Ohio, June 2, 
1837, and followed the profession of a school- 
teacher, together with the occupation of a book- 
keeper, until his death, which occurred at Fostoria, 



Seneca County, May 2, 1884, at forty-seven years 
of age. Politically he was a Republican, but never 
took an active part in public affairs. June 22, 
1865, he married Miss Cora Weber, who was born 
in Paris, .Stark County, Ohio, August 9, 1845. 
Two children blessed their union, Frank C. and 
Dewee H., both of whom survive. 

When a child of less than five years, our subject 
was taken b}' his parents to Fostona, where he re- 
ceived a common-school education. The death of 
his father, in 1884, forced him to enter upon an 
active business career earlier than he otherwise 
would have done. In August of that j'ear he be- 
gan to learn the printing trade in the office of the 
Fostoria Democrat, where he was employed for two 
3'ears. In 1886 he went to Kansas, where for four- 
teen months he was assistant foreman on the Abi- 
lene Daily Gazette. Proceeding still further West, 
he joined the printer's union in Denver, Colo. 
After traveling around that part of the countrj', 
he finally stopped at Garden City, where he se- 
cured a position as foreman on the Daily Sentinel. 
About a year later the publication of the daily was 
suspended, and he left town, returning East. 

Establishing the Fostoria Daily Journal, Mr. 
Runneals continued its publication for nine months, 
when he sold out to the Democrat. He then went 
to Colorado and engaged in compiling a histor- 
ical review of the city of Trinidad, associated with 
A. L. Clark, his former partner. Thence he went 
to Marysville, Kan., where, with Mr. Clark, he pur- 
chased the True Republican, and afterward the 
name of the paper was changed to i\\e People' s Ad- 
yocate, making it a stanch advocate of the doctrines 
of the People's party. After two years he sold 
the concern to a stock company. Associated with 
Mr. Clark, he leased the Marshall County Democrat, 
which he conducted for a year. In February', 1893, 
he settled in Deshlei', Ohio, and, with his brother, 
leased the Deshler Flag, which they continued to 
publish for one year. 

Temporaril3' retiring from the printing business, 
Mr. Runneals accepted the position of Deputj' 
Great Commander of the Knights of the Macca- 
bees in Ohio, which office he held for a year. 
Meantime he made his home in North Baltimore. 
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following month founded the Advocate, which he 
still owns and controls. As an editor, he is quick, 
far-seeing, intelligent and discriminating, and his 
editorials are spicy and forcible. His paper has an 
increasing circulation, and is a welcome guest in 
many of the best homes of the community. 

At IManhattan, Kan., February 9, 1892, Mr. Run- 
neals married Mis-^J!>Jellie I. Barksdale. This lady 
is the third in the inily of Madison and Mary 
Barksdale, who are now living upon a farm in 
Bigelow, Kan. She has five br.others and six sis- 
ters, of whom all but two survive. By their union 
Mr. and Mrs. Runneals have a son, James Madi- 
son, who was born in Oketo, Marshall County, 
Kan., .January 1.3, 189.3. In national issues Mr. 
Runneals is a Republican, but in local affairs he 
gives his support to the candidate whom he be- 
lieves best qualified for the office in question. .So- 
cially he and his wife are identified respectively 
with the Knights and Ladies of the Maccabees, 
and he also belongs to the uniformed rank of the 
same order. 



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THOMAS N. BIERLY. No citizen of Pem- 
berville has contributed more to the devel- 
opment of its highest interests than has 
the subject of the following paragraphs, who is 
well known throughout northwestern Oliio as an 
able attorney and a man of superior business qual- 
ifications. With but limited means, when a young 
man, and with no influence to assist him, he never- 
theless, by indefatigable energy and tireless deter- 
mination, has gained a position of prominence 
among the professional men of the locality, and 
occupies an influential place in the legal fraternity 
of "VVood County. 

Before presenting in detail the events that have 
given character to the life of Mr. Bierly, some 
mention of his ancestors may appropriately be 
made. The family has been identified with the 
history of America for a number of generations, 
and its members have invariably been patriotic 



and honest men. He traces his lineage to Prussia. 
His great-great-grandfather, who was born in that 
country, participated in the conflict usually known 
as the Thirt3- Years War, in which he was severe- 
ly wounded. On coining to America, he settled 
in Pennsylvania, though it is not known whether 
his home was in Bucks or Lancaster County. For 
many j'ears he led a secluded life, and his last d.ays 
were passed in a cabin on the top of Blue Mount- 
ain, where he died unattended by any friends. 

An thony Bierly, the great-grandfather of Thomas 
N., was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, serv- 
ing through the entire period of the conflict. His 
house and all of his property were destroyed by 
the Indians; but, undaunted by the misfortune, he 
worked his way once more to prosperity and suc- 
cess. He was a man of some education, and was 
looked up to as a leader among the early settlers 
of Center County, Pa. His son Nicholas was 
born near Sunbury,Pa., in 1775, and married Miss 
Lucinda Buchtel. a native of Center County, and 
a descendant of German ancestors. Her father 
was obliged to work seven years in payment for 
his passage from his native country to America. 
Aside from this fact, but little is known of the 
early history of that branch of the famil3^ The 
last days of Nicholas Bierly were spent in the 
home of his son, George, to whom he bequeathed 
his farm. 

The father of our subject, George Bierly, was 
born in Center County, Pa., July 17, 1819. His 
character is in some respects unique. Possessing 
no educational advantages except four months in 
school during his boyhood days, he nevertheless 
became one of the best posted men in his locality. 
He has been a thoughtful reader of ancient and 
modern history, and is particularly posted concern- 
ing current historical topics. In early life he 
learned the trade of a wheelwright, but later adopt- 
ed the occupation of an agriculturist. Possessing 
the brave and patriotic spirit of his ancestors, he 
enlisted in the army during the Mexican Way, but 
saw no active service. For seven 3'eais he was 
connected with the Pennsylvania Militia. 

In 1857 Mr. Bierlj' came to Ohio and settled on 
the farm near Bradner, where he still makes his 
home. A Republican in his political belief, he has 



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advocated the principles of that party since the 
time of President Lincoln's first election. Among 
tiie pioneers of Wood County he was a leader, and 
by his fellow-citizens he was often selected to oc- 
cupy positions of trust and honor. His wife, Sa- 
rah, was born January 21, 1821, and is a daughter 
of James Magee, who was born in Londonderry, 
Ireland, but was of Scotch descent. 

Two years before the family removed to Ohio, 
the subject of this notice was born in Center Coun- 
ty, Pa., February 21, 1855. He grew to manhood 
in Wood County, and has known no other home 
tlian this. Even in boyhood he was prominent 
among his schoolmates on account of his superior 
talents and recognized ability. Being a diligent 
student, he availed himself of every opportunity 
to acquire knowledge, and early laid the found- 
ation of the broad fund of information he possess- 
es to-day. At the age of seventeen he took the 
examination for a West Point cadetship, and stood 
fourth in a class of twenty-three, with an average 
of over seventy-seven percent. He attended the 
Normal School at Republic, Ohio, and taught sev- 
eral terms of school. 

When the time came for him to select a life oc- 
cupation, Mr. Bierly chose the profession of law, 
and carried on his readings with the late Hon. 
James R. Tyler, of Perrysburg. Immediately aft- 
er his admission to the Bar in 1877, he opened an 
office in Pemberville, where he has since conducted 
an increasing and profitable practice. As a mem- 
ber of the Democratic party he has been active in 
local politics, and is a leader in the councils of his 
party. He has served as Mayor several terms, has 
been President of the School Board, and was can- 
didate for Prosecuting Attorney, to which he 
would undoubtedly have been elected had it not 
been for the large Republican majority in the 
county. 

The landed possessions of Mr. Bierly are exten- 
sive and valuable, including residences in Pember- 
ville and three well improved farms in Wood 
County, besides the Crystal Hotel at Bradner and 
other real-estate interests. His dwelling, one of 
the most attractive homes in Pemberville, is sit- 
uated on the east side of the river and is a sub- 
stantial frame structure, a model of architectural 



beauty, and surrounded by a wide spreading and 
well kept lawn. Into their pleasant home Mr. and 
Mrs. Bierly welcome their hosts of personal friends, 
and extend a cordial greeting to the stranger with- 
in their doors. Mrs. Bierly was in maidenhood 
Miss Jennie Furbush, and is a native of Wood 
County, where her entire life has been spent. 
Four children bless the happy home, Clarence, Lu- 
lu, Everett and Neva. 

Possessing a generous and philanthropic nature, 
Mr. Bierly has made a fortune, not for the pur- 
pose of hoarding it, but that he may do good and 
render the lives of others happier. He contributes 
liberally to the support of his parents, whose de- 
clining j'ears are made comfortable through his 
thoughtful attention; and he is also generous in 
aiding other members of the family who need as- 
sistance. His benefactions, however, are not lim- 
ited to the circle of his relatives, but extend to all 
worthy enterprises. The public library of Pember- 
ville is a standing monument to his generositj'; 
most of the books and shelving were donated by 
him, and he has taken the liveliest interest in the 
success of the work. On Christmas of 1894 he 
presented each of the Sunday-schools of the city 
with one hundred books as a free gift. Frater- 
nally he is connected with the Odd Fellows and 
the Royal Arch Masons, and for some time served 
as Master of the Masonic lodge at Pemberville. 



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WILLIAM FISH has lived retired from 
business cares for the past five years, 
though he is still making his home on 
his farm of one hundred and sixty acres located 
on section 20, Freedom Township, AVood County. 
As a veteran of the late war and one who suffered 
while defending the Old Flag, he is especially en- 
titled to credit, and it is with pleasure that we 
give him a place in this record with the worthy- 
old settlers and representative men of the county. 
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to the (iause of freedom. His grandfather partici- 
pated in the War of 1812, and for some time was 
stationed at Ft. Meigs. 

John Fish, tlie fatlier of our subject, was a na- 
tive of IVIaryland and was one of the pioneers of 
Oliio. In 1818 he came to tliis state alone, and 
for several years followed his trade of blacksmith- 
ing. Later he bought land in Wood County, 
which he continued to cultivate until shortly be- 
fore his death, whicli occurred in 1869. The lad}' 
whom John Fish chose for his companion and 
helpmate on life's journey was a Miss Sarah Con- 
scr, and of their union eleven children were born. 

The birth of William Fish occurred May 11, 
1832, in Columbiana County, Ohio. His early 
years were spent in working on the home farm 
and in obtaining an elementary education in the 
neighborhood schools. When twenty-three years 
old he started out to make his own way, and 
about six years later enlisted for the Civil War in 
Company K, Twenty-first Regiment of Ohio In- 
fantry, under Capt. S. S. Canfield. He was at once 
sent to eastern Kentuckj^, and took part in the 
battle of Ida Mountain, after which he went to 
Louisville, and was subsequently sent to Baking 
Creek, where he was stationed until the follow- 
ing spring. After Ft. Donelson, he fought in tlie 
battle of Shiloh and in that of Stone River. He 
was also in many lesser engagements and skir- 
mishes, but was finally taken sick at Stephenson 
and confined in the hospital for a month. On his 
release from there he started for the front, but was 
captured by General Wheeler in his raid through 
Eastern Tennessee, after which he was paroled 
and returned to the Union army. He then took 
part in the battles of Lookout Mountain, Mission 
Ridge, Rocky Face Ridge, Dallas, Kenesaw Moun- 
tain, Vining Station, Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta 
and Jonesboro. His final discharge from tlie serv- 
ice occurred at Atlanta, Ga., September 18, 1864, 
since which time he has been a member of Bene- 
dict Post No. 26, G. A. R., of Pemberville. 

June 29, 1867, occurred the marriage of Mr. Fish 
and Euphemia Housholder, the ceremony being 
performed in this township at the home of the 
bride's parents. Mrs. Fish was born July 12, 1845, 
and is a daughter of Daniel Housholder, a re- 



spected early settler of this county. Three chil- 
dren, a son and two daughters, came to gladden 
the hearts of Mr. and Mrs. Fish. Nellie, the eld- 
est, died at the age of five years; but Harry, born 
November 7, 1875, and Gertrude, born July 27, 
1878, are still living at home and attending school. 
The family are members of the United Brethren 
Church and are always active in religious and be- 
nevolent work. Politically Mr. Fish is a Repub- 
lican, but prefers to look after his business rather 
than accept any official position. 



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OLOMON FAYLOR is one of the old and 
respected residents of Wood County, with- 
in the limits of which he has dwelt for the 
past half-century. In 1882 he moved to the farm 
where he now lives, this being located on section 
26. Center Township. After a very active and 
energetic life, he is now, in a measure, retired, and 
has given up much of the responsibility of the 
farm management to his son, who is a practical 
and wortlij' young man. 

Tlie parents of Solomon Faylor were George and 
Esther (Brothers) Faj'lor, both natives of Penn- 
sylvania. Soloinon F.aylor was born in Stark Coun- 
ty, Ohio, March 1, 1820, and was reared to agri- 
cultural pursuits. When he was a lad of twelve 
years he removed with his parents to Portage 
Count}', where he remained until 1846. On reach- 
ing his majority, he began the active battle of life 
for himself in earnest, and from that time up to 
the present has relied entirely upon his own ef- 
forts. Some fifty years ago he located near Pem- 
berville, Wood County, and purchased sixty acres 
of land, only about one acre of which had been 
cleared. It was first necessary for him to build a 
log cabin, and this humble structure of one room 
was his home for seven years. He cleared about 
fifteen acres of the thick forest with which the 
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six years later, and after that until 1882 was en- 
gaged in running a sawmill, etc. His school ad- 
vantages were very poor, but were as good as 
those early times afforded. He has added to his 
kiiowledge by observation in the outside world, by 
reading and by experience, until he is to-day well 
informed on questions of general interest. 

.January 16, 1843, Solomon Faylor married Re- 
becca Walters, who bore him three children: Eliza 
Ann, and William and Eveline (twins). After tlie 
death of his first wife, Mr. Faylor married Harriet 
Finley, and they became the parents of three chil- 
dren: Jennie, Robert and Mai^'. Mrs. Harriet 
Faylor died March 9, 18'J,5. 

In politics Mr. Faylor was in early manhood a 
Whig, but when the Republican organization was 
effected he transferred his allegiance to it, and has 
ever since been faithful in the discharge of his du- 
ties as a citizen, voting for its nominees and sup- 
porting its principles. 



JOHN FISH, one uf the native sons of the 
Buckeye State, has lived for over forty 
years in Freedom Township, Wood Count}'. 
His first purchase of land was a tract of 
eighty acres, on which he erected a log cabin, 
which was his only place of shelter for several 
years. In time he purchased more land, and now 
owns two hundred and forty acres of fertile and 
desirable farm land. In 1892 he leased his prop- 
erty to George W. Barnes, of Toledo, who put 
down eight oil wells, all but one of which are pay- 
ing good dividends. Mr. Fish has frequently been 
called upon to serve in the township olHces and is 
a loyal Republican. 

The father of our subject was born October 23, 
1803, and died in March, 1869. On arriving at 
a suitable age he married Sarah Conser, who was 
born October 18, 1805, and departed this life in 
April, 1861. Their marriage was celebrated Au- 
gust 5, 1823, in Columbiana County, Ohio, and the 



following children were born of their union: 
David, whose birth occurred December 30, 1824, 
and who died August 1, 1830; Nancy, born April 
24, 1826; John, of this sketch; Daniel, born Sep- 
tember 30, 1830; William, May 11, 1832; Hester, 
September 13, 1834; Mary, April 15,1838; George, 
April 22, 1841; Elizabeth. April 5, 1844; James, 
February 14, 1846; and Henry, March 12, 1848. 
Nancy married Isaac Brand^'berry, a farmer of 
Perry Township, Wood County, and has eight 
children. Daniel has been thrice married, his first 
union being with Jane Youse, by whom he had 
two children. His second wife was a Miss Har- 
riet Pember, and seven children graced their mar- 
riage. His present wife was Mrs. Hannah Forres- 
ter, by whom he had one child. William married 
Miss Euphemia Housholder and has three children. 
Hester, who was the wife of Samuel McCrury and 
the mother of one child, was called to her final 
rest January 28, 1855. Mary, wife of Samuel 
Kyes and the mother of four children, died Sep- 
tember 8, 1864. George was accidentiy killed by 
a tree falling on him in the woods. May 6, 1863. 
Elizabeth, who married George Markel, a carpen- 
ter of Ashland, Ohio, and had three cliildren, is 
now deceased. James married Caroline Smith, by 
whom he has two children; and Henry wedded 
Maria Adams and is the father of two children. 

John Y. Fish, the father of our subject, settled 
in Ohio in a very early da}', and to some extent 
worked at his trade as a blacksmith. On his ar- 
rival in Wood County in 1833 he bought a tract 
of heavy timber-land, on which he built a log 
cabin. In 1837 he sold out and purchased eighty 
acres in the same townshij). By 1848, when he 
disposed of this propert}', he had cleared over fifty- 
acres. Moving to this township, he settled on a 
farm of one hundred and sixty acres of forest 
land, and here he continued to dwell until his 
death. 

The birth of John Fish, whose name heads this 
narrative, occurred March 16, 1828, in Columbi- 
ana County, Ohio. He lived at home until his 
marriage, but three years prior to that event had 
invested in eighty acres of land, a portion of his 
present homestead. His humble home was for 
vears a log cabin, and to this he brought his bride. 




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Their marriage was celebrated October 14, 1855, 
the lady being Margaret, daughter of William and 
Jane (Baird) Tefift. The father was born January 
18, 1819, and the mother October 19, 1818. Mrs. 
Fish's birth occurred August 12, 1839, and by her 
marriage she became the mother of five children. 
Jennie, born September 25, 1857, married Michael 
Long, a farmer of Sandusky County, in September, 
1875, and has three children. Ella, born July 21, 
1860, married Alexander Bandine, a farmer of 
Center Township, Wood County, December 24, 
1879, and is the mother of three children. Laura, 
born November 16, 1863, died June 20, 1865. 
William, born March 23, 1868, married Miss Mat- 
tie Wight, February 14, 1895, and now makes his 
home in Webster Township. Orrin, born July 3, 
1870, married Edith -AVight, March 24, 1892, and 
has twochildren. He is a resident of Center Town- 
ship, this county. 

Mr. and Mrs. Fish are members of the United 
Brethren Church and enjoy the good-will and 
friendship of all who know them. The father has 
started eacii of his children in life by presenting 
to them a farm of one hundred acres each. 



HON. RICHARD MOTT. The thrilling 
scenes through which the pioneers of Ohio 
passed in the settlement of the state must 
ever awaken emotions of the warmest regard for 
them. To pave the way for those who followed, 
and to secure the prosperity of generations to 
come, they stemmed the flood-tide wave of civili- 
zation and endured hardships innumerable. But 
few of the pioneers now survive; they have passed 
away full of years and honors, leaving tlieir de- 
scendants and strangers to enjoy the fruits of their 
toil, privations and hardships. 

"Life with them is o'er, labors all are done. 
And others reap the harvest that they won." 

Among the early settlers of Toledo who have 
passed to eternal rest we present the name of 
Richard Mott, one of the venerated and well re- 
membered citizens of this place. He was of Quaker 
parentage, and his ancestors on both sides were 



among the earlj' American converts of George Fox, 
the descendants having adhered to the same faith. 
His father, who owned a flouring tide-mill on Long 
Island Sound, was bankrupted by the effects of 
President Jefferson's embargo polic}', from which 
the foreign commerce of tlie country suffered 
greatly. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Mamar- 
oneck, Westchester County, N. Y., July 21, 1804, 
and from his seventh to his tenth year attended a 
boarding-school, to which only Quakers were ad- 
mitted. Afterward he began to aid in the work 
of carrj'ing on the home farm, and when but eleven 
years old plowed with a double team. In 1815 he 
accompanied the other members of the family to 
New York City, where for some time he attended 
school. At the age of fourteen he secured a clerk- 
ship in a store, and two years later taught school, 
after which he resumed his clerical work. From 
twenty until thirty-two 3ears of age he clerked in 
a bank. At the age of twent3'-four he married 
Miss Elizabeth M., daughter of Capt. Elilui Smith, 
formerly of New Bedford, Mass., and a member of 
a Quaker family. 

In February, 1836, Mr. Molt left New York, and 
on the 1st of March arrived in Toledo, where he 
at once embarked in the commission and grain 
business, thus continuing until 1860. Aside from 
this he was extensively interested in real estate 
and had charge of the property interests of Gov. 
Washington Hunt and the Hicks estate. In 1845- 
46 he served as Mayor of Toledo. He was among 
the most active Directors of the Erie& Kalamazoo 
Railroad Company, and succeeded in advancing 
its interests, together with those of Toledo. The 
free-trade principles advocated by the Democratic 
party met his warm approval in early manhood. 
In 1848 his strong anti-slavery sentiments led him 
to support Martin Van Buren against Lewis Cass 
for the Presidenc3'. In arranging for the "Free 
Soil" Convention held at Buffalo in 1848, he was 
most active and interested. 

When what was known as the "Kansas-Nebraska" 
policy of the national administration had drawn 
the lines more distinctly between pro-slavery and 
anti-slavery, Mr. Mott espoused the latter cause. 
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ka" candidate for Congress in 1854 and was 
elected, receiving the support of the old Whig 
party and of the anti-slavery Democrats. In 1856 
and 1858 he was re-elected, and served with credit 
to himself and the entire satisfaction of his con- 
stituents. 

In 1855 Mr. Mott was bereaved by the death 
of his wife, and two years later his elder daughter, 
Mar^', also passed away, leaving his younger daugh- 
ter, Anna C, to cheer and brighten his home after 
its double bereavement. In 1873 he erected the 
elegant residence on the corner of Monroe and 
Nineteenth Streets, where he afterward made his 
home. His views were advanced, and he advocated 
the Woman's Rights reform movement in its pio- 
neer days, when its friends were few. In 1869 
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony 
were in Toledo, when the formation of an associa- 
tion for the political enfranchisement of women 
was discussed. Mr. Mott at once gave the plan his 
enthusiastic support, and a few months later ten- 
dered the association a permanent home in his Ft. 
Industr3' Block, where for eighteen years its 
monthly meetings were regularly held. 

Until shortly preceding his death, Mr. Mott re- 
tained almost unimpaired the wonderful mental 
vigor that had characterized him in his prime. 
After a short illness he died, January 22, 1888, and 
was buried at Rochester, N. Y., January 27, b}' the 
side of his wife and daughter, in the same cemetery 
where his father and mother and other relatives 
also slept. Expressions of regret throughout the 
city and state indicated the high regard in which 
he was held by his associates. Many societies at- 
tended his funeral, and all the prominent organi- 
zations of the city passed resolutions of respect 
and condolence. 



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PROF. FREDERICK H. BOWERS. A man 
who has the interests of the place of his 
residence at heart, whether it be in a hum- 
ble or prominent way. always commands the re- 
spect of loyal, progressive citizens. In an educa- 
tional direction there is an additional degree of 



deference paid to the promoters of advancement, 
for it is universally admitted that the nation is 
largely indebted to the public-school system for 
many of its greatest statesmen and legislators. 
The gentleman whose name is placed at the head 
of this sketch is a well known educator of north- 
western Ohio, i-nd, though scarcely yet in the 
prime of life, has gained a prominence and dis- 
tinction among other teachers to which his talents 
justly entitle him. Since accepting his present 
position, that of Superintendent of the Bradner 
Schools, he has promoted the standard of scholar- 
ship and systematized the method of instruction, 
so that the institution ranks among the best free 
schools in the county. 

Referring to the history of the family, we find 
that our subject's father, Jacob Bowers, was born 
in Sandusky County, Ohio, in 1844, his birthplace 
being I)ut a short distance from the farm where he 
now resides. His father, Hartman, was a German 
by birth, and came to this country about 1832, so- 
journing for a time in Buffalo, N. Y., and a few 
years afterward removing to Ohio. Though his 
trade was that of a carpenter, he devoted his at- 
tention principally to farming after coming to 
America, and this occupation he followed in San- 
dusky County until his death. 

The mother of our subject, Laura, was born in 
Buffalo, N. Y., and was of German parentage. Her 
father, Martin Eckart, was a shoemaker by trade, 
which he followed both in the Old Country and in 
America. The family of which our subject is a 
member consisted of six children, those besides 
himself being Ella, wife of F. E. Kline, who is en- 
gaged in agricultural pursuits in Sandusky County; 
Flora W., who is married and lives in Rising Sun; 
Leroy, Pearl and Louis, who are with their par- 
ents. 

Upon the home farm in Scott Township, San- 
dusky County, Ohio, the subject of this sketch was 
born May 3, 1870. His primary education was 
gained in the neighboring common schools, after 
which he entered the Normal Collegiate Institute 
at Wauseon, Ohio, continuing in that institution 
until his graduation in 1893. At the age of 
eighteen he commenced to teach, and when not in 
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father was a man of means, and be was not obliged 
to become self-supporting at so early an age, but 
he was ambitious, energetic and independent, and 
preferred to earn the money witli which to pay 
his way through school. After graduating he 
came to Bradner as Superintendent of the schools 
at this place. 

In Ma}', 1894, Professor Bowers was united in 
marriage with Miss Hattie Metzler, the daughter of 
David Metzler, a farmer of Williams County, Ohio, 
and a niece of Professor Metzler, of Wauseon Col- 
lege. She is a cultured and accomplished young 
lady, and was graduated from college in the same 
class with our subject. They have established a 
comfortable home in Bradner, and are popular in 
the best social circles of tiie village. He is regard- 
ed as a rising young educator, and as one who is 
destined to attain prominence in the profession 
which he has chosen for his life work. 



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JOHN H. MOENTER, President of the Pem- 
berville Creamery Company, and one of the 
most influential citizens of Wood County, is 
a native of Germanj^ but his life from the 
age of nine years has been passed in the vicinity 
of his present home. He was born in Hanover, 
January 6, 1837, and is the son of Ernest Moen- 
ter, a farmer of Germany, who, emigrating to Amer- 
ica in 1846, settled in Troy Township, Wood 
County, and there spent his remaining years. The 
mother of our subject bore the maiden name of 
Anna Habler, and was born in Hanover; she at- 
tained the age of almost fourscore years, passing 
away at the family home in Wood County. 

In the family of Ernest Moenter there were one 
daughter and five sons. The former, Mrs. Clara 
L. Bushman, died many years ago; Frederick, a 
farmer of Wood County, and the owner of a val- 
uable estate near Pemberville, has been Assessor of 
his township and is the present Trustee; H. H. 
lives in Troy Township; William resides on the 



old homestead. John H., the subject of this no- 
tice, grew to manhood on his father's farm, and, 
the family being poor, he was not permitted to 
gain a good education. At the age of fourteen he 
began to learn the trade of a cabinet-maker, but 
later transferred his attention to the carpenter's 
trade, which he followed about twentj' years, meet- 
ing with fair success in that occupation. 

Retiring from his trade, Mr. Moenter embarked 
in the sawmill business, building a mill at Pem- 
berville about the time of the close of the Civil 
War. On selling the mill, about 1888, he engaged 
in the furniture and undertaking business, and 
after disiwsing of that established his home upon 
a farm situated two and one-half miles from Pem- 
berville, upon the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad. 
His first marriage was to Miss Anna C. Scher- 
armeyer. who at her death left two children: 
Anna, who lives at home; and Catherine, wife of 
August Shurman, a farmer of Freedom Township. 
The second wife of Mr. Moenter was Mary C, a 
sister of his first wife, and their union was blessed 
by the birth of three sons and four daughters: 
Henry W., who aids in the cultivation of the home 
farm; Caroline, Mary, Frederick, Julia, Dora and 
Ernest. 

In the development of the oil fields of Wood 
County, Mr. Moenter has taken an active part, 
and has eleven wells on his farm. He also owns 
the planing-mill at Pemberville, as well as several 
houses and other valuable property. His political 
views have brought him into active co-operation 
with the Democratic party, of which he is a local 
leader. For more than a quarter of a century he 
has been continually in office, and has held a num- 
ber of responsible positions. His first office was 
that of Township Trustee, after which he was As- 
sessor for eight years and Treasurer for fourj'ears. 
For many years he has served as Justice of the 
Peace, and he has also been Treasurer of the School 
Board for some time. 

In the settlement of estates Mr. Moenter has 
done a large amount of work, having doubtless set- 
tled more than any other resident of Wood Coun- 
ty. He was appointed a Commissioner to close up 
the affairs of the Pemberville Bank at the time 
of its failure. With a number of the most important 



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enterprises of Peraberville he has been intimately 
associated, and is justly regarded as one of the 
most liberal-spirited and energetic citizens of the 
place. He aided in the organization of the Pera- 
berville Creamery Company, of which he is serv- 
ing as President. His membership is in the Luth- 
eran Church, and he has filled the position of Treas- 
urer of the congregation. 



/"~VASPER BEEKER, one of Wood County's 
^^/ wealthiest citizens, and a resident of Pera- 
berville, was born in Hanover, Germany, 
Januar3- 21, 1829. His father, Ciiristian, was a na- 
tive of the same place, born about 1796, and came 
to the United States in 1843, settling near Gibson- 
burg, Sandusky County, where he purchased a 
small farm of forty acres. To the cultivation of 
this place he gave his attention until his death, 
about 1862. He was a man of great Industry and 
perseverance, but never accumulated wealth, and 
therefore was unable te give his children many ad- 
vantages or much raaterial assistance when they 
started out for themselves. 

At the time of coming to the United States, the 
subject of this notice was a lad of fourteen years. 
He received but limited educational advantages, 
as he was obliged to start out for himself at a very 
early age. His first position was that of a farm 
laborer, for which he received $8 per month. This 
work he continued for several years during the 
summer seasons, while in the winter months he en- 
gaged in chopping wood at two shillings per cord. 
Working from daj'light till dark industriously, he 
gained a reputation for industry and energy, and 
his services were in demand in the neighborhood. 
In this way he not only supported himself, but 
was also enabled to assist his parents. 

When he was twenty, our subject bought a colt 
for $27, and this he traded, with other considera- 
tions, for a piece of land comprising eighty acres. 
At the age of twenty-four, he bought eighty acres 



near Gibsonburg, for which he paid $660 in cash, 
leaving an indebtedness upon it and the other 
property of $200. His next task was that of clear- 
ing a small place and building a log house, to 
which, at marriage, he brought his wife, formerly 
Miss Clara Brauksieker, who had come to this 
country from Germany at the same time he crossed 
the ocean. 

In order to assist in clearing the land, Mr. Beck- 
er bought a pair of oxen , for which he went in debt. 
From that time he prospered. He was enabled 
soon to pay all indebtedness, thus giving iiiin an 
opportunitj' to save money. In the buying and 
selling of land, which he conducted upon an ex- 
tensive scale, he accumulated considerable money, 
prosperity rewarding all his enterprises. In 1858 
he came to Wood County and bought a farm, sit- 
uated about one-half mile from the present town 
of Peraberville, which at that time consisted of a 
store, a mill and one or two houses. On remov- 
ing from Sandusky County, he sold his property 
near Gibsonburg for $3,400. He gave his atten- 
tion to the improvement of his farm near Peraber- 
ville and there made his horae for seven years, aft- 
er which he sold the place for §6,000. During the 
war he made a fortune buying horses and other 
stock for the Government. 

Upon selling his farm near Peraberville, Mr. 
Becker bought four hundred and forty acres sit- 
uated three miles from this place, and tiiere he re- 
sided for some twentj- years. For the past nine 
j'cars, however, he has made his home in Peraber- 
ville, where during a portion of the time he has 
operated a store. On his farm there are eleven oil- 
wells, representing a sraall fortune in themselves. 
Aside from his elegant horae, he owns considerable 
property in the village. 

Of the family- of Mr. and Mrs. Beeker, six chil- 
dren survive, Ave being deceased. Henry was 
born July 28, 1853, and died August 3, 1856; 
Mary was born May 22, 1855, and died August 13, 
1856; Frank, whose birth occurred June 11, 1857, 
is married and resides on his father's farm; Mary 
(2d), who was born November 28, 1859, is the 
wife of Harmon Smeasal, and lives on a farm ad- 
joining the old homestead; Casper was born Jan- 
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year; Eliza, who was born April 5, 1865, married 
William Heckman, a farmer near Pemberville; 
Catherine was born September 23, 1867, and passed 
away September 27 of the same year; Anna was 
born December 21, 1869, and is the wife of Fred- 
erick Rohr, who is engaged in farm pursuits near 
Pemberville; Caroline, born May 9, 1872, is the 
wife of John Dicger, a fanner; John F., who was 
born April 10, 1874, assists his brother in the cul- 
tivation of the farm; Jacob was born February 
23, 1878, and died on the 5th of March following. 
The family is connected with the Lutheran Church, 
to tlic support of which, as well as to all benevo- 
lent enterprises, Mr. Bceker is a generous contrib- 
utor. 



PROF. RICHARD F. BEAUSAY, Superin- 
tendent of the Pemberville Schools, was 
born in Darke County, Ohio, near the 
city of Greenville, February 15, 1859. The fam- 
ily of which he is a member originated in Germany, 
and for many generations, as far back as the gene- 
alogy can be traced, has resided in Prussia. His 
father, Francis, who was born near Leipsic, was 
the only son of his parents, with whom he and bis 
three sisters came to the United States, settling in 
Richland Township, Marion County, Ohio. Later 
he removed to Darke County, where for a time 
he engaged in farming, although by trade he was 
a watchmaker. 

While a resident of Marion County, Francis 
Bcausay married Louisa Ebenstein, a native of 
Germany, whence she accompanied her parents to 
America. Mr. Beausay followed his trade of a 
watchmaker both in Marion and Greenville, but 
for many years prior to his demise was in poor 
health. His d-eath occurred January 14,1879. In 
religious faith lie was a Lutheran. His wife died 
November 6, 1864, when Richard F. was but five 
years of age. There were five children in the fam- 
ily, of whom the eldest, Frederick, died in child- 
hood. Adam and Marie died in infancy, leaving 



our subject and his younger brother, Charles H., 
the sole survivors of the family. The latter, who 
engaged in teaching for eight years, is now the 
Postmaster at Ilarpster, Wyandot County. 

The early life of Professor Beausay was one 
continued struggle against poverty. His mother 
having died when he was a child, and his father 
being in poor health, he went to live for a time 
with a sister of his mother in Darke County, near 
the village of Ansonia. He made his home at dif- 
ferent times with a number of families in Darke 
and Marion Counties, not always receiving the 
best of treatment. At the age of ten years he be- 
gan to assist his father at his trade. He had but 
limited advantages for acquiring an education, 
and it is a proof of his persistence and indefati- 
gable energy, that through self culture be has be- 
come the possessor of a wide fund of information, 
covering the sciences, classics and literature. While 
working on a farm in Wyandot County, and 
while yet a boy, he passed a thorough examination 
and received a certificate to teach. His first school 
was in Mifflin Township, W3'andot County, after 
which, for eight years, he continued to teach in 
different country schools in Wj'andot and Seneca 
Counties, his leisure hours being devoted assidu- 
ously to his studies. 

In July, 1892, Professor Beausay was selected to 
fill the responsible position of Superintendent of 
the Pemberville schools, in which capacity he has 
since served with such marked efficiency as to win 
the commendation of all the residents of the place. 
As an educator and instructor he is patient, thor- 
ough, interested in the advancement of his pupils, 
and devoted to their welfare. His success is note- 
worthy, inasmuch as he had no advantages in boy- 
hood, but was forced to gain his education without 
aid from teachers or the excellent text-books now 
in use. After school hours he was usually' found 
in the library of a prominent attornej', where 
he prosecuted his studies for llie legal jjfofes- 
sion,andwas admitted to tlie Bar at Columbus, 
Ohio, March 7, 1895. 

The marriage of Professor Beausa\', May 1, 1884, 
united him with Miss Carrie L. Keller, and they 
have four children, namely: Hoy Llewellyn; Rex 
Audemar, who died January 30, 1894, at the age 



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of seven years; Joyce Constance; and Wayne 
Cleveland. Socially the Professor is a member of 
the Knights of Pythias, of which he is Past Chan- 
cellor, and is a charter member of the lodge at 
Carey, Ohio. In his religions belief he is connect- 
ed with the Methodist Episcopal Church. While 
his educational duties and liis legal studies con- 
sume the larger portion of his time, he also gives 
some attention to literary work, and writes for the 
various papers in the surrounding counties. He 
is a gentleman of superior talents, and is destined 
to attain a prominent rank among the professional 
men of northwestern Ohio, and that, too, perhaps 
at no distant day. 



Y7^ LIAS P'ASSETT. The family represented 
I C) by this influential business man of Toledo 
originated in Scotland, but has been inti- 
mately associated with tlie history of the United 
States for nearly two centuries. The first of the 
name who came to America settled in Massachu- 
setts in 1715, and for many years thereafter the 
family was prominent in the annals of New Eng- 
land. The great-grandfather of our subject, who 
resided in Bennington, Vt., served in the French 
and Indian Wars, and the grandfather was Cap- 
tain in the Revolution under General Montgom- 
ery, For his meritorious and gallant service dur- 
ing the war with England he was granted by Con- 
gress the entire township of Cambridge, in Ver- 
mont. He became one of the most eminent men 
of Vermont, and for some time filled the position 
of Associate Judge of the Supreme Court. 

John Fassett, father of our subject, was born in 
Bennington, Vt., December 17, 1769, but after the 
Revolution accompanied his parents to Cambridge, 
where he studied and later practiced medicine. 
In June of 1832 he removed to Port Lawrence, 
and bought eighty acres of land now known as a 
part of the Sixth Ward of Toledf), and usually 



called "Fassett 's First and Second Additions." In 
the fall of 1832 he brought his wife, Martha 
Thomas, and their children to Port Lawrence, 
where for the ensuing five years he engaged in 
general practice as a physician, in addition to the 
labor of clearing his farm. At the expiration of 
that time he settled upon the farm, where he con- 
tinued to reside until his death, May 26, 18,53. 

In Cambridge, Vt., the subject of this sketch 
was born January 17, 1827, being the youngest of 
the parental family of four sons and three daugh- 
ters. He was five years of age when the family 
removed to Port Lawrence, and there he remained, 
assisting in the work of developing the farm, until 
his seventeenth year. Educational advantages in 
those days were exceedingly limited, and in his 
case consisted of only three months' attendance 
during the year in the neighboring log school- 
house, and one year spent in a select school on La- 
grange Street, Toledo, in 1836. His father and an 
elder brother were the proprietors of the first tav- 
ern in Toledo. This building was erected in the 
fall of 1832, on the west side of Summit (near Lo- 
cust) Street, a portion of the city then known as 
Vistula. Upon the same site was afterward erected 
a hotel known as the Mansion House, and later as 
the Franklin House. 

James Irvine Browne, the publisher of the first 
newspaper in Toledo, boarded with Mr. Fassett's 
father in 1834. The first edition of his paper, pub- 
lished during that year, was delivered by our sub- 
ject, wiio has a clear recollection of its appearance 
and the primitive manner in which it was printed. 
This Mr. Browne was the one who selected and 
suggested the name for the present city of Toledo. 

Upon starting out for himself, our subject se- 
cured a clerkship in the dry-goodb and general 
store of Raymond & Fassett, in which concern an 
elder brother held an interest. Three years were 
thus spent, after which he returneil to the old 
homestead, and there remained until his father's 
death. Afterward he held for one year the posi- 
tion of check clerk in the Toledo office of the 
Cleveland & Toledo Railroad, now a part of the 
Lake Shore <fe Michigan Southern. For two years 
following he filled a similar position in the office 
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freight foreman for the same road. He then sev- 
ered his connection with the raih'oad business 
and returned to the old homestead, where he has 
since resided, giving his attention to farming and 
dealing in real estate. The rapid growth of the 
city has materially increased tlie value of liis prop- 
ertj', a large portion of which has been converted 
into city building lots. At the time of its pur- 
chase it was an uncultivated tract, covered with 
woods, upon which for many years stood a log 
house, the home of the family during the early 
years of their residence here. 

May 7, 1857, Mr. Fassett was united in marriage 
with Miss Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Philander 
Wales, an early settler in this locality. They are 
the parents of three children, narael}': Mary Alma, 
who was born March 22, 1858; Mabel, Octoljer 29, 
18G8; and John Elias, who was born November 4, 
1862, and died in infancy. 

Though not active in politics, Mr. Fassett never- 
theless adheres with fidelity to the principles of 
the Democratic party. For six years he was a 
member of the Board of Equalization, the duties 
of which lie performed to the satisfaction of all 
concerned. A man of broad and liberal views, he 
has been a promoter of enterprise, ever ready to 
do ids full share in matters pertaining to the pub- 
lic welfare. His success is well deserved, and he 
occupies a high place in the regard of his fellow- 
citizens. 



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OBEi:)IAII A. BIGLEY is engaged in a hard- 
ware and general mercantile business at 
Rising Sun, Montgomery Township, Wood 
County. In 1883 he bought the store and stock, 
and a few years later erected a good and substan- 
tial building, in which he has conducted a success- 
ful business, and won a reputation as an honorable 
and capable business man. 

The father of our subject, Obediah, 8r., was born 
in Orange County, N. Y., October 1, 1804, and was 
married in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1830, to Eliza- 



beth Bowerman, a native of Pennsylvania, born 
March 23, 1817. In 1822 he came to Ohio and 
worked as a farm hand for his grandfatlier. In 
1824 he came to this county, where he remained 
for two years, and then returned to Seneca Coun- 
ty, continuing to make his home there for many 
years. In 1835 he purchased one hundred and 
twenty acres of timber-land in Montgomery Town- 
ship, this county, and after clearing five acres built 
a log house. He later sold forty acres of his land, 
but continued to cultivate the remaining eighty 
acres until his death, which occurred August 20, 
1888, at the age of eighty-four years and ten 
months. His wife departed this life March 7, 
1894, when in her seventy-eighth year. Mr. Big- 
ley is administrator of his parents' estate. Their 
eldest child, Charlotte, married Henry Swartz, who 
died in the war, and after that event she married 
Tlioraas Hunt, but both are now deceased. Julia 
first became the wife of Samuel Essex, and after 
his demise she married Martin Mound, of this 
township. John lives in Charlotte, Mich. Mary 
is the wife of Edward J. Teeples, of Bradner. 
Obediah A. is the next in order of birth. Harriet 
was the wife of Benjamin Eshelman. Louis and 
Lucy, twins, were the next in the family. The 
former is a resident of East Toledo, but his sister 
is now deceased. Jane, the youngest of the fam- 
ily, married Daniel Conant, and lives in Amsden, 
Seneca County, this state. 

Obediah A. Bigley, whose name heads this arti- 
cle, was born March 13, 1845, and was only ten 
years old when he came to Wood County. He at- 
tended school more or less until 1864, when, on 
the 22d of February, he enlisted in Company E, 
Twenty-fifth Ohio Infantry, at Sandusky City, 
under Colonel Houghton. After a short period 
spent at Camp Chase, he was sent to New York 
City, and thence to South Carolina. He took an 
active part iu the battle of Du BoisNeck, in which 
the Union forces were defeated, and later, in the 
eng.agement at Honey Hill, he was in the hardest 
fight of the campaign, about two hundred and 
fifty soldiers of his regiment being killed or 
wounded in the encounter. While on the raid to 
Georgetown he was wounded in the left knee. 
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guard duty. After the war had closed he con- 
tinued to work for the (lovernmeiit until June 18, 
1866. 

On his return to Wood County Mr. Bigley was 
variously employed for a couple of years, and 
then began working at the carpenter's trade. He 
followed this calling until 1881, when he look 
charge of his father's farm for six months. From 
that time until the present, as stated above, he has 
been interested in merchandising in Rising Sun. 
Under Harrison's administration he was Post- 
master, and served for six months over the four- 
years term. In local Republican circles he was 
quite active, as he has also been in the Grand 
Army of the Republic, in which he is Commander 
of Whitman Post. He holds membership with the 
Patriotic Order Sons of America, and is Presi- 
dent of Camp No. 10, in addition to which he is a 
member of the Odd Fellows' society, in which he 
is Chaplain. 

April 26, 1868, Mr. Bigley married Anna Bates, 
daughter of John and Samantha (Knight) Bates. 
The former was a native of Stark Count}', Ohio, 
and when eleven years old moved to Sandusky 
Count}'. After his marriage he settled in Seneca 
County, and after a short residence in Rising Sun 
moved to Missouri. He later returned to Ohio, 
where he died, in Fostoria, May 16, 1881, in his 
sixty-first year. His wife departed this life July 
12. 1894, aged seventy-three years. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Bates were born live children: Lucy, who is 
the wife of Jacob Baker, a laborer; Mrs. Bigle}-; 
Sylvester, who lives in this county; John, deceased; 
and Willis, whose home is in Kansas City. Mr. 
and Mrs. Bigley are faithful members of the United 
Brethren Church, of which he has been Class-leader 
for the past two years. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Bigley has been 
blessed with seven childien. C. P., the eldest, born 
February 15, 1870, is a graduate of the State Nor- 
mal School at Fostoria, Ohio, and was taken into 
partnership by his father October 1, 1894. They 
commenced operating in the oil business in 1893, 
in which line they are still engaged. Sarah A., 
who was born in August, 1872, married F.W. Bow- 
ers, and lives in Rising Sun. Myron O., born 
June 4, 1878, is attending the local schools. Wil- 



bert and Wilber, twins, were born March 21, 1881, 
and the latter died July 5, 1881. Claude and 
Clyde were born Ma}' 1, 1883, and the former died 
September 8 following. 

Since coming to the village of Rising Sun Mr. 
Bigley has met with brilliant success, having made 
$6,500, and the son $2,500. The former met with 
a severe accident October 8, 1893, being kicked in 
the neck by a horse, and he is still suffering from 
the effects of the accident. 



WILLIAM GARNER, M. D., has been 
engaged in practice in the village of 
Lemoyne, Wood County, for abonl ten 
years and is meeting with success in his chosen 
work. The owner of a very pleasant home in this 
place, he takes great pleasure in extending its hos- 
pitality to his many friends and well-wishers. He 
is a graduate of the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical 
Institute, having been a member of the Class of 
'82, and after his graduation settled first for prac- 
tice at Lindsey, Ohio, but remained there scarcely 
two years, when he determined to cast in his in- 
terests with the lot of this community. He is a 
Democrat in his political affiliations, and officiated 
as Clerk of Troy Township for one term. 

Dr. Garner is a native of the Buckeye State, 
having been born in Sandusky County, February 
26, 1854. His parents, J. P. and Elizabeth (Shaf- 
fer) Garner, were natives of Germany, and emi- 
grated to the United States in 1853, settling first 
in Sandusky County, where they became the own- 
ers of a good farm. The father died in June, 1890, 
aged eighty-two years. His wife, who departed 
this life in 1887, was then in her sixty-fifth year. 
They were members of the Lutheran denomina- 
tion, and Mr. Garner was a Democrat. Of their 
eight children five are deceased. Philip and 
Henry P., the surviving brothers, are both pros- 
perous farmers of Sandusky County, Ohio. 

Dr. Garner, the youngest child of his parents, 
was the only one of the family born in the United 




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States. He received a country-school education, 
and is entitled to credit on account of his ambi- 
tion and earnest purpose to make the most of his 
advantages. Though he worked hard during the 
day he studied until late at night, and at last fitted 
himself to enter the Columbus Medical College, 
where lie took one term of lectures. Later he 
studied for two terms in the Cincinnati Medical 
College, paying his own tuition and expenses by 
selling books and by working at any honest em- 
ployment whereby he might gain the necessary 
funds. He is popular with all classes in this sec- 
tion, and is rising rapidly to a front rank among 
his professional brethren. 

February 11. 1880, Dr. Garner married Amanda 
Lieser, who was born in Pennsylvania and came to 
this state in childhood. By her marriage she has 
become the mother of two sons and two daughters, 
all bright and interesting children. They are as 
follows: Quentin L., born June 8, 1881; Arthur 8., 
October 31, 1882; Mabel R., January 24, 1884; and 
Nora A., July 4, 1888. The parents are members of 
the Lutheran Church and are liberal contributors 
to religious and benevolent objects. The Doctor 
holds membership with the Knights of Pythias. 



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MATTHEW SHOEMAKER. Among the 
prominent men of Toledo no man is 
more justly entitled to an honorable 
place in its history than the one whose name heads 
this sketch, a gentleman who has been usefully and 
worthil}' identified with the piosperit)- of the city 
in every progressive movement, but especially in 
the promotion of its banking- interests. If it be 
true, as is often asserted, that the history of any 
communit}' is made up of the events and trans- 
actions in the lives of its citizens, then from the 
pages of this volume the reader may learn much 
concerning the history of the prosperous city lying 
at the head of Lake Erie. 

The birth of Matthew Shoemaker occurred in 
Herkimer County, N. Y., November 16, 1813, 
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his ancestors being Colonial settlers. His father, 
Robert Shoemaker, a native of New York, was a 
prominent farmer and was twice a member of the 
State Legislature. His mother, Catherine, who 
was born in Herkimer County, was a daughter of 
Judge Michael Myers, a native of New Jersey, and 
a soldier in the Revoluti(jnary War, whose wife 
was a Miss Harter, of Herkimer County. The 
paternal grandfather of Matthew Shoemaker was 
John Jacob Shoemaker (Major of the Fourth 
Battalion of Tr3'on County troops in 1775), whose 
father, Rudolph Shoemaker, emigrated to America 
in 1710, and settled in the Mohawk Valley in New 
York State. 

Matthew Shoemaker, the eldest of seven chil- 
dren who attained mature years (of whom three 
sons and one daughter are still living), spent his 
youthful years in Herkimer County, where he re- 
ceived common-school advantages until his thir- 
teenth year. He then became a clerk in a country 
store, where he acquired a fair knowledge of busi- 
ness and of men, and subsequently went to New 
York City, where he remained until nineteen years 
of age. During the cholera epidemic in the metrop- 
olis, he left the city and returned to his old home. 
Four years afterward he began contracting for por- 
tions of the Utica & Schenectady Railroad, now a 
part of the New York Central system. 

In 1836 occurred the marriage of Mr. Shoe- 
maker and Miss Catherine Bellinger, daughter of 
Frederick Bellinger, of Herkimer County, N. Y. 
Mrs. Shoemaker was a devout member of the Epis- 
copal Church, and a lady whose many noble at- 
tributes of character won the friendship of all her 
acquaintances. Her death, in 1890, was mourned 
by all who knew her. Seven children were born 
of her marriage, but only one survives, Frederick 
B., an influential business man of this city, and 
Vice-President of the Northern National Bank. 

In the fall of 1836 Mr. Shoemaker went to Illi- 
nois, and for a time was engaged in the construc- 
tion of the Illinois & Michigan Canal, but when 
the state failed to pay the contractors he removed 
to Jackson County, Mich. In 1842, associated 
with his brother Michael, he purchased a mill in 
Jackson County, which they conducted for two 
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his brotlier. Then, returning to New York, he 
was engaged in the general produce business until 
1853, and was also largel}' interested in the ship- 
chandler l)usiness, which was conducted by liis 
partner. Ilis next venture was as a miller and 
dealer in grain in Tiffin, Ohio. 

In 1854, when the Dayton & Micliigan Railroad 
was in process of construction from Dayton to To- 
ledo, Mr. Shoemaker was made its General Super- 
intendent, and held that position, and for a time 
that of Vice-President, until 1862, when the road 
was leased to tlie Cincinnati, Hamilton it D.ayton 
Railroad and became a part of that system. In 
1859 Mr. Shoemaker removed iiis family from 
Dayton, Ohio, to Toledo, where he has since re- 
sided. From 1862 until 1868 he vvas interested in 
a foundry and machine-shop in which car wheels 
and railroad supplies were manufactured. For 
many j'cars he was a member of the Toledo Board 
of Trade. In 1862, in connection with R. B. Hub- 
bard & Co., of Sandusky, he built tlie first grain 
elevator of the Dayton & Michigan Railroad in 
Toledo, now known as the Cincinnati, Hamilton & 
Dayton Elevator '"A." In the spring of 1864, he 
organized, and was made President of, the North- 
ern National Bank of Toledo, and in this respon- 
sible position he continued until 1872, when he re- 
signed on account of impaired health, continuing, 
however, as Vice-President, and giving much of 
his time and attention to the bank, for ten years 
thereafter. He is still a stockholder and Director 
in the institution. For the past thirty years he 
has been largely interested in the various banks of 
thiscity, and for fifteen years was President of the 
Merchants <fe Clerks' Savings Bank, in which he 
still owns an interest. He is also a stockholder 
and Director in the Union Savings Bank. At all 
times he has been a man of public spirit, read3' to 
promote local enterprises by his influence and 
means. 

Politically Mr. Shoemaker has always been a 
consistent Democrat. For many years he was act- 
ively interested in the public schools of the city as 
a member of the Board of Education. His life has 
been marked by integrity and uprightness of pur- 
l)oso, and he most truly deserves the confidence 
which is freely accorded him bv his associates. An 



ardent sportsman with rod and gun, he and a few 
friends in 1874 organized the Middle-Bass Island 
Club, one of the most successful organizations of 
its kind in the state. For eighteen consecutive 
years he was annually elected its President, but 
finally resigned on account of ill-health. On this 
beautiful island of Lake Erie, immediately after 
the organization of the club, he built a cottage, 
and has since spent his summers there. The club 
is composed of two hundred members, including 
many of the most prominent men, politically, 
sociall^'and commercially, in the state, all of whom 
look upon Mr. Shoemaker as the founder of the 
club and as a personal friend. 



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HIRAM HAWLEY, of Sylvania, Lucas 
County, is one of its old and respected 
residents, and has lived here at intervals 
during sixty-one years. For a number of years 
he has been engaged in merchandising, but met 
with a great misfortune about 1875, when his 
building and entire stock were destroyed by Are. 
Beginning again, he built a storeroom, and since 
that time has been engaged in farming, running 
a cider-mill and removing buildings. At one 
time he served as Constable, having been elected 
on the Republican ticket, to which party he gives 
his support. 

Mr. Hawley was born September 6, 1821, near 
Presque Isle, Lucas County, on the banks of the 
Maumee River. His parents, David W. and Nancy 
Ilawley, were natives of Connecticut. The father 
was a hero of the War of 1812, and was wounded 
at the battle of Ft. Meigs, his death ultimately re- 
sulting from the effects of the injury which he 
then received. He was a stonemason by trade, but 
in later life became a very wealthy farmer, and was 
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Buffalo, N. Y. At a very early day lie came to 
this place, and was one of the founders of Sylva- 
nia. His death occurred in 1842, at the age of 
about seventy-seven j-ears. He reared two chil- 
dren, Mrs. Julia Wilson and our subject. 

The early years of Hiram Ilawlej' were passed 
in this locality, on his father's farm. About 1855 
he went to Michigan and bought land, which he 
cultivated for several years, and in a financial sense 
was quite successful. Returning to Sylvania, he 
has since been engaged in business, and for a time 
was express agent at this place. 

March 9, 1852, Mr. Hawley married, in Buffalo, 
N. Y., Sylvia Lewis, who was born March 7, 1831, 
being the daughter of Lyman and Phwbe (Hurd) 
Lewis. Three children came to bless the union of 
Mr. and Mrs. Hawley, namely: Munson, born May 
12, 1853, and now a resident of this place; Lettie, 
wife of Walter Wilson, a farmer; and .Jennie, who 
was born September 7, 1865, and is now living at 
home with her parents. 



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JAMES ANDREWS is a prominent and suc- 
cessful farmer of Sylvania Townshij), Lucas 
County, his home being on section 11. He 
has served this community as School Director 
for twenty years, and has held the oflBce of Road 
Commissioner for several terms. A native of Dev- 
onshire, England, he was born May 10, 1830, 
and was only five years of age when he came to 
make a permanent home in America. The voyage 
across the Atlantic was made in the packet-ship 
"Cosmopolite," about six weeks being spent on 
the water. 

The parents of our subject wore William and 
Elizabeth (Cory) Andrews, both natives of Eng- 
land. The father, who was a farmer by occupa- 
tion, brought a certain sum of money with him to 



the New World, and invested this in the home- 
stead now owned by our subject. He reared a 
family of twelve children, the eldest of whom, 
Samuel, died in England. William died in 1885, 
in Canada; .John, who was married and had a fam- 
ily, was drowned in Raisin River, near Palmyra, 
Mich., in 1848; Mrs. Jane Farrel, a widow, is now 
a resident of Hudson, Mich.; Mrs. Susan Palmer 
died about 1848; Thomas, a resident of this coun- 
ty, was summoned to the home beyond about 1845; 
Elizabeth married Addison Brainard, a farmer, 
now of Monroe County, Mich.; Lucy married 
Michael Moran, and died in 1889, in Hudson, 
Mich , leaving a family to mourn her loss; Samuel 
is married and is a printer in Toledo; Matthew, also 
of Toledo, is an employe of the Michigan Central 
Railroad; and James completes the famil}', as one 
died in infancy. 

The father of James Andrews died in May, 1852, 
and after surviving him for six years, his wife was 
also called to her final rest. The homestead of 
forty-seven acres was left by will to our subject, 
and it yet remains in his possession. June 20, 
1853, he was united in marriage with Angeline, 
daughter of William and Emily (Beckwith) Beach, 
natives of Connecticut and New York, respective- 
1}'. The former, a cooper by trade, came to Syl- 
vania in 1852, and continued to work at his voca- 
tion for several years. Mrs. Andrews was born 
May 5, 1833. Her brothers and sisters are as fol- 
lows: Edward, who died about 1847; Elizabeth, 
wife of David Baker, of New York State; Mrs. 
Hulda Lewis, of Michigan; Malcolm, a cooper by 
trade, and a resident of Toledo; Marshall, who is 
a member of the same craft, and is now living in 
Memphis, Tenn.; and Estella, wife of Harvey Cas- 
sady, of Kansas. 

Of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Andrews, only six are now living. Jo.sephine, the 
eldest, born June 16, 1854, is the wife of Joseph 
Disatell, of Ohio; Frances E., Mrs. Litsey, born 
March 16, 1856, is now living in Hudson, Mich.; 
Mrs. Florence E. Frost, of Sylvania, was born 
March 6. 1858; Hatlie L., Mrs. Cooper, also of this 
pLace, was born March 21, 1860; William E., born 
March 15, 1862, died September 8, 1870; Marshall 
H., born March 10, 1865, lives at home; Lorin D., 



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born March 31, 1867, died September 23, 1868; 
Samuel E., born September 25, 1869, died May 5, 
1871 ; Mabel B., born May 9, 1872, died October 7, 
1878; Godfrey J., born July 16, 1874. is now at 
home; and Maggie L., born May 30, 1876, was ac- 
cidentally killed September 22, 1887. 

Fraternally Mr. Andrews is identified with the 
Masonic lodge of Sylvania. For years lie has been 
a stanch Rei)ublican, and interested in the welfare 
of his party. He is temperate in all his habits, and 
takes just pride in the fact that he has never used 
any stimulants. He received a fair education, and 
is well informed on general and practical topics of 
the da}-. 



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/'~Y AFT. .lOHN W.GREENE, one of the most 
\~J prominent business men of Toledo, is a 
dealer in musical instruments. He won 
his title in the late War of tlie Rebellion, where he 
did brave and valiant service. He has made his 
home in this city for a number of years and has 
been identified with its growth and progress. 

J. W. Greene was born April 11, 1836, and is a 
son of Charles G. and Abigail (Bacon) Greene. 
The former was a son of Daniel C. Greene, who 
after the War of 1812 settled in New York State, 
and in the early '30s emigrated to a jioint near 
Cleveland, Ohio. Subsequently' he became a resi- 
dent of Sandusky County, and there died at the 
age of eighty-four years. His wife, whose maiden 
name was Elizabeth Lyons, was a native of the 
Empire State, and died in Sandusky, Ohio, when in 
her seventy-third year. Charles G. Greene was 
also born in New York State, and was married in 
Ohio. In his early manhood he held a position as 
foreman on the Erie Canal. Having learned the 
carpenter's trade in Cleveland, he followed that 
calling for many years in connection with farm- 
ing. In 1832 he removed to Sandusky County, 
where he engaged in operating a farm up to the 



time of his death. He was very active and enter- 
prising in his methods, and altogether cleared and 
improved four farms. In 1856 he voted for Fre- 
mont, and from that time forward was a loyal 
Republican. He was frecjuently honored bj- his 
neighbors with positions of trust and honor in the 
locality, and for years during the winter season 
he taught one of the old-fashioned subscription 
schools. At the time when he and his wife settled 
in Sandusky County the land was mainly a swamp, 
and bore little promise of what it would eventu- 
ally become. Nine children were born to Mr. and 
Mrs. Greene, and of the number four sons and 
three daughters are still living. One of their sons, 
Levi H., was a member of Company A, Twenty- 
ninth Ohio Infantry, during the late war, and 
went with Sherman on his march to the sea, but 
died in Savannah. 

John AV. Greene was educated in a log school- 
house, assisting in the management of the home 
farm until he reached his majority. With only a 
few dollars he then started out to seek a place for 
himself in the business world, and landed at Lone 
Rock, Wis., with about $2 in his pockets. He had 
a cousin living there, with whom he remained for 
a short time, until he could look about and decide 
what he should do. Obtaining a school at Spring 
Green, he taught for one terra during the winter, 
after which he organized a stock company and 
started vvith two farmers for Pike's Peak. Mr. 
Greene contributed a certain amount of money 
and the others furnished horses and supplies. The 
former drove some cattle as far as Dubuque, and 
the remainder of their journey took the little com- 
pany from March until the 1st of June. With 
varying fortunes our subject remained in the West 
until the fall of 1858, when he started for the 
East, and on arriving in Indiana worked for a 
time in a gristmill by the month. 

May 25, 1861, Mr. Greene became no longer 
content to remain inactive, and he volunteered his 
services in Company E, Twenty-sixth Regiment 
Indiana Infantry, as a private soldier to aid in 
defending the Old FLag. He was in all but one of 
the battles and engagements in which his regiment 
took part. Sorely against his will, he was placed 
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receiveJ the captaincy of his company, having 
been commissioned to that post a year after his 
enlistment. At Ft. Lexington he was talien ill 
with typhoid fever and came very near dying with 
the disease. A lodge room served as a temporary 
hospital, and the patients were placed on the floor. 
After thirty days of this kind of experience, Mr. 
Greene was taken to the Captain's tent, and as 
soon as possible for him to get around he obtained 
a thirty-days furlough. On its expiration he re- 
turned to the front at Sedalia, Mo., and for the 
next year his time was passed in Arkansas. Re- 
turning thence to Missouri, he was ordered to cut 
off the rebels on the Iron Mountain Road. Among 
other points at wliich he was stationed were Pilot 
Knob, Poplar Bluff and St. Genevieve. He was 
also present at the siege of Vicksburg, his com- 
manding ofHccr being Gen. Frank Herron. The 
Captain was honorably muslei'cd out of the service 
and returned home. 

In 1866 Mr. Greene went to Illinois and bought 
a large tract of land in Livingston County. For 
a year and a-half he gave his whole attention to 
breaking prairie and improving his land. This he 
afterwards sold at a profit of 11,200. Returning 
home, he started a boot and shoe store at Fremont' 
Ohio, which lie carried on for two years, and then 
sold out his interest in the concern. Coming to 
this city, Mr. Greene then took a general sewing- 
machine agency, representing about twenty-six 
companies. For years he commanded a very ex- 
tensive trade, dealing in machines both at whole- 
sale and retail. Later he added musical instru- 
ments, and still carries on both branches of the 
business. Until recently he has been the sole pro- 
prietor of the business, but lias his brother now as 
a partner in the firm. 

In September, 1874, Mr. Greene married Miss 
Ilattie B. Howe, who was born in Milan, Ohio, and 
who was educated in the schools of that place and 
in Toledo. Her parents were for years respected 
early settlers of Milan and afterwards of this city. 

Captain Greene is a member of Volunteer Post 
No. 715, G. A. R., also belongs to Forsyth Post, 
and has filled all the chairs in the former. He be- 
longs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, 
to the Royal Arcanum and to the Knights of 



Pythias. Religiously he is a Presbyterian, and be- 
longs to the First Church. In politics he uses his 
ballot in favor of the Republican party. In the 
West End Club he is one of the most popular 
members, and is now its President. Although 
this club is one of the youngest in Toledo, its 
growth has been phenomenal. Its original quar- 
ters were very soon found inadequate and it took 
possession of the commodious building at the cor- 
ner of Adams and Sixteenth Streets. 



Y EVI S. COMSTOCK came to Lucas County, 
I O Ohio, in 1834 with his parents, and since 
that time has looked upon Sylvania as his 
home. He was a pioneer engineer on what is now 
known as Ihe Lake Shore Railroad, and when there 
was any difficult or hazardous undertaking on 
hand was always called upon, and never failed to 
respond promptly. At the end of iiearl^^ three 
decades of faithful work he retired from active 
life, and has since lived quietly at home in Syl- 
vania. 

Mr. Comstock is a son of Beebe and Louisa 
(Parker) Comstock, who are represented elsewhere 
in this work, and was born in Cooperstown, N. Y., 
August 27, 1830, and there spent the first four 
years of his life. He received very little educa- 
tion, as he left home while quite young. Before 
he was twenty years old he was offered a position 
on the railroad, and was placed in charge of the 
engine "Adria," after which he ran the old "Te- 
cuniseh" and the "Hillsdale," the latter of which 
had no bell and no whistle. Mr. Comstock has 
many interesting relics of the days when railroad- 
ing was in its infancy, and, among others, a picture 
of the first engine and coach that were run over 
the Lake Shore Line, about 1836. At first, when 
he was a fireman, he was under the direction of 



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Superintendent James Moore, later under Samuel 
Brown, John D. Campbell, P. P. Wright and others. 

As the result of his years of industrious toil, 
Mr. Conistock is now the owner of one hundred 
and sixt\' acres of good laud, with forty acres of 
timber, all in Lucas County. Politically he uses 
his right of franchise in favor of the Republican 
party, and is always on hand at elections to do 
his duty as a citizen. He has been a Mason since 
1850. 

In 1880 Mr. Comstock was inniried, but the 
union proving uncongenial, a separation was 
deemed best. In 1893 our subject married Mrs. 
L. C. Garabel, of Cold water, Midi., who makes 
her husband a happy home and sliares his joys 
and sorrows. They are both very genial and 
hospitable, and take pleasure in entertaining their 
many friends. 



ellARLES W. MERCEREAU. Tiiis pleas- 
ant gentleman, who is tlie owner of a fine 
estate on section 8, Sylvania Township, 
Lucas County, is a native of the county, having 
been born four miles west of Toledo, .January 16, 
1836. His parents, Cornelius and Sallie (Phillips) 
Mercereau, were natives of New York, and emi- 
grated to this state in 1831, locating at once in 
Sylvania Township, where they became the posses- 
sors of a good farm. They made this section their 
home but a few years, however, when they re- 
turned to the Empire State and there remained for 
seven years. At the end of that time they again 
became residents of Sjlvania Township, where the 
elder Mr. Mercereau purchased eighty acres of 
land, which he cultivated in a very thorough man- 
ner. He subsequently disposed of this land, and 
died at the residence of iiis son Charles in 1888. 
His wife preceded him to the better land by many 



years, having passed away in September, 1869. 
The father's birth occurred May 13, 1802, and the 
mother's December 4, 1809. 

The children of the parental famil3- were seven 
in number. Of these Peter, the eldest, was born 
November 17, 1833, and died November 26, 1884; 
Charles was the next-born; then followed Ann, 
born April 22, 1838, who married John Adams 
and makes her home in Forrest, 111.; Wallace was 
born October 26, 1840, and is at present resid- 
ing in Montevideo, Minn.; Celesta, born March 
20, 1843, married John Vanpelt, and they live in 
Riga, Mich.; Henry was born August 21, 1845, 
and is now a citizen of East Richmond, Va.; and 
Emily, who was born January 2, 1852, is now Mrs. 
Wilber Shawler, of Church, Mich. 

Charles W. Mercereau was married, March 30, 
1862, to Sophia Robinson, who was born in Orange, 
Cuyahoga County, this state, June 17, 1842, and 
was the daughter of Nathan and Laura (Chase) 
Robinson. Her father was born in Hoosac, Vt., 
whence he removed to this state many years 
ago, settling in Cuyahoga County, where he car- 
ried on the combined occupation of a farmer and 
miller. He was the father of three children. 
George, born September 15, 1837, is now a well-to- 
do farmer of Sylvania Townsliii), this county; Cal- 
vin, whose birth occurred June 7, 1839, is also an 
.agricullurist, owning an estate in Crawford Coun- 
ty, Pa.; and Sophia is Mrs. Mercereau. 

The seven children born to our subject and his 
wife are: Wallace, born July 26, 1863, and now 
living in Toledo, being employed on the Lake 
Shore Railroad; Etta, born November 28, 1864, 
at home with her parents; Elmer, born January 23, 
1867, and who died August 22, 1877; Burt, born 
October 21, 1868, residing at home and engaged in 
farming; Dora E., born December 4, 1870, also 
with her jiarents; Ida Bell, whose birth took place 
July 28, 1872, and who is a teacher in the schools 
of Mitchaw, this township; and Fred H., born 
February 4, 1874, a farmer in this county, his es- 
tate being located near the home farm. 

Charles W.,of this sketch, remained with his par- 
ents until two years after attaining his majority, 
when he started out to work for other people. 
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as a farm hand he saved a nice little sum of money, 
which enabled him to make a purchase of sixt^- 
acres of unimproved land. On this he moved 
shortly after his marriage and began the work of 
its cultivation, remaining tiiere for four 3'ears, 
when lie traded his tract for another, located on 
section 13, and which was then the propertj' of his 
father. There he also made his home for four 
years, and then became the owner of his present 
farm, which comprises eighty acres. On this he 
erected good buildings of every description, but 
in 1882 suffered a severe loss by their being burnt 
down. He replaced them as soon as possible with 
even more substantial structures, thus adding 
greatly to the value of his estate, which is regarded 
as one of the best improved in the township. In 
addition to raising the usual amount of grain, he 
breeds fine stock, for which he finds a read}- market 
when desiring to sell. 

During the late war Mr. Mercereau served for 
one year as a member of Company B, One Hun- 
dred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantry, and on 
the close of the war was mustered out and honor- 
ably discharged. In politics he is a Republican. 
He has given his children the best advantages in an 
educational way, although the opportunities given 
him were very meager. At the present time he is 
a prosperous and highly respected man, and we 
take great pleasure in placing his biography among 
those of the best residents of Lucas County. 



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JOHN T. GREER is recognized as one of the 
able attorneys and successful business men of 
northwestern Ohio. In addition to the man- 
agement of a large professional practice, he 
holds the position of President of the Heavy Hard- 
ware Company, one of the solid financial concerns 
of Toledo. He is also interested in and a Director 
of the Hepburn Boat and Oar Company. For two 



years he was President of theGendron Iron Wheel 
Company, of which he was one of the original 
promoters and founders. In 1868 he was chosen 
Secretary of the Board of City Improvements, 
which position he held for four j^ears, and at all 
times he has manifested his interest in whatever 
pertained to the general welfare and advancement 
of Toledo. 

The Greer family is of Scotch descent. The fa- 
ther of our subject, Alexander, was born in Penn- 
S3'lvania, and in an earl}' day accompanied Grand- 
father John Greer to Ohio, settling in Knox Coun- 
ty. He was one of the early settlers and successful 
farmers of that section of the state, and was a man 
of upright, energetic character. For his wife he 
chose Miss Margaret Robinson, a native of Ohio, 
whose father, William Robinson, was born in Scot- 
land, emigrated to the United States, and settled 
in Knox County, Ohio, where he engaged in farm 
pursuits. 

The youngest of the parental family of seven 
children, John T. Greer was born in Knox Coun- 
ty, Ohio, July 26, 1840. His boyhood years were 
passed on his father's farm, and his education was 
acquired in the public schools of Knox County 
and from private tutors. Resolving to make the 
law his profession, he commenced to study under 
Walter H. Smith, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio (now of 
Washington, D. C). After a course of training in 
the Ohio State and Union Law College at Cleve- 
land, he was graduated, in June, 1864, and the 
same year was admitted to the Bar in Cleveland. 

In March, 1865, Mr. Greer became a permanent 
resident of Toledo. Opening a law office, he at 
once entered upon professional work, and has since 
practiced in the local, state and fedei'al courts. He 
has met with success in his profession, and is in 
comfortable circumstances financially. From time 
to time he has invested in real estate, and has been 
interested in other enterprises. In July, 1866, he 
married Miss Ursula A. Sanborn, who was born 
in New Hampshire, and is a daughter of Isaac 
and Mercy Sanborn, who were late of Claremont, 
N. H., but are now deceased. Their only child, 
Herbert T., is in his father's office, and is en- 
gaged in the insui'ance and real-estate business. 
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ron Street, where they have a pleasant home and 
refiner) surroundings. 

Politically Mr. Greer is identified with the Re- 
publican part3', with which he has affiliated since 
casting his first Presidential ballot in 1861. His 
success is due to his energy, integrity and perse- 
verance, rather than to any assistance he has re- 
ceived from others. He has worked his way up to 
a position of prominence and influence in the 
community, and is numbered among the able law- 
yers and leading business men of Toledo. 



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YTV UGENE C. EDSON. This influential citi- 
r^ C) zen of Sjivania is a native of New York, 
and was born in Penn Yan, Yates County, 
March 21, 1852. His life, however, has been 
passed principally in the village where he now re- 
sides, and to which he was brought by his parents 
when about one year old. He and his younger 
brother, Job A., who was born in Lyons, Fulton 
Count}', Ohio, February 14, 1854, are the only 
children of Charles and Mary E. (Smith) Edson, 
the former a native of New York State, born Sep- 
tember 20, 1821, and the latter born November 9, 
1832, in or near Yates County. The maternal 
grandparents, Benjamin L. and Mary Smith, were 
for many years residents of Yates County, where 
both died, the grandfather June 6, 1847, and his 
wife August 27, 1844. 

The parents of our subject were united in mar- 
riage September 1, 1850, and for a time thereafter 
continued to make their home in Yates County. 
Believing, however, that better opportunities would 
be afforded them in Ohio, they came liither, and in 
1853 settled in Sylvania, Lucas County. The 
father taught in the public schools for six or seven 
years, and for about ten ^ears was agent for the 
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad. They 
were an upright, hospitable and worthy couple, 



and had a large circle of warm friends in the vi- 
cinity of their home. They remained in Sylvania 
until death closed their earthly careers. The father 
passed away December 8, 1876, and the mother on 
the 20th of July following. Their younger son, 
J. A., is a resident of Tyler, Tex., and our subject 
is therefore the only representative of the family 
in Sylvania. 

The boyhood years of the subject of this sketch 
were somewhat uneventfully passed beneath the 
parental roof. In the common schools he laid the 
foundation of the excellent education to which he 
has since added by observation and self-culture, 
and he is now a well informed man, intelligently 
posted concerning the great issues of the age. In 
this village, December 4, 1878, occurred his mar- 
riage to Miss Flora L. Moore. Two sons and two 
daughters bless their union, namely: Lulu M., 
who was born October 3, 1884; Charlie M., De- 
cember 8, 1885; Welcome E., November 23, 1887; 
and May M., May 16, 1894. 

The father of Mrs. Edson is Warren D. Moore, 
whose birth occurred in Butler, Wayne County, 
N. Y., November 30, 1829. From the Empire 
State he came to Ohio and settled at Sylvania, 
where, April 21, 1858, he was united in marriage 
with Miss Sarah Comstock, a native of Hartwick, 
Otsego County, N. Y., born January 11, 1831. 
There were born unto them a daughter, Mrs. Edson, 
and three sons, D. O., A. I. and B. B., all of whom 
are living but D. O., who died at Kelly, N. M., 
November 1, 1894. Mr. Moore and his family' are 
at present residing in Socorro County, N. M. 

Tracing the lineage of Mrs. Edson further, we 
find that her paternal grandfather, Orren Moore, 
was one of the pioneers of Michigan, where he 
died in Whiteford, Monroe County, August 15, 
1842. His wife, whose maiden name was Clarissa 
Moore, passed from earth July 13, 1888, at Syl- 
vania. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Edson, 
B. B. Comstock, died on the. 17th of August, 1869. 
His widow, who still survives, has attained the ad- 
vanced age of eighty-six (1895). 

In everything pertaining to the welfare of the 
people and the progress of the vill.age, Mr. Edson 
maintains a commendable interest, and his co-opera- 
tion may always be relied upon in the support of 




MRS. S. L. COLLINS. 




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progressive enterprises of every kind. Politicallj'^ 
he advocates the principles of the Republican 
party, but is not aggressive in his opinions. His 
course in life has been such as to win the confi- 
dence of the people with whom he is associated, 
and lie is justly numbered among the progressive 
citizens of Sylvan ia. 

For the past twenty-six years he has represented 
the Lake Shore Railroad at different points, and is 
now their representative agent at Sylvania. 



ANFORD L. COLLINS, deceased, was acl- 
ivel3' identified with nearly eveiy public 
enterprise in the early history of Toledo, 
and was one of the most prominent and influential 
men of northwestern Ohio. He possessed unusual 
financial ability, and made a success of every en- 
terprise in which he engaged. The year 1831 wit- 
nessed his arrival in this cit3', and from that time 
until his death, which occurred February 2, 1889, 
he was intimately connected with all movements 
tending to benefit his fellow-citizens and the com- 
munity in which he dwelt. A prominent Knight 
Templar, he was for twelve j'ears Commander of 
the Toledo Commandery, and in his honor was 
named one of the largest and most influential Ma- 
sonic lodges of this cit3^ 

The family of which Mr. Collins was a member 
originated in England, and its first representatives 
in America came here at an early period in the 
history of the country. His parents, John W. and 
Mercy (Langworthy) Collins, were natives of Con- 
necticut, and were married at Stonington in 1793. 
A year later, with her parents and family, they 
moved to Oneida County, N. Y.,and settled in the 
town of Bridgewater. In 1802 they went to Jef- 
ferson County, N. Y., where Mr. Collins was one 
of the organizers of the town of Brownville, and 



was chosen its second Supervisor, as stated in the 
history of Jefferson County. He died in Decem- 
ber, 1810. His wife died in Toledo, when in her 
seventy-fifth year. 

The birth of Sanford L. Collins occurred in Jef- 
ferson County, N. Y., April 4, 1805. In 1812, at 
the age of seven years, he went to reside with his 
mother's brother at Bridgewater, where he re- 
mained until he was fifteen. His opportunities 
for an education, meantime, were limited to a few 
terms at the district school during the winter 
months. Possessing a vigorous intellect and re- 
tentive memory, these qualities, combined with 
studious habits, enabled him to acquire knowledge 
rapidly in the school of observation and expe- 
rience. 

On leaving Bridgewater, Mr. Collins engaged 
with his brother-in-law in keeping a hotel in the 
village of Gaines, Orleans County, where he re- 
mained until he was twenty-one. Subsequently 
he followed the same occupation for two years at 
Lockport. In 1829 he embarked in the mercantile 
business, connected with the himber and stave 
trade, at Pendleton, a small fort on the Erie Canal 
at its junction with Tonawanda Creek. This en- 
terprise he carried on successfully for two years. 

The attention of the people being directed to 
Michigan about this time, Mr. Collins decided to 
make a prospecting tour in that territory. Accord- 
ingly he sold out his business, and with his young- 
est brother, Morgan L., left Lockport in July, 
1831, for Detroit. Arriving there, they sought 
the advice of an old friend, Lewis Godard, a for- 
mer merchant of Lockport, who had come to De- 
troit in the spring previous, and had embarked in 
the mercantile business. His advice was that their 
tour of observation should extend through the 
southern tier of counties, which, be3rond Ann Ar- 
bor, were almost entirely unsettled. 

Procuring a couple of ponies and an outfit, the 
brothers set off upon their journey, following the 
traveled road and trail to Ann Arbor, from there 
by the Washtenaw Trail to Jackson, thence to 
Marshall, Kalamazoo and White Pigeon. At the 
last-named place the western land otlice was situ- 
ated. Mr. Collins located land at the present site 
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While still a single man, be clerked for a time for 
Lewis Godard in Detroit. On the 1st of July, 
1833, he came to Toledo and built a store, and in 
the fall of the same year he returned to this city. 
For a time he carried on a store for the firm of 
Godard & Briggs, at the corner of Summit and La- 
grange Streels, and on that lot he built the first 
frame building erected in the city of Toledo. He 
put up a store at the intersection of Detroit Ave- 
nue and Clierr}' Street, and there carried on a gen- 
eral business for himself. In September, 1833, he 
went to Pittsburg, Philadelphia and New York for 
goods, and the stock was shipped to Buffalo by the 
Erie Canal, and thence by lake on the schooner 
"Eagle," Capt. David Wilkinson in command. 
The sale of goods commenced in November, 1833. 

In 1834 his brothers, John W. and Morgan L., 
became associated with Mr. Collins under the firm 
name of S. L. Collins & Co., and the business was 
thus continued until 1837, when it was disposed 
of to Horace Thatcher and Michael T. Whitney. 
During all this time he carried on farming exten- 
sively in connection with his brother John W. 
From 1834 to 1842 he was Postmaster at Tre- 
mainsville, which is now a part of the city. He 
was among the most active and energetic of the 
pioneers in promoting the development, not only 
of the city in which he resided, but of the sur- 
rounding country. When Lucas County was or- 
ganized he was chosen its first Treasurer, and was 
subsequently re-elected to the office. In 1840 he 
assisted in the organization of Washington Town- 
ship, and at various times filled the offices of 
Clerk, Trustee and J-ustice of the Peace, holding 
the last-named office for nine years in succession. 

In his political views Mr. Collins was a Republi- 
can of no uncertain stamp. His example and in- 
fluence were always on the side of the moral wel- 
fare of the community, and lie especially looked 
upon Freemasonry as a valuable aid in that di- 
rection. He was one of the early members of Ft. 
Meigs Chapter and Toledo Commandery, and was 
Eminent Commander of the latter from 1857 to 
1869, only relinquishing the active duties of the 
order on account of the misfortune of impaired 
hearing. 

January 19, 1834, Mr. Collins and Harriet Whit- 



ney were united in marriage in this city. Mrs. 
Collins was born in Oswego Falls, N. Y., IMarch 9, 
1814, being the daughter of Noah A. and Olive 
(Dorwin) Whitney, natives, respectively, of Con- 
necticut and Salisbury, Mass. The Whitneys were 
descendants of a highly respected Englisii famii}- 
who were numbered among the early inhabitants 
of Connecticut. In 1822 Miss Harriet removed 
with her parents to Detroit, Mich., journeying 
tliither through Canada, and remaining in that city 
for one month, after which they removed to Mon- 
roe, Mich. In 1824 they came to Port Lawrence 
(now Toledo), and it was amid the primeval scenes 
of this locality that her girlhood years were passed. 
Her father entered a tract of eighty acres l^ing on 
what is now Collingwood Avenue, between Dela- 
ware Avenue and Bancroft Street, at present the 
finest residence portion of the city. 

Mrs. Collins received her education principally 
at Painesville, Ohio, and by careful study and 
reading became a well informed woman, thorough- 
ly fitted to cope with the trials and hardships of 
pioneer life. She was the first to teach a school in 
the present city of Toledo, and many of her pupils 
came across the river in canoes. The log school- 
house was situated on the present site of the high- 
school building, and was erected b3' Seneca Allen. 

The experience of Mrs. Collins in pioneer times 
were many and thrilling. The hardships endured 
by the wife and mother in frontier settlements are 
unknown to her sisters of the present day, whose 
lives are made easj' as the result of the energy of 
those brave men and women who laid the founda- 
tion of our prosperity and greatness as a nation. 
In man}' respects is gone, too, the old-fashioned 
hospitality that was known to the mothers of a 
former generation. Mrs. Collins is a noble exam- 
ple of the brave-hearted and self-sacrificing pio- 
neer women, few of whom still linger among us. 
In religious belief she is a member of the Congre- 
gational Church, to which her husband belonged. 

In a beautiful residence on Detroit Avenue 
Mrs. Collins is spending the twilight of her life, 
surrounded with the comforts and many of the 
luxuries of existence, which were made possible 
by former years of struggle and effort on the part 
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vanced years — more than fourscore — she retains 
the keenness of intellect and physical activity that 
marked her earlier years. The nobility of charac- 
ter which has been hers throughout a long and 
useful life has won the esteem of all who know 
her, and her circle of friends is a large one. Four 
children blessed her marriage, but only two are 
living: Harriet C, widow of E. N. Perry; and 
Daniel A., a well known business man of this citv. 






FRANK (). HUNT, M. D. The noble pro- 
fession of medicine affords to the student 
of that science a never-ending source for 
investigation and experiments. New remedies are 
constantly being discovered, steady progress is be- 
ing made in surgery, and new diseases are present- 
ing themselves under varying forms of civiliza- 
tion. Whatever may be said of the discoveries in 
other fields of knowledge (and certainly they are 
astonishing), it can truthfully be said of this 
science that not one can equal it in the great 
strides it is making toward a comprehensive grasp 
of the whole subject of man in relation to health 
and disease — the prevention and cure of the ills 
that the flesh is heir to. In the noble army of 
workers in this great field, Dr. Hunt takes a prom- 
inent place. He is a native of Iowa, and was born 
in Sidney in 1869. His parents, Horace W. and 
Fannie (Owen) Hunt, are natives of the Buckeye 
State, and reside in Toledo at the present time. 

Dr. Hunt came to Toledo with his parents when 
quite young, and received his early training in the 
public schools of this city. At the age of fifteen 
years he commenced the study of medicine under 
Dr. C. H. Reed, a prominent physician of Toledo. 
Dr. Reed was a gentleman and a scholar, one well 
qualified to give instruction in the science of med- 



icine, and after a few years spent in the office of 
this worthy physician our subject was prepared to 
enter the Northwestern Ohio Medical College, 
where he attended lectures for a period of three 
years. He was graduated from that institution in 
1891, and immediately after commenced the prac- 
tice of medicine in tlie home of his \outh. 

The Doctor has met with flattering success in his 
chosen calling, and gives abundant evidence of the 
ability which qualifies him for a high place in the 
medical profession. The important position of 
Demonstrator of Anatomy in the Toledo Medical 
College he has held since 1894. He is also one of 
the examiners of the Prudential Insurance Com- 
pany, a member of the Lucas County Medical So- 
ciety, and is also identified with the society of 
Foresters of Toledo. 

In 1892 Dr. Hunt was united in marriage with 
Miss Mary, a daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Lehman, 
prominent citizens of Toledo. Two children have 
blessed the union of Dr. and Mrs. Hunt, Sheldon 
and Roy. Their residence is located at No. 911 
Cherry Street, where their many friends receive a 
warm and hearty welcome. 

The Doctor is a genial, affable gentleman, a ph}'- 
sician who has applied himself conscientiously to 
his profession, and the distinction he enjoys is 
richly deserved. He is popular both in and out of 
his profession, and, being young in j'ears, has 
every prospect of becoming a leading light in the 
medical world. 



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< "\ If) ILLIAM C. FLETCHER is one of the 

v/ V/ old citizens of Sy Ivan ia, Lucas Coun- 
ty. Always a very loyal and true pa- 
triot, he fought under the Stars and Stripes during 
the late War of the Rebellion, participating in 
many of the important battles and engagements; 
and he was alwa^'s relied upon by his superiors to 
faithfull3' carry out their orders in every respect. 
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Grand Army of the Republic, and in politics is a 
true-blue Republican. His first ballot was cast for 
William Henry Harrison, and he continued to be 
a worker in tlie ranks of the Whig party until 
1856. 

Born May 2, 1819, William C. Fletcher is a son 
of William and Rebecca (Vandooser) Fletcher. 
The former was a carpenter and builder, and after 
coming to Toledo, in 1832, worked at that voca- 
tion. He was a hero of the War of 1812, and took 
part in all its main engagements, holding the rank 
of Captain. A man of good education, he also 
studied medicine and practiced it to some extent. 
He reared a family of seven children to good and 
useful lives, and died in 1846, at peace with all 
mankind. William C. is the eldest of his chil- 
dren; John W. is deceased; James L. is now living 
in Michigan; Hial A. also resides in Michigan; 
Mrs. Elizabeth Howard, formerly of BlissHeld, in 
the same state, is now deceased; Sarah A. and 
Abel died while still young; and Jessie is a resi- 
dent of Sylvania. 

The first few years of William C. Fletcher's life 
were spent in Hamilton, Ontario, where he was 
born, after which he came with his parents to 
Lucas Count}', and here grew to manhood. He 
left home to make his own way in the world soon 
after reaching his majority, and assisted in the 
construction of all the bridges on the old Peru 
it Indianapolis Railroad. This occupied his time 
for several years, and he managed to lay aside a 
considerable sum of mone}'. In July, 1862, he en- 
listed in Company H, One Hundred and Eleventh 
Ohio Regiment, going from Camp Williams under 
John R. Bond, with John Smitli as Captain. A 
few of the many battles in which he took an act- 
ive part are the following: Campbell Station, 
Blaine's Crossroads, Danbridge, Buzzard's Gap, 
Dalton, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Pine 
Mountain, Lost Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, the 
siege of Atlanta, Lovejoy Station, Columbia, Frank- 
lin, Nashville, Goldsboro and Durham Station. 
He was fretiuently detailed to repair bridges, and 
while at work with a squad of twenty men near 
Murfreesboro was surrounded by the enemy and 
had a very narrow escape from being captured, as 
eight of his comrades fell into their hands. In 



the battle of Nashville a piece of shell struck Mr. 
Fletcher on the side of the head, and total deaf- 
ness in one ear resulted. He is now receiving a 
pension of $22 per month for this disability. He 
was honorably discharged from the service June 
22. 1865. Returning to this point, he resumed 
carpenter work, but now, on account of his age, is 
not actively engaged in business. 

Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher live in a pleasant home, 
and, though they have never had any children, 
are very happy and contented. Mr. Fletcher has 
never used tobacco in any form, and has never 
taken a drink of anj' kind of liquor. He has long 
been one of the pillars of the Congregational 
Church, and takes a great interest in religious and 
benevolent enterprises. 



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YLVESTER K. COOPER is engaged in gen- 
eral farming and stock-raising on section 
7, Sylvania Township, Lucas County. 
The homestead is fertile and well cultivated, being 
kept up in a thrifty and progressive manner by 
the owner. He is a son of Gardner Cooper, who 
was born December 1, 1800, in the Empire State, 
and in 1832 moved to Ohio, settling on land in 
this township. There were then no roads in this 
vicinity, and the pioneers lived in a primitive 
fashion, enduring many hardships. 

Before leaving his native state Mr. Cooper, Sr., 
married Sallie Blaine, who was born March 18, 
1801, and who bore him seven children. Sallie F"., 
the eldest, born September 21, 1823. married Al- 
exander Fox, and died April 11, 1848, leaving two 
children. Nathaniel, born August 8, 1825, is now 
a resident of Sylvania. Eliza A., born December 
27, 1827, died January 21, 1847. Sylvester K. is 
the next in the family. Mary and Martha, twinsj 
were born August 3, 1833, and the former died 
September 13, 1855. Gardner W., the youngest, 
born January 25, 1835, is now managing the old 
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this life October 29, 1859, and his wife survived 
him little more than a year, d^'ing November 9, 
1860. 

The birth of Sylvester K. Cooper occurred Ajiril 
22, 1830, in Syracuse, N. Y. He was brought to the 
Buckeye State by his parents while he was very 
young, and was reared to manhood in this town- 
ship. His educational advantages were extremely 
limited, for the schools of that day were few and 
poorly conducted. On New Year's Da3', 1863, Mr. 
Cooper married Fannie, daughter of Thomas and 
Grace Brimacombe, who were natives of England, 
and had come to the United States about 1844, 
settling on a farm in Sylvania Township. The 
father was called to his final rest February 14, 
1871. To Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were born two 
children: Gardner R., September 25, 1863; and John 
K., March 4, 1865. These young men are now 
well-to-do and enterprising citizens of Cabery, III. 
In politics Mr. Cooper is a supporter of the Repub- 
lican party. 



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/"^y OLKMAN KEELER, the efficient Mayor of 
^^y Maumee, and a prominent real-estate deal- 
er of the same place, was born in Onondaga 
County, N. Y., in February, 1827. He is the 
youngest in a family of eight children born unto 
the union of Samuel I. and Lucy (Hall) Keeler. 
The father of our subject was a native of Vermont, 
and was reared and educated in the home of his 
childhood. He studied law, and was admitted to 
the Bar in 1817. After arriving at man's estate he 
removed to New York, and was soon after elected 
Sheriff of Onond.aga County. At the expiration 
of his term of office he began the practice of his 
profession, becoming one of the leading attorne3-s 
of the place. In 1829 he came to Ohio, and, locat- 
ing in Lucas County, purchased a farm near To- 



ledo, for which he paid twenty shillings an acre, 
and set about clearing and cultivating the same. 

At that earl3' day most of the land in Lucas 
County was covered with a dense growth of brush 
and timber, and the land which Mr. Keeler bought 
was in the same state. He remained on the farm 
six years, and then sold out and removed to Am- 
boy, Fulton Count}', where he purchased one 
thousand acres of Government land. He im- 
proved a part of the pureliase, but left the greater 
part in its natural state. The family were among 
the first white settlers of that part of Ohio, and 
underwent all the hardships and privations of 
pioneer life. The father spent several years in 
this place, but finally sold the greater part of his 
land and removed to Cass County, Mich., and 
soon after retired from the active duties of life, 
spending the remainder of his days in peace and 
happiness. He organized tlie Congregational 
Church of Toledo, and for six years church serv- 
ices were held in his house. In 1867, at the age 
of eighty-five years, he passed away. He was an 
officer in the War of 1812, and his father, the 
grandfather of our subject, was a Major in the 
Revolutionary War. The Keeler family was of 
Jewish and English extraction, but for several 
generations back its members were natives of 
America. The mother of our subject, who was a 
native of Georgia, died in Amboy, in the fifty- 
sixth year of her age. Her parents were natives 
of the United States, and two of her brothers, 
Salmon and George Hall, were prominent men and 
brave soldiers in the War of 1812. 

Our worthy subject was but three years old 
when he came with his parents to Toledo. The 
journey was made by boat from Buffalo to Toledo, 
and they arrived safely at their destination, with- 
out having encountered any serious trouble, al- 
though tlie journey took a mucii longer time than 
at the present day. The Indians were still numer- 
ous in this part of the country, and Mr. Keeler re- 
members many incidents concerning them, and of 
those early pioneer da^'s. He was but twelve years 
of age when he began buying furs for the North- 
western Fur Company, his elder brother being a 
partner of the firm. The headquarters of this 
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subject made the journey there and back all alone 
on horseback, at the same time leading two pack- 
horses. He continued in this occupation during 
the winter months for about Ave years, being en- 
gaged as second mate and wheelman on a boat 
during tlie summer. After this he was employed 
as mate on a boat on Lake Superior, but at the ex- 
piration of five years he gave up the life of a 
sailor, and became traveling salesman for a whole- 
sale house in Toledo, making his trips mostly on 
horseback. He remained with this firm for three 
years, and then engaged witli Landman & Heins- 
hammer, traveling in their employ for about a 
year. 

Becoming tired of traveling, Mr. Keeler decided 
to try agricultural pursuits, and removed to Mich- 
igan, where he purchased tliree hundred acres of 
land near Porter, paj'ing $5 an acre. He imme- 
diately set about cultivating and improving the 
same, and continued to follow this occupation for 
ten years, when he sold out and returned to To- 
ledo. After his return to this city, lie embarked 
in the wholesale dry-goods business, but after two 
years of the ujjs and downs of mercantile life he 
had the misfortune to be burned out, losing almost 
everything. lie was not a man to give up in de- 
spair, however, but determined to try something 
else, and accordingly started immediately for 
Mexico, where he engaged in mining operations. 
In this undertaking he was very successful, and 
continued to follow it for fifteen years. By this 
time he had accumulated quite a fortune, or at 
least enough to live comfoitably upon. He then 
sold out his interest in the business, and returned 
to Ohio, locating in Maumee. 

In July, 1849, Mr. Keeler was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Adeline Pratt, of Michigan, and 
to this union two children were born: Elliott P., a 
prominent business man of Paiuesville, Oliio; and 
ICdith, who is the wife of Henry N. Perrin, of this 
city. Mrs. Keeler was called to the land beyond 
in July, 1880. She was an estimable lady, and 
her death was mourned not alone by her famil}', 
but by a large circle of sincere friends. In 1884 
our subject was again married, the lady of his 
choice being Miss Edith Clark, of Detroit, Mich. 
This marriage was blessed by the birtii of one son. 



Coleman, Jr., born in December, 1887. Mr. Keeler 
was called upon the second time to give up his 
companion, Mrs. Edith Keeler passing away in 1891. 
She was laid to rest in the Maumee Cemetery. 

The subject of this sketch is, and has always 
been, a stanch Democrat, taking an active interest 
in local politics, and in every enterprise pertain- 
ing to the welfare and growth of tlie city and 
community in which he lives. He has filled almost 
every city office, and has acceptably served tlie 
people of Maumee as Mayor of the city for two 
terms. 



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REUBEN B. MITCHELL, one of the rep- 
resentative citizens and leading business 
men of Maumee, Lucas County, and pro- 
prietor of the Union Deposit Bank of that city, is 
a native of Maine, and was born February 25, 
1830. He is a son of P^dward and Mary (Chand- 
ler) Mitchell, who were also natives of Maine. His 
father was reared and educated in his native state, 
and engaged in the mercantile business there until 
1843, when he came to Ohio, locating in Maumee, 
and engaging in the manufacturing business. He 
successfully carried on this industry for several 
years, and during that time held several offices of 
honor and trust, among others that of Mayor of 
the city. After a long and useful life he retired 
from active business cares, spending his declining 
years in the enjoyment of the fruits of his labor, 
and among a host of friends. He passed peace- 
fully away at the age of seventy-nine j'ears. The 
wife and mother was called to the land beyond in 
1857, at the age of fifty-two years. 

Tiie subject of this sketch spent his earl}' life in 
the home of his childhood, where he received a 
fair education in the public schools, and at the age 
of seventeen became engaged in the manufactur- 
ing business with his father. They successfully 
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and then our subject became the proprietor of the 
Union Deposit Bank, and for over a. quarter of a 
century lias been a faithful friend of the people in 
this part of Lucas County. It is the only banlc in 
the city of Maumee, and Mr. Mitchell has the 
confidence and esteem of the entire community. 
He is one of the influential men of the city, and is 
widely known and respected for his business abil- 
ity and affable, genial manners. 

Mr. Mitchell chose as a companion and help- 
mate on life's journey Miss Ellen A. Frost, of Mau- 
mee, and tiie}- were united in marriage in 1861. 
Seven children have blessed this union, the three 
eldest of whom died in infancy. Those now liv- 
ing are as follows: Ama F., who is at present occu- 
pying the position of paying teller in the North- 
ern National Bank at Toledo, Ohio; Thurman H., 
who is interested in business with his father in 
the bank at Maumee; and Abbie C. and Edward, 
both at home with their parents. 

Politically Mr. Mitchell is a stanch Republican, 
and one of the leading politicians of the place, 
taking an active interest in all the councils of his 
party, and aiding the candidates with his influence 
and ballot. He is a public-spirited gentleman, and 
ever ready to aid in every enterprise pertaining 
to the welfare and growth of the city. He, with 
his excellent family, attends the Presbyterian 
Church, of which they are valued members. 



HIRAM PARKER is one of the hardy old 
pioneers of Sylvania Township, Lucas 
County, who has been identified with the 
u|)building and development of this region from 
very early days. He has been a successful busi- 
ness man, has improved his farm on section 8, and 
is self-made and self-educated. Though now well 
along in years, as he was born October 26, 1806, 
he is still active in body and mind, and bids fair 
to enjoy life for several years to come. 

The father of our subject, Simeon Parker, emi- 



grated from Massachusetts to New York State, 
where he remained with his family four or five 
years, and came to Lucas County, Ohio, in 1831. 
He was born September 22, 1780, and died July 
19. 1846. His wife, who was a Miss Lucy Glea.- 
son, was born August 9, 1789, and died October 
13, 1862. They were the parents of seven chil- 
dren, of whom our subject is the eldest. Mrs. 
Louisa Comstock, the next of the family, born 
January 25, 1809, is represented elsewhere in this 
volume. Ellis G. was born January 25, 1812. 
Alonzo, born December 20, 1817, died July 3, 
1854, with the cholera. Henry W. was born May 
7, 1819, and is still living. Mary, widow of Will- 
iam Comstock, was born September 21, 1821, and 
lives in this township. John B., born July 27, 
1825, is now at Adrian, Mich. Ambrose, born 
July 23, 1826, died in childhood. 

The first twenty-five years in the life of Hiram 
Parker were passed in New England, his birth hav- 
ing occurred in Worcester County, Mass. In 1831 
he emigrated westward to Toledo, making the voy- 
age from Buffalo on the schooner "Antelope," com- 
manded by Captain Pratt. They landed at Pt. 
Miami, two miles below Maumee, Ohio, and from 
there Mr. Parker proceeded to Toledo, which then 
comprised only two buildings, one of these owned 
by Captain Baldwin, who was a merchant, and the 
other bj' a Mr. Crane. For several years our sub- 
ject worked at whatever he could find to do, help- 
ing to survey Toledo, and afterward keeping a 
boarding-house there. At the end of five years 
he bought eighty acres in the wilderness and for 
the next eight or nine years devoted himself to 
clearing and improving his farm. He then sold 
his eighty-acre tract and bought one hundred acres 
of his present farm. His father left an estate of 
eightj' acres, the proceeds of which were divided 
evenly among his children. 

January 23, 1828, Hiram Parker and Roxie 
Comstock were united in marriage. vShe was about 
nine months older than her husband, and her death 
occurred June 30, 1888. .She became the mother 
of six children: Mrs. Julia A. Kennedy, born 
August 3, 1829; Mrs. Irene Cooper, who was horn 
June 3, 1831, and died May 1, 1889; Andrew J., 
born October 10, 1833, a farmer near Salem, Ind.; 



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Franklin J., born March 30, 1837, a leading con- 
tractor and builder of Columbus, Ohio; Hiram, Jr., 
born April 19, 1843, an enterprising farmer of 
this township; and George 8., born June 1, 1845, a 
[iracticing physician of Cleveland, Ohio. Our 
subject has ten grandchildren and three great- 
grandchildren. 

For many 3-ears Mr. Parker was a member of the 
Odd Fellows' society, and is a charter member of 
Sylvania Lodge, F. <fe A. M. He is a Democrat, 
and has served his friends and neighbors in the 
oflices of Township Trustee and Assessor. 



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T7> DWIN HARROUN may truly be said to be 
r C^ one of the pioneers of Lucas County, as 
he has lived for sixt^'-one years on his 
homestead situated on section 10, Sylvania Town- 
ship. His residence, a very commodious and pleas- 
ant home, was erected by him in 1858, and the 
farm comprises one hundred and sixty acres of as 
good land as can be found in this portion of 
the state. In 1852 our subject became interested 
in the gold mines on the Pacific Slope, and went 
out West, staying there about five years. He was 
fairly successful, but had no desire to remain there 
permanently, as one of his brothers did. 

A son of David and Clarissa (Dodge) Harroun, 
our subject was born January 9, 1825, in Genesee 
County, N. Y. His parents came to Ohio in June, 
1834, and settled on the farm now owned by him. 
The father, a native of Massachusetts and a life- 
long agriculturist, died May 19, 1869. His wife, 
whose birth occurred in the Empire State in 1802, 
was called to the silent land in 1886. They reared 
a family of four children, of whom Edwin is the 
eldest. Lozette is deceased; Chester is a dentist 
in Toledo; Josiah is the one who is living in the 
Golden State; and Harriet is the wife of Robert 
Smith, a farmer and stock-raiser of Whiteford, 
Mich. 

The first few years in the life of Edwin Har- 
roun passed uneventfully in his native state. In 
June, 1834, his father purcliased the old homestead 



and settled upon it the following year, 1835, and 
p;dwin helped to clear the farm and build a cabin. 
In Februai\v. 1858, his marriage with Margaret 
Israel was celebrated. The young wife lived only 
a year, and dying leftan infant child, named Mar- 
garet, who is still at home with her father. Three 
years after the death of his first wife, our subject 
married Lucy Breckenridge, by whom he has two 
sons, p]arl and Hall. The children have all been 
given good educations, and are a great credit to 
their parents. 

About 1860 Mr. Harroun and his brother Josiah 
bought the old farm, and a few years later our 
subject purchased the others' interest in the place, 
which he has since carried on with good ability. 
On various occasions he has served as Councilman 
and in local offices. He uses his right of franchise 
in favor of Republican nomir.ees and principles, 
and always does his share in the support of all 
public enterprises. In former years he was a mem- 
ber of the Odd Fellows' and Masonic fraternities. 



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/^^ ADOLPH TANNER, who is Treasurer 
V T and business manager of the News Pub- 
lishing Company of Toledo, is an able 
and successful young journalist, and one of this 
city's native-born sons. The Evening Neivs is one 
of the leading papers of Toledo and is devoted 
to the welfare of the public. It presents both for- 
eign and domestic items of interest in a bright, 
concise manner, which especially commends itself 
to the large laboring class and to those who have 
not time in their busy lives to read lengthy and 
diffuse articles. The News Company was incor- 
porated in 1878, and has since gradually risen into 
public favor. The weekly Industrial News is also 
published by Mr. Tanner, and this also finds many 
friends and patrons, among the peo|)le of the 
rural districts especially. 

G. A. Tanner was born March 29, 1860, and 
is a son of Jacob and Margaret (Bolli) Tanner, 
natives of Switzerland. The former emigrated to 
tins city in 1848, and for many years was engaged 
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on the 4th of July, 1893. He was tlie father of 
eiglit children, of whom our subject is the third 
in order of birth. 

Like most American youtlis, d. A. Tanner re- 
ceived a public-school education, with wliich to 
meet the practical duties of life. At the age of 
fourteen .years he entered a printing-office, and 
there learned everything pertaining to the busi- 
ness. His first independent venture as a journalist 
was undertaken in 1880, when he went to Ann 
Arbor, Mich., and published the Ann Arbor Daily 
News for some twelve months. 

Returning to Toledo in the fall of 1881, Mr. 
Tanner, in company with his brother-in-law, pur- 
chased the Saturday American, with which he was 
identified for tlie two years succeeding. In 1887 
the present News Publishing Company was organ- 
ized, and in January, 1889, Mr. Tanner became 
business manager of the firm. The Evening News 
is an eight-column paper, of from four tu eight 
pages. In addition to this he recently purchased 
the Rochester (N. Y.) Times, whicii is run on the 
same basis as the News. 

Fraternally Mr. Tanner is a member of Toledo 
Lodge No. 144, F. & A. M. On questions relating 
to political affairs he is strictly independent. 



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HORACE S. WALBRIDGE, deceased. It 
may with justice be said that few citizens 
of Toledo have accomplished more for 
the development of the resources of the city and 
county than did Mr. Walbridge. Intimately asso- 
ciated with the history of the place from the time 
of its incorporation under its present name until 
the day of his death, he made an enviable reputa- 
tion as a business man and citizen, and left to pos- 
terity as a precious bequest the memory of loyalty 
and self-sacrificing devotion to principle and the 
uplifting of humanity. He is remembered as one 
of the pioneers of the city, a man who by his in- 
dustry, enterprise and public spirit contributed 
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more largely to its progress than any one citizen. 
Surviving to witness its wonderful prosperity, he 
could in the last years of his life congratulate him- 
self upon the fruition of his early hopes and rejoice 
in the part he had taken to secure such fortunate 
results. 

The son of Chester and Mary (Walbridge) Wal- 
bridge, the subject of this memoir was born in Syr- 
acuse, N. Y., July 21, 1828. At the age of three 
years he ^as taken bj' his parents to Columbus, 
Ohio, and in 1834 brought by them to Port Law- 
rence, which soon afterward was incorporated un- 
der the name of Toledo. The family being poor, 
he was obliged when only twelve years old to be- 
come self-supporting, hut this fact, instead of prov- 
ing detrimental to him, was the secret of his future 
success, for it enabled him to develop, in youth, 
the qualities of industrj', perseverance and deter- 
mination that were so helpful to bira in later years. 

After having been engaged in various mercan- 
tile capacities, Mr. Walbridge superintended the 
construction of a sawmill at Ottawa Lake, Mich., 
in the winter of 1845-46, and in the spring took a 
cargo of straw hats by canal to Cincinnati. On his 
return to Toledo, he entered the employ of Thomas 
Watkins in the grain commission business, and 
about 1854 took charge of the house of P. Buck- 
ingham & Co., of this city. At the expiration of 
a year he was admitted as a member of the latter 
firm, con tinning thus until February' 1, 1857. Sub- 
sequently the title was changed to Brown, Wal- 
bridge & King, afterward to Brown, Walbridge <fe 
Co., and still later to H. S. Walbridge & Co. (the 
"Co." being Ebenezer Walbridge), under which 
title it was conducted until the retirement of the 
firm in 1868. In 1865 the house of Walbridge, 
Watkins & Co. was established in Chicago, and 
was there continued until Mr. Walbridge withdrew 
from the commission business. 

For many years Mr. Walbridge was closely con- 
nected with the real-estate interests of Toledo, and 
was extensively engaged in buying and selling 
valuable property. In Jul^', 1877, the firm of 
H. S. Walbridge & Co. was organized by the ad- 
mission of his son Thomas II. Through their en- 
ergy and judicious management large tracts of land 
previously not available were placed upon the mar- 



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ket, including many sub-divisions, also Walbridge's 
First, Second and Tliiid Additions, Englevvood, 
Stickncy Avenue, Parkland, Baker and Braun's 
Atiditions. For some years lie was President of 
the Real Estate Board of Toledo. In 1876 lie pro- 
moted Wuodlawn Cemetery, and in 1877, at its 
organization, he was chosen President, and held 
the office until his death. 

The city of Toledo in 1869 appointed Mr. Wal- 
hridge Trustee for the construction of the Toledo 
ik Woodville Railroad, and during the building of 
the line he filled the position of President of the 
board for five years. Among the other roads 
which received his active assistance were the Co- 
lumbus & 'J'oledo and the Detroit & Toledo branch 
of the Canada Southern. His connection with the 
banking interests of the city extended over a quar- 
ter of a century, and he was regarded as one of the 
shrewdest financiers of the country'. In 1868 he 
owned and operated a j)rivate bank, known as the 
People's Bank, at the same lime holding the posi- 
tion of President of the Northwestern Savings 
Bank, and in addition to these was Vice-President 
of the Toledo National Bank and a Director of 
the Second National and Northern National Banks. 

Scarcely any njeasure was ever proposed for the 
welfare of the people and the prosperity of the 
city that did not receive the hearty S3'mpathy and 
active co-operation of Mr. Walbridge, and to his 
efforts in many instances was due the adoption 
of plans that proved of the greatest benefit to the 
place. In the organization of the Toledo Gas 
Light and Coke Company he laigel}- aided, and of it 
he was elected Vice-President. He was also inter- 
ested financially in many of tli(! manufacturing 
industries of Toledo. In 1868 he assisted Mat- 
thew Shoemaker in establishing the Union Manu- 
facturing Company. He was one of the prime fac- 
tors in the establishment of the Maumee Rolling 
Mill, and was manager and President of that im- 
portant enterprise. For more than thirty 3'ears he 
was an officer in Trinity Episcopal Church and 
a generous contributor to the good works of that 
denomination. His benefactions to other worthy 
causes vvere equally liberal, and among the institu- 
tions that were the recipients of his generous con- 
tributions were the Protestant Orphans' Home, the 



Home for Friendless Women and the Protestant 
Hospital. P'or several years be was President of 
the Toledo Society for the Suppression of Vice. 

In 1854 Mr. "Walbridge married Isabella D., 
daughter of Thomas and Mary (Davis) AVatkins, 
and of their children three are now living, Thomas 
H.; Narcissa Grace, wife of Arthur J. Secor; and 
Mary Davis, wife of E. W. Newton. 

Politically Mr. Walbridge was a firm adherent 
of the principles of the Republican party. He 
was the originator, owner and builder of the splen- 
did office building known as "The Nasby." For 
many years he was President of the Toledo Board 
of Trade, and being a man of indefatigable indus- 
try, he bore a leading part in man}' other of the 
important enterprises calculated to foster and en- 
courage the growth of the city. In Ins death, Jan- 
uarj' 31, 1893, Toledo lost one of its truest friends 
and most progressive citizens. 






iT^ SA A. BIGELOW, D. D. S. The profes- 
/ — \ sional interests of Toledo have a worthy 
representative in the subject of this notice, 
who for a number of 3'ears has conducted a remun- 
erative practice in dentistry in this city. His en- 
tire life has been passed in Ohio, and, believing it 
to be the best state in the Union, he has had no 
desire to seek a home elsewhere. In his boyhood 
it was his ambition to gain knowledge, and possess- 
ing great energy and determination of purpose, he 
has succeeded in acquiring a wide fund of infor- 
mation upon general subjects. These qualifications, 
together with a thorough knowledge of every part 
of dental work, have brought to him the confidence 
of the people and the esteem of his professional 
brethren. 

Upon a farm in Van Wert County, Ohio, the 
subject of this biographical notice was born Octo- 
ber 5, 1852. He is the son of Eliliu and Abigail 
(Boardman) Bigelow, both of whom were born in 
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Ohio, where tlie father engaged in farm pursuits. 
The}' continue to reside in Van Wert Count3^ 
They are a worthy couple, i<ind-hearted and gen- 
erous, benevolent in their gifts to the need}', and 
helpful in their ministration to all. 

In a family of two sons and four daugliters, 
all of whom are living, the subject of this sketch 
is the third in order of birth. He passed his school 
days in Van Wert County, where he received such 
educational advantages as were common to that 
daj'. Being a diligent pupil, he succeeded in gain- 
ing a thorough knowledge of the common branches, 
although his opportunities were not equal to those 
of the present day. At the age of nineteen he 
started for himself, and since that time he has been 
dependent upon his own labors for a livelihood. 
Thus early in life he learned the lessons of self-re- 
liance and energy that have contributed in no 
small measure to his present position. For eighteen 
months he was employed by the O. A. Browning 
Publishing Company, of Toledo, after which he 
entered the ministry of the Seventh-day Advent 
Church, the six ensuing years being devoted to 
that profession. He then united with the Christian 
Church, in which for three years he preached the 
Gospel. 

Taking up the study of denlistry, our subject 
became a student in the Delavan Dental College, in 
which he remained until graduating, in August, 
1884. Afterward he commenced the practice of 
his profession in Henry, and later was similarlj' en- 
gaged in Wood, County, Ohio. In 1888 became 
to Toledo, where he opened an office, and hassince 
occupied a suite of rooms at No. 115 Summit 
Street. A man of broad and liberal views, he is 
interested not only in matters pertaining to the 
profession, but also in everything pertaining to 
the happiness and benefit of his fellow-citizens. 
He is a promoter of enterprise, ever ready to do 
his full share in all matters of mutual welfare. 

The marriage of Dr. Bigelow took i)lace Jul}- 17, 
1872, at which time Sliss Alcinda J. Griffith be- 
came his wife. This estimable lady was born in 
Van Wert, Ohio, and is a daughter of Benjamin 
Griffith, of that city. By their union they became 
the parents of six children, of whom all are living, 
namelj': Bertram A., who is a promising young 



man and his father's assistant in the dental office; 
Charles E., who is also employed in the office; Orin; 
Arthur; William; and Lilly B., now the wife of 
Dr. J. W. Flynn.of Toledo. The family residence 
is pleasantly situated at No. 814 Indiana Avenue. 
The Doctor is a member of the Republican party. 
He is also a Master Mason, and a member of the 
Knights of Pythias and the Sons of Veterans. 



WILLIAM WASHINGTON COLDHAM, 
M. D., one of the younger members of 
the medical fraternity of Toledo, is a 
son of one of this city's most popular and promi- 
nent physicians, whose reputation was more than 
local, extending, as it did, throughout Ohio and 
adjoining states. The gentleman whose name 
heads this article is assistant surgeon at St. Vin- 
cent's Hospital, and holds a like position with the 
First Regiment of Ohio Artillery. He is a mem- 
ber of tlie Toledo Medical Society, and also of the 
Ohio State Medical Society, and in every possible 
way keeps up his studies and researches in the line 
of his profession. 

Dr. James Coldham, the father of W. W., was 
born in England, and at an early day came to the 
United States. His medical studies were carried 
on in Harvard University and in other well known 
colleges. He came to this city in 1850, and before 
man J' years had elapsed had acquired a very ex- 
tensive practice. His death occurred in .January, 
1891. His wife, whose maiden name was Anna 
Williams, is still living, making her home in To- 
ledo. To Dr. James Coldham and wife were born 
five children, two sons and three daughters. 

Our subject was born in Toledo, February 22, 
1865, and received an elementary education in the 
public schools. Later he entered Gait College, of 
Ontario, Canada, was afterward a student of Trin- 
ity University, and for some time was in London, 
England. Returning to his native place, he took up 
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mained for two \'ears. While in Lonrion he fitted 
himself for his future practice in a hospital, where 
he received tiie best of instruction. Tiius well 
equipped, he 0[)ened an office in tliis city, and has 
since been engaged in general practice. 

In 1890 Dr. Coldhaiii was united in marriage 
with Miss Catherine Shaw, who was born July 31, 
1869, and whose father, E. C. .Shaw, is a prominent 
wholesale merchant of Toledo. The home of the 
Doctor and his wife is at No. •2243 Robin wood 
Avenue, where they delight to entertain their hosts 
of friends and acquaintances. 

In matters of political and public importance, 
Dr. Coldham is always deeply interested, and tries 
to the best of his abilitj- to promote the welfare of 
the community in which he dwells. Politically 
he uses his right of franchise in favor of the Re- 
publican party, to which his father also adhered. 
He is a young man of exemplary habits, of much 
more than ordinary intelligence and ability-, and 
bids fair to become one of the prominent physi- 
cians of the state, judging by what he has accom- 
plished already in his brief career. 



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JOHN ,1. KELLER, Assessor of the First Ward 
of the city of Toledo, is a native of Ger- 
many, having been born in Ililsbach, Baden, 
December 22, 1832. His jjarents were John 
G. and Elizabeth (Refior) Keller, also natives of 
the Fatherland. The father served in Napoleon's 
army the greater part of his active life, and his 
death occurred in the year 1819. In the parental 
family were five children, two sons and three 
daughters, of whom four are still living, John J. 
being the fourth in order of birth. 

Our subject attended school in his native land 
until he had attained the age of fourteen years, 
and then was apprenticed to learn the cooper's 
trade in Oppenheim, on the river Rhine, in 
Hesse-Darmstadt, Gerinan^-. Later he learned the 
work of a brewer and the process of manufactur- 



ing vinegar in Heidelberg, Germany. In 1852, 
deciding to emigrate to America, he embarked on 
a sailing-vessel, the "Orlando," which put out 
from the port of Havre, France, and after a voy- 
age of fift3'-six days arrived in New York City. 
After spending some time in that citi', he removed 
to Elizabethlown, N. J., where for one year he fol- 
lowed the occupation of brewing. 

Se[)tember 16, 1854, Mr. Keller located in this 
city and entered the employ of John St. Clair & 
Co., commission merchants, with whom he contin- 
ued for two years. At the expiration of his term 
of service with this firm, he became clerk in the 
Kingsbury Hotel, later being employed in the 
American Hotel. Upon leaving this position, he 
served in the same capacity for the firm of George 
H. Weber, dealer in groceries. In 1858 he decided 
to visit his native land, and embarked in the 
steamer "Bremen," completing the voyage in 
eighteen days. He spent six months in Germany, 
and then returned to America in a sailing-vessel, 
the " William Woodberg," the trip consuming 
tliirt}- days. 

Coming to Toledo in 1859, Mr. Keller invested 
in a grocery, and also engaged in the manufacture 
of vinegar in connection with Mr. Bachmann, un- 
der the firm name of Bachmann & Keller. This 
liartnership continued three years, our subject at 
the expiration of this time buying out his part- 
ner's interest and becoming sole proprietor of the 
establishment. In 1864 he sold his grocery inter- 
ests and built a new factoi^' at No. 34 Cherry 
Street, giving his entire attention to the manu- 
facture of vinegar and cider until 1880, and sell- 
ing his products to the local merchants. During 
the year 1880 he sold out the works and retired 
from active business life. 

From 1860 to 1864 John J.Keller was a member 
of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio National 
Guards. In 1862 occurred his marriage with Miss 
Christiana Mathias, also a resident of Toledo, and 
a daughter of Christ Mathias. Unto her union 
with Mr. Keller have been born six children. Julius 
G., the eldest, is traveling salesman for the firm of 
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin; August F. is a clerk 
in the employ of the G. A- C. Daudt Company; 
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Keller. Tliose deceased are: Ida, who died at 
the age of twenty-five years; Louis J., who died 
in 1894, at tlie age of thirty years; and Berllia C, 
who died in 1886, at the age of fifteen years. Mr. 
Keller's pleasant and hospitable home is located at 
No. 1911 Superior Street, and here he and his 
family receive their many friends and acquaint- 
ances. 

In politics Mr. Keller is a stanch Republican, 
and has held the office of Assessor for eight terms. 
He is a member of the German Pioneer Society. 






JACOB N. BICK, of Toledo, is a member of 
the firm of Bick & Glann, contractors for 
street paving, railroad masonry, sewer woik, 
water-works, etc. They have a bianch office 
in Galesburg, 111., which is incorporated under the 
laws of the State of Illinois, and there the jun- 
ior member of the firm spends most of his time. 
They have carried out important contracts in many 
of the Northwestern and Central States, and dur- 
ing the past year, in addition to other work, have 
built the Toledo & Maumee Valley Electric Line 
and the Elkhart & Western Railroad. A man of 
generous and lil3eral public spirit, Mr. Bick has 
contributed to a multitude of enterprises accruing 
to the good of his fellow-citizens. 

The father of Jacob N. Bick, wlio bore the same 
Christian name, was a native of Prussia, and in 
1811, on his arrival in America, settled in the vil- 
lage of Maumee, Ohio. Later he took up eighty 
acres of land in what is now Richfield Township, 
Lucas County, and to this he added by puicliase 
until he was the possessor of three hundred and 
twent}' acres. In 1851 he married Mary Bettinger, 
of Tiflfln, Ohio, who was born in Germany and 
crossed the Atlantic with her parents when she was 
only three years of age. Jacob Bick took his 
bride to the home his own hands had built in the 
wilderness, and there he passed the remainder of 



his days. His widow is still living on the home- 
stead with her son Adam. Of their five sons and 
three daughters, John is an extensive land specu- 
lator and stock-dealer in Hutchinson, Kan.; Nicho- 
las died at the age of three years; Adam W., as we 
have just mentioned, is still a resident of Richfield 
Township; Jacob is the subject of this article; Frank 
W. died while on a visit to Kansas eleven years 
ago; and the three daughters, Mary M., Elizabeth 
and Barbara A., are proprietors of a millinery estab- 
lishment on Cherry Street, Toledo. The eldest is 
the widow of the late James Hogan, who was 
formerly connected with the Lake Shore & Michi- 
gan Southern Railroad. 

The birlli of Jacob N. Bick occurred in Richfield 
Township, this county, September 9, 1859. Like 
most farmer boys, the major portion of his educa- 
tion was obtained in the district schools of the 
township, with the addition of a course in the busi- 
ness college then kept bj- Detweilcr & McGee in 
Toledo. His first experience in business was as a 
clerk for Thomas McMillan, who owned a boot and 
shoe store in the Opera House Block. At the end 
of two years, young Bick purchased his emploj'er's 
stock of goods and conducted the business in his 
own name for four years, when he sold out to the 
Gilbert Shoe Com pan}'. A year prior to this event 
he had entered into partnership with Mr. Glann, 
his present associate. 

In 1886 Messrs. Bick and Glann look the con- 
tract for grading the Toledo, Saginaw & Muskegon 
Railway, the total distance being ninety-one miles. 
Since the completion of that road they have con- 
structed sixty miles of stone pavements in this 
county, and have fulfilled contracts in Pennsyl- 
vania, Virginia, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Kan- 
sas, South Dakota and Ohio. They make roads of 
various kinds of paving material in the most ap- 
proved and wear-resisting styles. 

May 10, 1886, Mr. Bick married Margaret, 
daughter of Jacob Langenderfer, one of the old pi- 
oneers of northern Ohio, and now a resident of 
Spencer Township, Lucas County. Mr. and Mrs. 
Bick became the parents of one son, who died when 
he was only fourteen months old. Coming from 
families who have ever been Catholics in religious 
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that church. They both enjoy the high esteem of 
a large circle of friends and acquaintances. 

In politics Mr. Bick is a watchful and interested 
observer, and his influence in the Democratic ranks 
extends considerably beyond the limits of his na- 
tive county. 



WILLIAM WATTS, M. D.. a successful 
and prosperous physician and surgeon 
residing in Toledo, commands an ex- 
cellent practice in his neighborhood and vicinity, 
and is widely known as an able, intelligent and 
energetic citizen, one worth}' of confidence and 
esteem. He is a native of Illinois, and was born 
in Springfield, February 6, 1854. His parents were 
Charles and Elizabeth (Iniiis) Watts, the former a 
native of New Hampshire, and the hitter born in 
Ireland. 

Charles Watts made his home in .Sangamon 
Count}', 111., in the year 1833, upon a fine estate 
which he owned. This he cultivated in a most 
profitable manner, and continued to live upon it 
until the day of his decease. He was identified with 
the early settlement of that county, and his busi- 
ness standing was very high. Of a benevolent, 
kindl}- and generous disposition, those who sought 
his aid or counsel were given sound advice and 
substantial assistance. He was always interested 
in political affairs, and throughout life cast his bal- 
lot in support of Democratic candidates. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject, who 
bore the name of Benjamin Watts, was a native of 
Massachusetts, but in early life removed to the 
Granite State, svliere he was married and spent the 
remainder of his life. The Watts family originally 
came from England, while on his mother's side our 
subject is of Irish descent. That lady was born in 
County Down, in 1813, and departed this life in 
Toledo, January 11, 1894, when in the eightieth 



year of her age. Charles Walts died in 1883, at 
the age of seventy-nine. 

The original of this sketch passed his boyhood 
days on the farm in Sangamon County, and early 
attended the district school. His father, being 
desirous of giving him a good education, afterward 
sent him away to school, and he entered the Uni- 
versity of Illinois, remaining in that institution 
until being graduated in 1874. After completing 
his literary training Mr. Watts determined to study 
medicine, and with this end in view was enrolled 
iis a student in the medical department of Michi- 
gan University, taking a course in homeopathy. 
In 1878 he had conferred upon him the degree of 
Doctor of Medicine, and he immediately located 
for practice in Sylvania, Ohio. After a residence 
there of two jears, desiring to perfect himself still 
further in his noble calling, he went to Europe and 
spent several months in visiting the famous col- 
leges and hospitals of the Old World. 

In 1880, on his return. Dr. Watts located in To- 
ledo, and at once opening an office, has ever since 
given his undivided attention to the practice of his 
profession. Being an eminent ph^'sician and sur- 
geon, he soon built up a large and rajjidl}' increas- 
ing patronage, and has won the regard of the gen- 
eral public. He makes a specialty of surgery, and 
has had under his care many difficult cases, per- 
forming many wonderful operations with marvel- 
ous success. 

The Doctor on coming here first located in West 
Toledo, and continued to make that portion of the 
city his home until 1893, when he moved into his 
present convenient and commodious office on 
Huron Street. He has served as chief of the stafl" 
of the Toledo Hospital, and occupies a prominent 
place among the members of the Toledo Clinical 
Society. He also belongs to the Ohio State Home- 
opathic .Society, and the American Institute of 
Homeopathy. While a student at college, he spent 
his vacation in studying medicine under the in- 
struction of Dr. John A. Vincent, of Springfield, 
111., now a member of the State Board of Health, 
and one of the most noted physicians of the state. 

In 1884 Dr. Watts was united in marriage with 
Miss Emelie C, daughter of Joseph and Anna 
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Fred W"., and daughter, Edna I. The family oc- 
cupies a magnificent residence, built of brick and 
stone and of modern architectural design. It is 
located at the corner of Superior and Elm Streets, 
and is one of tlie most admired residences in the 
city. 

In social affairs our subject isa prominent Mason 
and belongs to the Toledo Club. He has been very 
successful financially, and has acquired a liand- 
some property, being numbered among the substan- 
tial citizens of Toledo. 



©HARLES BALLARD. Few of the residents 
of Toledo have been citizens thereof for a 
longer period of time than has Mr. Ballard, 
and there is peihaps no hardware merchant who 
has engaged in the business for a longer time than 
has he. Having been a resident of this city since 
1837, he has witnessed its advancement and prog- 
ress, and has himself been an important factor 
in the development of its commercial interests. 
Though now at an age beyond that usually allot- 
ted to men, he is yet vigorous and robust for one 
of his years, and still maintains an active super- 
vision of his extensive and valuable business and 
property interests. 

Born in Brownsville, Jefferson County, N. Y., 
August 6, 1816, the subject of this notice is the 
son of James and Judith (Hutchins) Ballard, the 
former a native of Massachusetts, and the latter 
born in New York, near Utica. After their mar- 
riage they settled in Jefferson County, where Mr. 
Ballard was first engaged at the trade of a cabinet- 
maker, but later followed farm pursuits. He and 
his wife were an estimable couple, and were highly 
esteemed by their man}' acquaintances in Jeffer- 



son County, where they continued to reside until 
death. 

Six sons and two daughters constituted the fam- 
il}' of James and Judith Ballard, and of these 
Chailes is the third in order of birth, and he and 
a sister are the only survivors of the original 
number. His boyhood and early school days were 
passed in Jefferson County, where much of his 
time was passed as a pupil in the old brick school- 
house that has long since gone into decay. The 
method of instruction in those days was decidedly 
crude, and the teacher relied principally upon the 
rod in order to develop the mental capacities of 
the children. However, although the advantages 
were meager, our subject, being a diligent and 
painstaking student, succeeded in acquiring a 
fund of information that would do credit to one 
of the high-school students of the present genera- 
tion. 

At the age of fifteen Mr. Ballard commenced to 
learn the trade of a tinner, serving an apprentice- 
ship of three years in Brownsville. In 1837, upon 
tlie completion of his service, he came to Toledo, 
where he worked at his trade for the four ensuing 
years, being in the employ of the hardware firm of 
Wliittaker & Phillips. He then bought an interest 
in the tin department, and this he conducted 
with Battering success. Encouraged thereby, he 
was induced to purchase the interest in the hard- 
ware store, and has since carried on the hardware 
business. It has always been his aim to carry only 
the best stock of shelf goods, tinware and stoves, 
and he has therefore gained a reputation in busi- 
ness that few of his competitors can equal. 

The marriage of Mr. Ballard occurred in 1838, 
at which time he was united with Miss Angeline J. 
Cole. Mrs. Ballard was born in Middleport, N. Y., 
and is a daughter of Samuel Cole, for many years 
a resident of Maumee, Ohio. 

In politics Mr. Ballard is a Republican of no 
uncertain tone, and has been a strong advocate of 
the principles of the party ever since its organiza- 
tion. For nearly sixty 3'ears he has been a resident 
of Toledo; indeed, Toledo has grown up around 
him. As a venerable business man, and one who 
has done much hard work and given much valua- 
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His life has been devoted with p<atient self-sacrifice 
lo tlie welfare of his family and friends and to 
the upbuilding of the city, and he therefore de- 
serves the regard of all who cherish a patriotic 
love for the beautiful city lying on the shores of 
Lake Erie. 



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H MARCUS SCHNETZLER, M. D., is a 
leading member of the medical profession 
of Toledo, and is a graduate of the Star- 
ling Medical College. He located in this city in 
the year 1853, and soon built up an extensive 
and paying practice. He was fur some years Pro- 
fessor in the Northwestern Ohio Medical College, 
and is now Trustee of the Toledo Medical College 
and a physician of St. Vincent's Hospital staff, 
and also of the City Hospital. In order to keep 
thoroughly abreast with the times, he joined the 
Toledo Medical, the Northwestern Medical and the 
Ohio Medical Associations, in all of which bodies 
he is an honored member. His oflice and residence 
are at No. 726 Huron Street. 

The birth of the Doctor occurred in Gaechlingen, 
in the canton of Schaffhausen. Switzerland, Febru- 
ary 1, 1833. His parents were Ulrich and Magde- 
leua (Ruedy) .Schnetzler, the former of whom died 
in his native land. They had only two children, 
our subject and .John B. The Doctor received 
good common-school advantages in his native land, 
where he remained until his twentieth year, and 
then, in 1862, with his mother and brother, he came 
to America, having in the course of his reading 
obtained a good knowledge of the superior advan- 
tages held out to young men of sterling (juahties 
to make a place and name for themselves lu the 
United States. They took passage in a sailing- 
vessel at Havre bound for New York. 

After he had obtained a fair acquaintance with 
the English language in this country, our subject 
determined to adopt the medical profession, and 
so entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, 
Ohio, graduating from that well known institution 



in 1862. His entire active career in his chosen 
field of labor has been passed in this city, where 
he is very popular with all classes. 

In March, 1858, Dr. Schnetzler married Miss 
Veronica Murbach, a native of the same village as 
himself, but who came to the United States about 
1855, taking up her residence in Lucas County, 
Ohio. Four children, two sons and two daughters, 
have been born to the Doctor and wife, namely: 
Jacob U., M. D.,a practicing physician in this city; 
Katie, who became the wife of Frank W. Wachter, 
proprietor of the Boot and Shoe Company of To- 
ledo; Henrietta, wife of Edward D. Harvey, of 
Detroit, Mich.; and August C, who is a member 
of the firm of Wachter & Schnetzler, who conduct 
a shoe store. 

In his political convictions Dr. Schnetzler is a 
straight Republican. Socially he belongs to San- 
ford L. Collins Lodge, F. ife A. M., and Toledo 
Comraandery No. 7, K. T., and is also a Scottish 
Rite Mason of the Thirty-second Degree. He en- 
joys the friendship and respect of all who have 
ever come in contact with him, whether in a busi- 
ness or social wav. 






"T P^M P. HARRIS, a prominent young Re- 
I O publican and enterprising financier of To- 
ledo, has the honor of being City Clerk, 
to which position he was elected in 1894. In the 
same year he served as Chairman of the Repub- 
lican City Committee, and for one year was the 
efHcient and popular Alderman from the Sixth 
Ward. 

Mr. Harris received a common-school education, 
and on completing his studies he entered a print- 
ing-office and learned the business. For the next 
few years he worked at his trade in Indiana, Mich- 
igan and Ohio, and in 1886 came to Toledo and 
obtained a position with the Toledo Commercial 
Company. In 1893 he entered into partnership 
with J. D. Batch and opened a job-printing office, 




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which he successfully conducted for two years. 
He is acquainted with every department of the 
business, is industrious and persevering, and when 
in the employ of others merited their approbation 
for the faithfulness with which he represented 
their business. 



AMUEL M. YOUNG. Few of the residents 
of Lucas County have been citizens there- 
of for a longer period of time than the 
venerable gentleman of whom we present this bio- 
graphical sketch. Since 1835 he has lived here, an 
interested witness of the advancement of thecoun- 
t3', which has been so transformed by the energetic 
pioneers and their descendants as to bear not the 
slightest resemblance to the original unoccupied 
tract of laud. In this development Mr. Young 
aided, and may feel a pardonable pride in the re- 
sult of his efforts. 

From 1835 until 1860 Mr. Young made his 
home in Maumee, whence, during the latter year, 
he removed to Toledo, and has since been a resi- 
dent of this city. He is a native of New Hamp- 
shire, and w.<is born in Lebanon, December 29, 
1806. His father, Hon. Samuel Young, was a lead- 
ing architect and builder of Lebanon, and repre- 
sented his district in the State Legislature, being 
one of the most influential men of his locality. In 
the common schools and academies Samuel M. laid 
the foundation of the excellent education he after- 
ward obtained, principall}' by self-culture. 

Upon completing his studies our subject turned 
his attention to the legal profession, and conducted 
his studies in the office of John M. Pomeroy, of 
Burlington, Vt. Upon being admitted to the Bar 
he came West with a view to selecting a suitable 
location, and in May, 1835, opened an office at 
Maumee, where he began the practice of his pro- 
fession upon a small scale. It happened that his 
advent here was made during the memorable con- 
troversy known as the "Toledo Bar." His loca- 



tion at Maumee, outside the disputed territory, 
relieved him of personal participation in that con- 
test, but upon the organization of Lucas County, 
the same year, he was appointed its first Auditor, 
which position he held for two years. 

In 1838 Morrison R. Waite, who afterward be- 
came Chief Justice of the LTnited States, then 
recently graduated from Yale College, came to 
Maumee from Lyme, Conn., and entered the office 
of Mr. Young, where he studied law for one year. 
After his admission to the Bar, the firm of Young 
& Waite was organized, and at once gained promi- 
nence through the ability of its members and 
their well known success as advocates. In 1850 
an office was opened at Toledo, to vvhicli point Mr. 
Waite removed. Mr. Young remained at Maumee, 
continuing his practice at that point, but in 1852, 
when the county seat was removed from Maumee 
to Toledo, the office was also brought to this city. 
In 1856 Mr. Young retired from practice. 

Meantime, having turned his attention to bank- 
ing, Mr. Young, with others, in 1855 purchased 
the Bank of Toledo, a branch of the State Bank 
of Ohio, witli which he was connected until it was 
reorganized under the National Banking Law in 
1865 as the Toledo National Bank. He was chosen 
President of the newly organized concern, and re- 
mained in tliat capacity until January, 1895. In 
1860 he purchased a commodious residence on 
Madison Street, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth 
Streets, and here he has since made his home. In 
his declining years he is surrounded b}' all the 
comforts of life and ministered to by his devoted 
family. 

Associated with Abner L. Backus, under the firm 
name of Young & Backus, our subject in 1862 
built the large elevators on Water Street, near 
Adams, designed especially for canal grain-trattic. 
This firm, after eighteen years, tvas succeeded by 
that of A. L. Backus & Sons. In the practice of 
the law Mr. Young gained prominence in an early 
day, and was for years recognized as one of the 
leading members of the Bar of northwestern Ohio. 
His enviable reputation as an attorney was largely 
due to his thorough knowledge concerning all 
legal technicalities, his painstaking care in the 
preparation of cases, and his broad knowledge of 



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the law. Foi- some time be was interested in the 
toll-bridge crossing tlie rivsr, connecting Maumee 
and Perrysburg, which, from repeated, severe dam- 
ages from floods, in time fell wholly into his 
hands, costing altogether about $36,000. In 1877 
it was purchased jointly l)y the counties of Lucas 
and Wood. 

In 1852 Mr. Young became idenlilied, as stock- 
holder and Directoi', with the Cleveland & Toledo 
Railroad, then in process of construction, and con- 
tinued as such until the road was merged into the 
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern. As a stock- 
holder and Director in the Columbus <fe Toledo 
Railroad, he continued until that road was consol- 
idated with the Columbus & Hocking Valley Rail- 
road and the organization of the Columbus, Hock- 
ing Valley & Toledo Railroad. In 1866 he bought 
a large part of the stock of the Toledo Gas Light and 
Coke Company, later assisted in its reorganization 
and the extension of its business, having been its 
President for some time. In 1870 he aided in the 
organization of the Toledo Hotel Company, which 
two years afterward completed, and which still 
owns, the Boody House, on the corner o-f Madison 
and St. Clair Streets. In August, 1870, he was 
chosen President of the company, and served in 
that capacity for some time, but at this time holds 
no stock in the concern. 

During the days when the Whig p'lrty was 
under the leadership of such noted statesmen as 
Clay and Webster, Mr. Young became an advocate 
of its principles, which he continued to support 
until the disintegration of the party. Since that 
time he has uniformly supported the Republican 
party. The only money he ever received as a 
public official was for his service as County Audi- 
tor from Septcmljer 14, 1835, until June 9, 1837, 
for which he was paid $361.63. He is an attend- 
ant at the Protestant. Episcopal Church, and a gen- 
erous contributor to religious and benevolent en- 
terprises. Now, at the age of eighty-nine, he is 
well preserved, hale and hearty, and daily goes 
down to his office to attend to his business affairs. 

The marriage of Mr. Young occurred June 29, 
1841, at which time Miss Angeline L. Upton, step- 
daughter of Dr. Horatio Conant, of Maumee, 
became his wife. Six children were born of the 



union, namely: Horatio 8. and Frank I., both now 
deceased, who constituted for some 3'ears the firm 
of Young Bros., produce and commission mer- 
chants of Toledo; Helen E., wife of Francis B. 
Swayne, an attorney of Toledo; Morrison Waite, 
the only surviving son, also of this city, and who 
looks after the business of his father; Elizabeth, 
who died at the age of two years; and Timothy, 
who died at the age of six years. 



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JOHN DAIBER, the subject of this sketch, 
by virtue of his high thoughts and noble 
endeavors, tenacity of purpose, unimpeach- 
able morality and unswerving integritj^ has 
identified himself with this city as a successful 
merchant and respected citizen. Born March 25, 
1834. in Uhingen, Wurtemberg, Germany, a small 
town romantically situated in a beautiful valley, 
John, the second son of Henry and Dora Daiber, 
spent his childhood much the same as our Ameri- 
can youth, in boyish sports— toboggan ning during 
the winter months on the neighboring hills; but 
reared at the same time with much stricter lessons 
in economy and industry, lessons which so well 
fitted him for his after life in the New World. 
Leaving school at fourteen, his father, very prac- 
tical, required him to learn a trade. Four years 
later. May 1, 1852, then an orphan, he set sail for 
America, leaving the family homestead occupied 
by two older sisters, now deceased, and a brother 
who died while the orphan was at sea. This, his 
embarkation for a foreign land, was the opportu- 
nity which turned the German lad of comfortable 
circumstances into the successful merchant and 
honored citizen of Toledo. After a very stormy 
passage of twenty -six days, he, in company with a 
brother still younger, landed on American soil. 
After some time spent industriously in Buffalo, 
Niagara Falls, Chicago, and various other cities, 
he came to Toledo, Ohio, in 1857, and after eight 
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business. September 19, 1861. he married Mary 
M. Tliacher, daughter of Judge Horace C. Thacher. 
Four children, Mrs. Henry F. Daiber, Ethelind, 
John and Harry, and a granddaughter belong to 
the family circle. 

Mr. Daiber possesses a genial manner, kind heart 
and sympathetic nature. His gifts to charities are 
many, but always secretly and unostentatiously 
bestowed. No worthy person appeals to him in 
vain. Always in sympathy with any progressive 
movement which would promote the welfare of 
mankind, such as higher education and the like, 
he is ever ready to lend his aid, influence and en- 
couragement. His excellent judgment, unbiased 
interest in the welfare of his fellow-citizens, spot- 
less integrity, and ability, which comes of hard- 
tried experience, have received recognition from 
his fellow-townsmen in their importunities from 
time to time for his acceptance of offices of public 
trust. Mr. Daiber leads a quiet, unassuming life. 
Socially he is identified with the Masonic order, 
and is a prominent member of the lodge at To- 
ledo. He is also a member of the Toledo Club, 
taking an active part in all its affairs. In politics 
he supports the candidates of the Republican party 
with his vote and influence, and cast his first Presi- 
dential vote for Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Daiber 
and liis excellent wife are attendants at St. Paul's 
Methodist Episcopal Churcli, and occupy a high 
social position in the cit}\ 

Judge Horace Thacher, the father of Mrs. Dai- 
ber, was born in Poultney, Rutland County, Vt., 
June 1, 1801. He spent his boyhood da^'s in his 
birthplace, where he received his education in the 
public schools. At the age of twenty-two years 
he went to Pendleton, N. Y., where he married 
Miss Susannah Ewers, March 9, 1823. After his 
marriage he removed to Great Valle^', but only 
remained there a short time, returning to Pendle- 
ton, and soon after removing from there to Cleve- 
land, Ohio. August 15, 1833, he came to Lucas 
County and located in one of the suburbs of To- 
ledo, then called Tremainsville, in honor of an 
early settler by the name of Tremaine. The name 
has lately been changed to West Toledo, and the 
suburb is thought by many to be the most beauti- 
ful part of the city. It has a splendid location, 



right on the brow of the hill overlooking a vast 
area of country- and the beautiful citj' of Toledo. 
The Judge saw this city in its infancy, it being 
cliiefly a swamp, with but few inhabitants, when 
he settled here. From year to year he watched its 
growth, and saw it mature into a thriving and 
beautiful city, and in his old age it was his pride 
to relate his experience and tell of the many inci- 
dents which formed a part of his early life. 

In company with S. L. Collins, a prominent 
business man of Toledo in the days of its infancj^. 
Judge Thacher was engaged in the mercantile 
business for a time. He was one of the men who 
assisted in building the first Methodist Episcopal 
Church in the village; was also the main factor in 
most of the public improvements and in the up- 
building of the place; and served as Justice of the 
Peace for several years. In 1848 he removed to 
Maumee, being elected County Recorder. Maumee 
was the county seat of Lucas County at that time, 
but five years later the seat was removed to To- 
ledo, which necessitated his return to this city, 
where be held various offices during the remainder 
of his life. He was elected Probate Judge, and held 
that honorable position for a number of years. In 
1854, when the cholera raged so terribly' in this city, 
he, in company with Messrs. Abbott and Young, 
lawyers, gave up his business and went among the 
sick and dying, doing all in his power to relieve 
and assist those afflicted with the terrible scourge. 
In later years he was again elected to the office of 
Justice of the Peace, serving in that capacity for 
many years. At the breaking out of the Civil 
War, he enlisted in a company calling themselves 
"Squirrel Hunters." He was sixty years of age at 
the time, but was a brave and true soldier. The 
company, which was stationed at Covington as 
guards, rendered valuable service to their coun- 
tr}', and in due time were honorably discharged. 
Charles W. Hill was Adjutant-General of Ohio, 
and David Todd Governor at the time. The Judge 
became a member of the Masonic society in his 
younger days, an order to which he was greatly 
devoted, and in which he took the deepest inter- 
est. Politically he was a stanch Republican, and 
cast his last Presidential vote for Benjamin Harri- 
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years were spent in a quiet and peaceful waj', and 
wiien be laid down his burden on tliis side of the 
river he took up his crown on the opposite bank. 
He passed peacefully away at the home of his son 
in Toledo, November 13, 1890, at the venerable 
age of eighty-nine years and six mouths. 

Mrs. Horace Thacher, whose maiden name was 
Susannaii Ewers, was born in the town of Gill, 
Mass., January 5, 1802. She was a lady of manj' 
accomplishments, having been graduated from one 
of the leading educational institutions of that 
great literary center, Boston. Six children were 
born to the union of Judge and Mrs. Thacher, 
oni}' two of whom are now living, Horace Cole- 
man and Mary M. Mrs. Thacher was culled to 
the land beyond February 2, 1872, in Toledo, at 
the age of seventy years. 

The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Daiber were 
Araasa and Phebe (Green) Thacher. The former 
was born at Milford, Conn., in 1768, and departed 
this life in Tremainsville, Ohio, in June, 1844, at 
the age of seventy-six 3'ears. The grandmother 
was also born at Hartford, Conn., in 1778, and 
passed away at Millgrove, N. Y., at the age of 
eighty-five years. This respected coui)le were mar- 
ried in 1794, and lived long and useful lives. The 
maternal grandparents were John and Hannah 
(Mawley) Ewers. 



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JUSTICE H. BOWMAN, a prominent citizen 
and well known business man of Toledo, is 
a native of New York, and was born in Ot- 
sego County, May 1, 1849, being tiie son of 
William and Elsie (Bullis) Bowman. His father, 
who was a native of Montgomery County, N. Y., 
was a teacher all his life. He taught select schools 
in Alban}', N. Y., and later taught in Toledo, 
where he made his home for a number of years 
before his death, which occurred in 1874, at the 
age of fifty-nine years. He was a son of Henry 



and Mary Bowman, who were also natives of the 
Empire State, where they spent their entire lives. 

The mother of our subject was a daughter of 
Avery and Abigail (Boyce) Bullis. She was a na- 
tive of Otsego County, N. Y^., where she was reared 
and married. She afterward came to Toledo, where 
she still resides, making her home with her son, our 
worthy subject. The latter was reared in the 
home of his childhood, and received his education 
in the private schools of the same place, and at the 
early age of fourteen years started out in life for 
himself. Going to New York City, he at first 
found employment in a store, where he worked 
by the day for one year, afterward becoming a 
clerk for the same firm, and continuing to hold that 
position until after the breaking out of the Civil 
War. He enlisted in Company G, Fourth United 
States Infantry, under Col. Silas Case}', and served 
for three years, taking an active part in a number 
of engagements, and traveling over the greater 
part of the United States. He underwent the 
hardships and privations of a soldier's life, and 
was a brave and true defender of his country, 
never faltering in his duty, although the work was 
often arduous. He was honorably discharged Feb- 
ruary 14, 1868, at Ft. Morgan, Colo. 

After returning from the war Mr. Bowman came 
in the same year to Toledo and engaged as clerk 
in the mill of G. W. Reynolds & Co. Remaining 
with them until 1871, he afterward accepted a po- 
sition with Reynolds Bros, for a time, and then 
entered into partnership with the firm, continuing 
in the business successfully for a number of years. 
In 1889 he withdrew from Reynolds Bros, and be- 
came a partner in the firm of Paddock, Hodge <& 
Co., since which time he has enjoyed a large and 
extensive trade. 

Mr. Bowman has prospered financially and is 
popular among his fellow-citizens, alwa3's taking 
an active part in all public enterprises pertaining 
to the upbuilding and improvement of his home 
locality. He is a thorough-going, energetic busi- 
ness man, and has tlie respect and confidence of 
all who know him. On the 20th of July, 1870, he 
was married to Miss Alice, daughter of Daniel and 
Sophia O. (Whitman) Lloyd. Mrs. Bowman, who 
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education in that city. As a result of this union 
two children have been born: Fannie, a graduate 
of Bradford (Mass.) Academy; and Charles R., a 
student in tlie Peekskiil (N. Y.) schools. 

Socially Mr. Bowman is identified with the Ma- 
sonic order, and is also a member of the Toledo 
post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of 
the Toledo Club. Politically he is a stanch Re- 
liublican and an ardent supporter of the principles 
of his part}'. He takes a deep interest in both local 
and national issues, and is numbered among the 
leading men and substantial residents of the city of 
Toledo. 



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NORVAL BALDWIN BACON, a prominent 
architect and influential business man of 
Toledo, was born in Hamilton, Madison 
County, N. Y., and is a son of Norval C. and .Jau- 
ette (Terry) Bacon. Tiie former's birth occurred 
in Massachusetts, in the year 1805. The mother 
was a native of the Empire State, and was born in 
Sangerfleld, Oneida County-, in 1808. She was a 
gi'aduate of Hamilton Female Seminary, and liad 
been a teacher for ten years previous to her mar- 
riage. The father of the subject of tills sketch was 
proprietor of a tannery and shoe manufactory. 
He carried on this business successfully in Watcr- 
ville, Oneida County, N. Y., and continued the same 
business in Eaton, N. Y., until his death, which 
occurred at tiie age of seventy-six jears. The 
mother passed awaj' at the home of her son in To- 
ledo. Ohio, in 1883. 

Col. Asa Bacon, the grandfather of N. B. Bacon, 
was born in Charlton, Mass., where he also con- 
ducted the business of a tanner and currier through- 
out the greater portion of his life. He died in 
1862, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. 
The maternal grandparents were Isaac and Betsy 
(Livermore) Terry, the former born in Sangerfleld, 



and the latter in Waterville, N. Y. A number of 
the ancestors on both sides participated in the 
Revolutionary War, taking a prominent and act- 
ive part in that great struggle for liberty. 

At the age of nine 3ears Mr. Bacon went with 
his parents to Tecumseh, Mich., remaining two 
years. Tliey afterward returned to New Y'ork, 
where Norval B. attended the common schools for 
a time, later entering an academj', in which he pur- 
sued his studies until ho was nineteen years of age. 
He was sufficiently advanced by that time to be- 
come a teacher, and accordingly engaged in that 
profession for some time, teaching in Poolville 
and other places in New York. He afterward took 
a course in Hamilton Academy, and then engaged 
in various mechanical and scientific pursuits in 
central New York, and later in Ohio, where lie re- 
moved in 1873. Previous to tliis, however, he 
had studied drawing and painting with the well 
known portrait artist, Albert J. Purdy, of Itliaca, 
N. Y.^ and from 1868 to 1873 he took a thorough 
course in architecture, both in Utica, N. Y., and 
Boston, Mass., after which he removed to Ohio and 
located in Toledo, where he has since made his 
home. 

September 18, 1873, Norval B. Bacon and IMIss 
Margaret L., daughter of Rev. Richard and Anna 
(Neal) Cleveland, were united in marriage. She 
is a native of New Jersey, and was born in Cald- 
well in 1838. As the result of this union two 
children have been born, Frederick C. and Janette 
T. Two of Mrs. Bacon's brothers served with dis- 
tinction and bravery in the Civil War, but soon 
after its close lost their lives on the steamer "Mis- 
souri," which was burned at sea. Of those sur- 
viving, Grover Cleveland occupies the highest po- 
sition which it is in the power of the people of the 
United States to bestow upon any individual, the 
Presidency of our country. Rev. William Cleve- 
land, another honored member of the family, is a 
retired Presbyterian minister, living in central 
New York. 

The Cleveland family has always taken a prom- 
inent part in the affairs of our nation. Lieut. 
Timothy Cleveland was a brave and honored sol- 
dier in the Revolutionary War, and Rev. Aaron 
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Franklin, at whose house he died in 1757. Among 
llie prominent members of the family in later days 
were Gen. Moses Cleveland, who was the founder 
of the city of Cleveland, Ohio; William E. Dodge, 
tlie philanthropist of New York City; and Bishop 
A. Cleveland Coxe, of Buffalo, N. Y. Rev. Rich- 
aid Cleveland, the father of Mrs. Bacon, was born 
in Norwich, Conn., in 1805, and passed away at 
Holland Patent, N. Y., in 1853. His wife, whose 
maiden name was Anna Neal, was born in Balti- 
more, Md., in 1804, and died in 188'2, at Holland 
Patent, N. Y. 

Mr. Bacon has been one of the principal archi- 
tects of Toledo for many years. In 1882 he en- 
gaged as assistant Thomas F. Huber, whose marked 
ability led Mr. Bacon in a few years to receive him 
into partnership, thus forming the well known 
firm of Bacon & Huber. Among the many Toledo 
buildings planned by these gentlemen before and 
after the partnership was formed are the St. Clair 
office building, costing $70,000; the Blade & Lo- 
renz building, about $100,000; the Coghlin build- 
ing, $70,000; the new Chamber of Commerce, $80,- 
000; the residences of Mrs. George Emerson at a 
cost of $20,000, S. C. Schenck $20,000, A. W. Col- 
ton $25,000, and John T. Newton $22,000; the 
Blade Printing and Paper Company's building, 
$40,000; Bee Building, $40,000; Pythian Castle, 
$50,000; Toledo Hospital, §50,000; the Industrial 
School, $20,000; the Baunigardner residence, $18,- 
000; lliett & Hartupee building, $40,000; the 
Meinert building, $35,000; the Neuliausel build- 
ing, $30,000; the Tollerton residence, $19,000; 
Lagrange School, $40,000; Mrs. Ketcham's resi- 
dence, $50,000; the Nearing building, $75,000; 
the Woolsom Spice Company's building, $35,000; 
the power house of the Toledo Consolidated Rail- 
way, $50,000; the Toledo water works pumping 
station, $50,000; and a large number of buildings 
of kindred character in Toledo and neighboring 
cities. Mr. Bacon was Superintendent of Con- 
struction of the Toledo Federal Building up to its 
completion. Bacon & Huber have completed the 
plans for the great Spitzer office building, and 
work on the foundations is progressing. This will 
be one of the largest and finest office buildings 
ever erected in tlie Nortliwest. It is of steel 



frame-work, and is to be faced with pressed brick 
and terra cotta. It will be thoroughly fire-i)roof 
throughout, and it is estimated that it will cost 
about $400,000. 

Socially Mr. Bacon is identified with the Ma- 
sonic order, the Royal Arcanum, and has been a 
member of the Toledo Club since 1885. He and 
his family are devoted members of the Westmin- 
ster Presbyterian Church, and are active workers 
in the same. In politics he is independent, always 
giving his vote and influence to the man whom he 
thinks the most suitable for office. He cast his 
first Presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. 



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FREDERICK LANG is one of the worthy 
German-American citizens of Toledo, to 
which city he came over forty years ago. 
In 1866 he started the Eagle Brewer.y, which he 
owned and carried on for five years, and previous 
to that time he had also built and equipped the 
Toledo Brewery. In 1880 he constructed the pres- 
ent P^agle Brewery of Toledo, and successfulh' 
m.anaged it until he retired from business in 1887. 
The father of our subject was Michael Lang, a 
native of Wurtemberg, Germany, whose wife bore 
the maiden name of Christine Heine. Of thtir 
five children, Frederick is the youngest, his birth 
occurring in Wurtemberg, November 8, 1822. He 
received a common-school education in his mother 
tongue, and after completing his studies learned 
the cooper's trade. According to the laws of the 
land, he entered the military service at the age of 
twenty years, and served five years. 

In 1848 Mr. Lang left Germany, sailing for New 
Orleans, and thence proceeding up the Mississippi 
River to St. Louis, where he worked in a brewery 
for a year. He then went to Cincinnati, this state, 
where he was also employed in a brewery for about 
a year. For some time he was engaged in travel- 
ing through Illinois and Iowa, prospecting for a 
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city, and soon concluded to make this his future 
home. He was offered a good position as foreman 
in Peter Lenk's brewerj% and acceptably filled the 
position for twelve years. In 1866 he embarked 
in business on his own account, and for tlie next 
twenty-one years was numbered among the suc- 
cessful financiers of the city. 

In 1855 Mr. Lang married Anna Stetter, who 
was born in Germanj' and came to America al the 
age of eigiiteen. Mr. and Mrs. Lang have a fam- 
il3^ comprising five sons and two daugliters, as 
follows: Frederick, Jr., who is a bookkeeper; Rosa, 
a teacher of German in the Armour Institute at 
Chicago; George, a member of the Toledo Fire De- 
partment; Ernest H., who is a resident of Detroit, 
Mich.; Otto, a Chicago artist; Adolph, who is a 
draughtsman in the Lozier Bic3'cle Works; and 
Emma, Mrs. Moorehouse, who is now living in 
Central America with her husband. 

Mr. Lang is well preserved and enjoys good 
health and spirits. He and his worthy- lady have 
a pleasant home at No. 410 Hamilton Street. In 
politics he is always to be found on the side of the 
Republican party. 



JACOB ENGELHARDT. A prominent ele- 
ment in our population is that class who, be- 
ing the children of our German-American 
citizens, have shown the excellent training 
of the Fatherland in their industry' and thrift. 
They have hel|)ed to develop the resources of this 
country, and many of them are prominent on ac- 
count of their success in business. Among these 
we find the gentleman above named, who is a na- 
tive of Germany and the descendant of a long 
line of honorable representatives of tlie Teutonic 
race. 

Born in the city of Darmstadt, January 22, 1836, 
our subject is the son of Cliarles W. and Elizabeth 
(Hartman) Engelliardl. lie was quite .young when 
the family emigrated to the United States, and 



after landing in New York City proceeded to 
Rochester, N. Y., where they settled permanenlly. 
The father followed the trade of a tinner through- 
out the greater part of his active business life, and 
remained a resident of Rochester until his death, 
in 1888. 

The next to the youngest among six children, 
our subject passed his bojiiood years in Rochester, 
and was a student in the schools of that city until 
attaining his fifteenth year. He then secured a 
clerkship in a grocery store in Rochester, and until 
twenty-one years of age continued in the eraploj^ 
of the firm of Stagers & Hollens. In 1858 he was 
united in marriage with Miss Kate English, of 
Rochester, and immediately afterwards came to 
Toledo, where he formed a partnership with David 
Kitchen. Thirteen years were thus spent, when 
he disposed of his interest in the concern and re- 
tired from the business. 

During the Rebellion Mr. Engelhardt was one 
of the loyal supporters of the Union, and in 1864 
he enlisted with the One Hundred and Thirtieth 
Ohio Infantry, Col. C. B. Phipps commanding the 
regiment. His service lasted for one hundred 
days, and during the greater part of that time he 
was engaged in garrison dut.y. At the expiration 
of his period of service he was honorably dis- 
charged. Returning to Toledo, he again embarked 
in the hardware business, in which he continued 
until 1871. The following year he entered the 
freight department of the Lake Shore & Wabash 
Railroad, remaining with that company for almost 
fifteen years. 

With the public affairs of Toledo Mr. Engelhardt 
has been more or less connected ever since coming 
to this cit}'. In 1888 he was elected Commission- 
er of Lucas County, on the Republican ticket, for 
a term of three years, and such was the ability 
with which he discharged the duties of that pos- 
ition, that in 1891 he was re-elected and again in 
1894, being the present incumbent of the office. 
In 1879 he represented the Fourth Ward in the 
City Council. In 1887 he was appointed Sheriff 
of Lucas County, to fill the vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Sheriff Cullinson. In counly, state 
and national politics he has taken an active inter- 
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can party. Since the organization of the Toledo 
Republican Club he has been a prominent factor in 
its success and has filled the position of Director. 
He is at present a member of the building commit- 
tee of the new court liouse in process of construc- 
tion at Toledo, which will be one of tiie finest in 
the state, both in point of architectural des:gnand 
convenience of interior a|)pointments. 



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JOSEPH N. RICARD. Notable among the 
business enterprises of Toledo is that which 
was established by Mr. Ricard in 1887, and 
has since been conducted under his active 
supervision. The Ricard Boiler and F^ngine Works 
are situated at Nos. 700 to 708 Water .Street, ad- 
joining the Cherry .Street bridge, and give em- 
ployment to a force of fifty men in the differ- 
ent departments. The products, wliich are sold 
throughout the Central States, consist of steam 
boilers, engines, tanks, heaters, all kinds of machin- 
ery and sheet-iron work, portable steel boilers for 
sawmills, oil, gas and water wells. 

The proprietor of the works was born in Bur- 
lington, Vt., in 1853, and is the son of Noah and 
P^ulalie (Isabelle) Ricard, natives of Canada, who 
removed to Toledo in 1863 and are now living in 
(juiet retirement from the cares of business. Jo- 
seph N. accompanied his parents to Ohio at the 
age of ten years, and at once entered the schools 
of this city, where his education was obtained. 

After finishing his studies Mr. Ricard learned 
the trade of a machinist in the Novelty iron Works 
of Toledo and with other parties, thus gaining a 
tliorough knowledge of the business. On com- 
pleting his trade, he began to work for different 
parties, and continued in the capacity- of workman 
for a number of years. He saved his earnings, and 
upon securing a sufficient sum to permit the ven- 
ture, he began business for himself. In 1887 he 
commenced to manufacture boilers and stationary 
and portable engines. These are of a superior 



quality and of the most improved designs. The 
products of the factory are sold to [jarties in the 
different states of the Mississippi Valley, as far 
south as St. Louis, Mo. 

In addition to the proprietorship of the Ricard 
Boiler and Engine Works, Mr. Ricard is connect- 
ed with the jewelry business, in partnership with 
George M. Baker, the style of the firm being B.ak- 
er & Ricard. He is the owner of boiler works at 
Trombley, Wood County, Ohio, which enterprise, 
like the others in which he is interested, has proved 
remunerative, and is the source of a good revenue 
to him. In addition to other realty he owns val- 
uable city property, and this he rents to tenants. 
He also owns a flouring-miU at McComb, Ohio. 

The marriage of Mr. Ricard and Miss Emily 
May was solemnized in 1875. Mrs. Ricard was a 
daughter of William H. Ma\', who for many j'ears 
resided in Bedford Township, Monroe County, 
Mich. The family residence Is at No. 727 Ontario 
Street, and here Mr. and Mrs. Ricard, with their 
four daughters, have a pleasant home, to which 
their many friends receive a cordial welcome and 
in which they are hospitably entertained by the 
genial host and hostess. In his fraternal relations 
Mr. Ricard is connected with the Knights of 
Pythias. 



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REV. PE;TER DANENHOFFER. pastor of 
St. Peter's Catholic Church of Toledo, is 
a gentleman and scholar, possessed of 
more than ordinary intellect, and a man of fine 
appearance. Almost his entire life has been de- 
voted to the service of the cliurch, and his efforts 
have been attended with the greatest success. He 
IS a native of Lorraine, Fiance, and was born Feb- 
ruary 22, 1832, his parents being Peter and Mary 
(Derr) Danenhoffer, who were also natives of Lor- 
raine, F" ranee. The father was a farmer b}' occu- 
pation in his native land, and spent his entire life 
tilling the soil. He never left his own country, 




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but passed away in the home of his youtli about 
1859. His wife came to this country with her 
four sons and one daughter, and made her home 
at first in F'lemont, Ohio. She afterward bought 
a farm in Berwick, Seneca County, Ohio, and lived 
there a number of years, after which she sold out 
and moved to Toledo. She lived to the venerable 
age of about ninety years, departing this life May 
10, 1881. 

The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood 
and early youth in the home of his birth, where 
he received the rudiments of his education, and 
studied the classics and modern languages for a 
lime, or until he was seventeen years of age. In 
1850 he sailed with his mother and the family for 
America, and after an uneventful voyage landed 
in New Orleans. Leaving that city, they went di- 
rect to Fremont, Ohio, where he remained only a 
short time, going immediately to Cleveland, where 
he entered St. Mary's Seminary. Here he studied 
the classics, philosophy, theology and other studies 
for several years, and at the age of twenty-three 
entered the theological seminarj', where he re- 
mained six years, preparing himself for the office 
of priest in the Catholic Church. Having previ- 
ously determined on this course of life before 
crossing the Atlantic, he never svavered in his de- 
cision, but put forth every effort to prepare him- 
self for the great work set before him. 

June 28, 1863, the young man was ordained a 
priest, and was immediately appointed to take 
charge of St. Barnard's Church at Akron, Ohio. 
He remained with this congregation for three 
years, and then came to Toledo, becoming the pas- 
tor of St. Peter's Church, in which he has filled 
the holy office of Father Confessor and Priest 
from that time until the present. Soon after com- 
ing here he was instrumental in building the large 
parochial school building, which was used for a 
time both for school and church purposes. In 
1873 he erected the fine solid brick edifice, which 
is one of the best church buildings in the city. 
The congregation is composed of about four hun- 
dred families, and there are some three hundred 
and fift}' pupils in attendance at the school. 

Rev. Father Denenhoffer is a favorite with the 
general public as well as with his own parish, and 
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is highly esteemed by all who know him. His life 
has been one of integrity and self-reliance, and he 
has faithfull}' given to each duty his most con- 
scientious attention and persistent effort. 



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HON. JOHN H. DOYLE. For many years 
this gentleman has occupied a distin- 
guished position among the legal frater- 
nity- of Toledo and the state, and as the senior 
member of the firm of Doyle, Scott & Lewis, he 
still continues at the head of an extensive and re- 
munerative practice. Alike on the Bench and at 
the Bar, he has won distinction. As Judge, he was 
clear, logical, impartial and straightforward, and 
his decisions were able and just. As a law}'er, he 
seizes promptly the salient points of his case, and 
identifies himself clearly and earnestly with the 
interests of his client. 

Judge Doyle is a native of Ohio, and was born 
in Perry County, April 23, 1844. His parents, 
Michael and Joanna (Brophej') Do)'le, were mar- 
ried in Providence, Lucas Count3-, in 1833, and 
removed to Perry County in 1842, but four years 
later returned to Toledo, where the father died in 
1852. The mother died November 15, 1894, at 
the residence of our subject, in Toledo. In the 
public schools of Toledo, the subject of this notice 
gained the rudiments of his education, which was 
afterward supplemented by attendance at Denison 
University, Granville, Ohio. He began the study 
of law under Gen. H. S. Commager, and after- 
ward continued under the preceptorship of Edward 
Bissell. Jr. 

On the twenty-first anniversary of his birth. 
Judge Doyle was admitted to the Bar, April 23, 
1865, and the same day formed a partnership with 
Mr. Bissell, thus securing a fair start in his pro- 
fession at once. Success rewarded his efforts from 
the beginning of his professional labors. He soon 
acquired a reputation for legal knowledge and 
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His" peculiar genius in searching out and establish- 
ing hidden evidence may be illustrated by a case 
in which he was interested, and wliich involved 
the title to one hundred and sixty acres of 
land in tlie heart of the city of Toledo, valued at 
more than $1,000,000. The claimants were the 
heirs of a Mr. Ford, a privateer of the War of 
1812, then living at Fell's Point, in or near Balti- 
more, Md. The c.Tse hinged on the legitimacy of 
a daughter, vvho, it was alleged, was born while 
Ford was a prisoner of war at Plymouth, Kngland, 
and was illegitimate. Mr. Doyle sj)enta largo por- 
tion of the winter of 1873-74, tlie spring of 1874 
and the summer of 1875 in Maryland and the 
District of Columbia taking depositions in this im- 
portant case. The final result was that he estab- 
lished the legitimacy of the child, and hence se- 
cured llie title of his clients. 

In 1879 Mr. Doyle was elected on the Republi- 
can ticket as Judge of the judicial district, embrac- 
ing the territory between and including Toledo 
and Cleveland. Such was his standing in the legal 
fraternity that he was unanimously recommended 
for the position by the Toledo Bar. Elected to 
this important ufflce, he soon became widely known 
as an able and impartial jurist, and he gained great 
prominence m his cliosen party. In 1882 he was 
nominated for .Judge of the Supreme Court by the 
Republican State Convention, but was defeated 
witli the remainder of the ticket, though running 
ahead of the party by several thousand votes in 
the district of his residence, and by sixteen hun- 
dred in his own county. In February, 1883, he 
was appointed b}' Governor Foster to a seat on the 
Supreme Bench, to fill the vacancy caused b}' the 
resignation of Judge Longworth, serving one year 
in that capacity. At the convention of 1883 his 
party again nominated him for a full term, but 
the entire ticket suffered defeat as before. 

Resuming the practice of liis profession in To- 
ledo in 1884, Judge Doj'le lias since continued the 
management of the extensive interests of his cli- 
ents. In matters pertaining to the welfare of his 
city he is deeply interested, and all progressive en- 
terprises are sure of his warm support and hearty 
encouragement. In the organization of the To- 
ledo Library Association (now the free library of 



Toledo) he assisted materially, and for six years 
he was Chairman of the Lecture Committee of that 
association. In 1865, associated with Hon. De 
Witt Davis, of Milwaukee, he aided in the organi- 
zation of the Northwestern Lecture Bureau at Ciii- 
cago, of which he was Secretary for a number of 
years. In 1886 he was api)ointed by Governor 
Foraker to serve as Trustee of the Toledo Asylum 
for the Insane, where the detached cottage plan, 
which he urged in preference to all others, was 
adopted. During the late war he was commissioned 
Lieutenant of the Sixty-seventh Ohio Infantry, 
but before mustering he was prostrated by a severe 
illness, which prevented his acceptance of the ap- 
pointment. He was then but eighteen 3'ears old. 
Though unable to go to the front in active service, 
he did everything possible to assist in the home 
work for the Union cause. 

October 6, 1868, Judge Doyle married Miss 
Alice Fuller Skinner, daughter of Dr. S. W. Skin- 
ner, a descendant of the AVolcott and Ellsworth 
families of Connecticut, to which also belong 
Chief Justice P^llsworth and Governor Wolcott. 
They are the parents of three daughters, namely: 
Elizabeth Wolcott, Grace Alice and Helen Gene- 
vieve. 



TILLMAN BROWN. Among the influen- 
tial citizens and prominent business men 
of East Toledo stands our worthy subject, 
who comes of sturdy, energetic New England 
stock, having been born among the hills of Ver- 
mont, in Lamoille Count3'. March 17, 1829. He 
is a son of Stei)lien Brown, a native of Massachu- 
setts, but who made his home in Vermont until his 
death, which occurred in 1869, at the age of seven- 
ty-six years. The paternal grandfather was Ste- 
phen Brown, Sr., also a native of the Bay State, 
ancestors of the family having come from Eng- 
land and settled in that state in a very early day. 
The mother of our subject, whose maiden name 
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Vt., where slie was reared to womanhood, and 
where she married the father of our subject. 
After the death of her husband she came to Oliio, 
and made her home with Stillman until she passed 
peacefully awa}', at the age of eighty-three years. 
She and her liusband were both laid to rest in For- 
est Cemetery in Toledo. 

Mr. Brown spent his boyhood days and earl\' 
youtli among the liills of his native state, where 
he attended the public schools, receiving a good 
common education. After his school days were 
over he went to Boston, Mass., and embarked in 
business for himself. He engaged in buying and 
shipping stock for his brother, and made a splendid 
success of the business. At the time of starting 
out for himself, he was only eighteen years old, 
but he manifested a knowledge of business far be- 
yond his years, and b}' his good management and 
excellent judgment became a leading man in that 
line of trade. After spending several years in the 
city of Boston, he decided to seek a wider and bet- 
ter field for his operations, and accordingly start- 
ed for the West. He came to Toledo, and in 1856 
entered into partnership with his cousin, D. A. 
Brown, the firm of S. & D. A. Brown becoming 
far and widely known; and as both partners had 
bad considei'able experience in the stock business 
previous to tliis, they soon establislied a large and 
lucrative trade, and were acknowledged to be the 
most successful firm in that line of any in the cit}'. 

Mr. Brown and his partner took charge of the 
Toledo .Stock Yards, and for several years did an 
immense business, slaughtering one thousand hogs 
a day. They were also {)roprietors of a large 
packing-house, the income from which was large, 
and accumulated so rapidl3' that they were able in 
a few years to retire from business life, having 
each gained a handsome competence. Our subject 
is greatly interested in real estate at the present 
time, owning a large amount of valuable city prop- 
erty, and a great deal of his time is taken up in 
looking after his interests in that direction. His 
business abilit}' is well established, and he enjoys 
the esteem and confidence of the entire com- 
munity. 

Our subject has been twice married, tlie lady 
who became his first wife being Miss Mary M. 



Fisher, a native of Wooster. Ohio. They were 
married in 1863, and she was called to the land 
beyond in 1872, leaving four children, as follows: 
Albert L., Stephen S., Orville G. and Laura M. 
The second marriage of Mr. Brown took place in 
187.3, uniting him with Miss Gertrude Lawton, a 
native of St. Lawrence County, N. Y. This union 
has been blessed by the birth of five children: Ger- 
trude L., Gordon L., Siloam G., Alice, and Gess- 
ner, who died in infancy. The family residence 
is built of solid brick, pleasantly located on an 
eminence overlooking the Maumee River, and the 
beautiful surroundings present a delightful ap- 
pearance to the eye. 

Socially Mr. Brown is connected with the Ma- 
sonic order, and is a member of Rubicon Lodge. 
Politicall}' he is a stanch Republican, and an ar- 
dent supporter of the principles of his party. 



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REV. CHARLES SCADDING is the popular 
and efficient rector of Trinity Church, in 
Toledo. He is a clear and impressive 
speaker, and aims to be practical rather than to 
strive for oratorical effect. Since his connection 
with Trinity Church a marked improvement along 
its many lines of activity has been noticeable. Be- 
ing very much interested in young people, he 
keeps in close touch with them in every possible 
consistent manner, and in all other relations is 
broad in thought, charitable in criticism, and mod- 
ern in his ideas of work. 

The birth of Rev. Mr. Scadding occurred in On- 
tario, Canada, November 25, 1861, and his higher 
education was obtained at the Episcopal College 
of Trinity University in Toronto. He distin- 
guished himself in the literary course, winning the 
silver medal of his class, and also during this time 
became celebrated as a writer for and editor of the 
Trinity University Review. His first parish was at 
St, John's, in Buffalo, N. Y., where lie served as 



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Deacon, to which office he was ordained July 26, 
1885. He was ordained priest of the Cliurcli of 
England July 18, 1886, and soon afterward became 
assistant to Rev. W. S. Rainsford in St. George's 
Church, in New York. This chapel is located in 
a crowded tenement district, and he had ample 
opportunity' to display' his zeal as a missionary' 
among the people of that locality, where life in its 
lowest form among human beings in the United 
States may be found. From 1889 until 1891 Mr. 
Scadding was rector at Grace Ciiurch at Middle- 
town, N. Y., where he built up a strong parish, 
and since the year last mentioned he has been rec- 
tor of Trinity Church. 

Tlirougii the nomination of General Swayne, 
Rev. Mr. Scadding was elected to the Executive 
Committee of the Church Temperance Society, and 
is mucii interested in the Knights of Temperance. 
He is also a member of the Executive Board of 
the Christian Social Union of Oxford University, 
and of the Parochial Mission Society. He is a be- 
liever in athletics, and is President of the Outing 
Club. While rector of Grace Church, he was of- 
fered the nomination to the Bishopric of Japan, a 
high and responsible office, but he declined. His 
great object and struggle just now is to make 
Trinity Church a place where the poor from the 
wretched and crowded tenement districts adjacent 
may feel free to come and hear the Gospel preached 
in simplicity. In order to carrj' out this plan it 
will become necessary to have suitable endow- 
ments, whereby the expenses of running the church 
can l)e met without taxing the poor people to any 
extent. 

July 11, 1888, Mr. Scadding was married, in 
Toronto, to Nellie D., daughter of J. S. and Mary 
Donaldson, the former of whom is a broker and 
business man of Toronto. Mrs. Scadding, who 
was a lovable Christian woman and her husband's 
faithful helpmate and assistant in all his work, en- 
tered Paradise November 12, 1891. 

The parents of our subject were Henrj- Simcoe 
and Elizabeth W. (Wedd) Scadding, both natives 
of Toronto, the former born November 2, 1837, 
and the latter October 7, 1838. They were mar- 
ried in 1860, and had the following children: 
Charles, Heurv Crawford, Walter R.. Simcoe and 



S. John. The father was a banker, and is now 
living in British Columbia, where he is an officer of 
the Canada Pacific Railroad, and is much respect- 
ed. His parents were Charles and Jane (Bright) 
Scadding. The former died at the age of seventy- 
eight years, but the mother is still living. The 
great-grandfather of Rev. Charles Scadding bore 
the Christian name of John. He was an officer in 
the British service, and went to Canada with Lord 
Simcoe, the first Governor-General of Canada. 

Politically Mr. Scadding is a supporter of Re- 
publican principles and nominees. 



(Tpr LEXANDER MUELLER is a member of 
y — \ the firm of Mueller Bros., who conduct a 
large cooperage establishment in Toledo, 
and give employment to from eight to ten hands. 
Beginning at the bottom rounds of the ladder 
which leads to success, he has reached his present 
condition of prosperity and independence entirely 
through his own honest and industrious efforts. 
He is now well off. Icing the fortunate possessor 
of a number of pieces of real estate, and residences, 
etc., which he rents, and from which he derives a 
good income. 

Mr. Mueller was born in Switzerland, on the 
24th of August, 1829, and is a son of Casper and 
Amelia (Hep) Mueller. They emigrated to the 
United .States about the year 1852, and after passing 
through New York City, came direct to Toledo, 
where they arrived in May. The father was a 
cooper b}' trade, and followed his business with 
marked success in this city for many 3'ears, manu- 
facturing beer and wine casks principally. He de- 
parted this life in 1876, having had five children, 
two sons and three daughters. 

Alexander Mueller, according to the laws of Ger- 
many, attended the schools of his native land un- 
til he was fourteen years of age. He then began 
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Toledo worked with his father until tiie latter's 
death, when he succeeded to tlie business, witli 
which he was thoroughly acquainted in every de- 
partment. The cooperage is located at No. 712 
Bush Street. Besides the regular shops, there are 
large buildings for di'ying-roonis and for curing 
the wood used in the manufacture of the barrels. 
In 1851 our subject was united in marriage with 
Miss Barbara Mueller, daughter of Frank Mueller. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Mueller have been born three 
children, two sons and a daughter, namely: C- 
Frank; Magdalene, the wife of Martin Knercm; 
and Otto A., who is at liome. Mr. and Mrs. Muel- 
ler are members of the Reformed Church. In poli- 
tics the former is a supporter of the Republican 
party. 



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HENRY WALTER WILHELM, of Toledo, 
has been a resident of this city almost Ins 
entire life, and is prominently identified 
with some of its leading enterprises. His occupa- 
tion is that of a civil engineer, which he hag fol- 
lowed ever since coming to this place. In 1886 he 
purchased a half-interest in the Toledo & Suburban 
Express Compan}', of which he became sole pro- 
prietor four years later. In March, 1891, he or- 
ganized a stock company, under the name of the 
United Storage, Truck and Transfer Company, 
capitalized at $25,000, which concern is doing a 
prosperous business at Nos. 714 and 716 Jefferson 
Street, and Nos. 209 and 211 Erie Street. 

The Wilhelm family, as the name indicates, is 
of German origin. Henry Wilhelm, father of our 
subject, was born in Dieburg, Gross-Herzogtlium, 
Hesse-Darmstadt, and for many years has made 
his home in Toledo, where he has followed the 
occupation of a builder, contractor and superin- 
tendent of construction. Never since he became 
an American citizen, in 1849, has he failed to vote 
for the principles of the Republican party, and 
that organization has no supporter more loyal than 
he. In local affairs he has ever been interested. 



and has made it a point to attend the caucuses of 
his party and endeavor to secure the nomination 
of good men for office. He has, however, never 
had an}' aspirations for public positions, preferring 
to give his attention to his business affairs. 

The mother of our subject, who was born in the 
same town and province of Germany as her hus- 
band, bore the maiden name of Theresa Spross, 
and became the wife of Henry AVilhelm in Toledo 
in 1852. Eight children were born of their union, 
named as follows: Barbara C, Henry W., Kate 
M., Anna M., Elizabeth, Francis .1., Charles R. and 
Edward A. All are living except Kale and Eliza- 
beth. 

The subject of this notice was born in Toledo, 
Ohio, December 19, 1856, and received an excel- 
lent education. After graduating from the Toledo 
High School in 1876, he entered Cornell Univer- 
sity, where, in 1880, he completed the course in 
civil engineering. In July of the same j'ear he 
accepted a position as assistant engineer on the 
Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Railroad (now the 
Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City) and remained in 
that capacity for one year. He then accepted an 
appointment as Field Topographer in the Depart- 
ment of the United States Coast and Geologic 
Survey, located at Santa Barbara, Cal. On the 
completion of the work, in June, 1882, he returned 
to New York, via Cape Horn, stopping for two 
months at Panama, where he assisted in work on 
the proposed Panama Canal in the caijacit}' of 
transitman 

The marriage of Mr. Wilhelm occurred at Bitter 
Sweet, Monroe County, Mich., and united him with 
Hortcnse Amelia Foreman, an accomplished and 
estimable lady, who is well known in social and 
charitable circles and organizations of Toledo. 
Her parents, William and Mary L.(Doty) Foreman, 
were among the earliest settlers of Monroe County, 
Mich., having settled there in 1836. They owned 
one of the largest and most valuable farms of the 
count}', its situation on the United States Turn- 
pike being most convenient. Upon that old 
homestead Mrs. Foreman died in 1882. Mr. Fore- 
man, who was born in New York in 1822, died in 
Monroe County in 1893. 

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Lodge, F. & A. M.; Charles Sumner Lodge, K. P.; 
and Robert Blum Lodge, L O. O. F. Since the 
organization of the Young Men's Christian Associa- 
tion he has been one of its contributing members, 
but has never identified liiroself witli an}- eiiurch. 
His wife is actively connected with the First Con- 
gregational Church of Toledo, and takes a warm 
interest in benevolent and religious enterprises. 
At present she is serving as a Director of the 
Newsboys' Home in Toledo. 

Politically a Republican, Mr. Wilhelm has been 
a member of the lioard of Equalization since 1893. 
In 1886 he vvas elected to the office of County 
Surveyor of Lucas County, and three years later 
he was re-elected, serving in tliat official capacity 
until January 1, 1893. During the latter year, as 
stated above, he was appointed a member of the 
City Board of Equalization, to serve until Maj-, 
1896. He is a member of the Toledo Chamber of 
Commerce, and is connected with other organiza- 
tions and enterprises calculated to promote the 
growth of the city and the welfare of the people. 



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\ \ ^ILLIAINI A. GASHE is President of tlie 
\/\/ Gashe Lumber Company' of Toledo. 
This concern was organized January 
15, 1890, with a paid-up capital of $10,000. and 
the presidency of it was at once tendered Mr- 
Gashe, he being the principal stockholder. lie is 
a young man of good financial ability, and is truly 
the aichitect of his own fortunes, as he started in 
the battle of life in an humble position and grad- 
ually, through his own merit and industry, worked 
his way upward. 

A native of the Green Mountain State, Mr. 
Gashe was born in its capital city, Montpelier, 
February 3, 18.56. His fatlier, Samuel Gashe, was 
a man of talent and good education, and for a 
number of years was a successful school teacher. 
He was a native of Ireland, and came to the United 
States in youth, but died when his son, William 
A., was only six years of age. His wife, whose 
girlhood name was Rebecca Clurk, on being left a 



widow removed from Montpelier to Canada. She 
was left in destitute circumstances by tlie death of 
her husband, and had a struggle in order to sup- 
port herself and children. After spending a few 
3'ears in Canada, the family removed to Saginaw, 
Mich. 

Left fatherless at a tender age, William A. Gashe 
was early obliged to seek his own livelihood. He 
received fair common-school advantages, but at an 
early age became a shingle-packer in the sawmills 
of Michigan, and then for some time worked at 
whatever he could find to do in different lumbering 
districts. Later, going to Big City, Mich., he was 
scaler for a number of mills at that place. From 
his small w.ages he managed to \ny aside a certain 
proportion, and the sura thus accumulated proved 
the nucleus of his subsequent fortune. 

The Gashe Lumber Company deals in all kinds 
of hard and soft woods. They have a large plan- 
ing-mill, wlucli is run by electricity, and is a model 
of its kind. Mr. Gashe is a pioneer in this direc- 
tion, having been the first to employ this motive 
power in a planing-mill. The two dynamos are 
equal to thirty-horse power. 

The family residence of Mr. Gashe is at No. 515 
Walnut Street. His wife, to whom he was married 
Jul}- 15, 1891, was previously Miss Marion Kear- 
ney, of this cit}^ She was born near Dublin, Ire- 
land, and is a daughter of John and Margaret 
(Blake) Kearne}'. Mr. Gashe is a public-spirited 
citizen, taking commendable interest in wliLtever 
enterprises or movements arc started having the 
benefit of this city and locality as their object. In 
questions of political moment he is a Democrat, 
and never fails to deposit his ballot in favor of his 
party nominees. He and his wife are members of 
the Catholic Church. 



T7> LEAZER N. SMITH is a self-made man, as 
I C) he began life poor and unassisted, but, 
undaunted by the difficulties which he met 
in his pathway, he has risen steadily to a position 
of influence and prosperity. For the past thir- 
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ledo, prior to which time he was actively engaged 
in agricultural pursuits. 

In a fainily of seven children our subject is the 
youngest, tlie others being Polly, William, Hul- 
daii, Priscilla, Hannah and Millicent. Their par- 
ents were Noadiah and JNIaiy S. (Sibley) Smith, na- 
tives of Connecticut and New York, respectively, 
and tiie former a farmer by occupation. Born in 
Rensselaer County, N. Y., January 16, 1815, our 
subject continued to live with his parents in the 
Empire State until he had reached his majority'. 
He early became familiar, by practical experience, 
with every detail of farm work, and determined 
to make it his business in life. 

After working for neighbors for some time, our 
subject came to Ohio, in the spring of 1836, [jro- 
ceeding a part of the distance in a canoe. He set- 
tled in Lucas County and began working by tlie 
month on a farm in Washington Township. When 
sever.al years had passed, during which time he 
had carefully laid aside the main share of his earn- 
ings, lie found himself able to embark iu business 
on his own account, and invested liis money in 
one hundred and thirty acres of land in Washing- 
ton Township. The place had been partly im- 
proved and a log house erected by a previous pro- 
prietor. In 1838 Mr. Smith returned to New- 
York, where he remained two or three years, but 
eventually came back to make a permanent home 
in Ohio. Altogetiier, he was for upwards of forty 
years one of the leading farmers of Washington 
Township, and was actively concerned in its de- 
velopment. 

The first Presidential vote of Mr. Smith was 
cast for Andrew Jackson, but he now affiliates 
with the Republican party. He still owns his im- 
proved and valuable farm of one hundred and 
eighty acres, on which are two good orchards, 
which he set out himself. He is almost entirely 
self-educated as well as self-made, for his school 
advantages were extremely limited. In his town- 
ship he has served as Trustee and School Director 
of his home district. Ever since lie was seventeen 
years of age he has been a member of the Method- 
ist Episcopal Church, and is now a Steward and 
Trustee in the congregation. 

October 5, 1848, Mr. Smith and Catherine Raw- 



son were united in marriage. They have three 
children: William N., a farmer of this township; 
Mary, Mrs. James W. Moore; and Emma, now Mrs. 
William W. Dixon. Mrs. Smith began teaching 
school when she was only seventeen years old, in a 
log cabin, and taught successfully for about eleven 
years. Like her husband, she is a faithful and 
zealous worker in the Methodist P'.piscopal Church. 



r^ EORGE W. STEVENS, M. D., has been en- 
V^Tf gagcfl in the practice of his profession in 
Toledo for the past fouryears, and has al- 
ready acquired high standing among his fellow-cit- 
izens. In 1876 he was appointed surgeon of the 
Union Pacific Railroad Company, with headquarters 
at Grand Island, Neb., where he remained for five 
years. In 1881 he returned to Jonesville, Hills- 
dale County, Mich., where he had formerly prac- 
ticed, and which place was his home for the next 
decade. He is a graduate of the medical depart- 
ment of the Michigan State University of Ann 
Arbor, and has been actively employed as a family 
physician for over a quarter of a centuiy. 

On the paternal side the Doctor is of English 
descent, while his mother's ancestors were natives 
of Germany. Willard Stevens, the father of our 
subject, was born in New Y''ork City, and was Re- 
corder of Deeds for many years. He took an act- 
ive part in political afifairs and the cause of good 
government, and was accordingly esteemed for his 
valuable services. He went into the Civil War as 
Captain of Company A, Fifth New Y'ork A'olun- 
teers, and was killed at the second battle of Bull 
Run, August 18, 1862. His wife, who was before 
her marriage Lydia E. Geib, died when the Doctor 
was six 3'earb old. 

Dr. Stevens, who is an only child, was born iu 
New York City, March 28, 1847. He passed his 
boyhood and school days there, and later entered 
Columbia College, graduating from the literary 
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lie was only twelve years of age, and young Ste- 
vens was thus early thrown upon his own i-esour- 
ces to a certain extent. After making up his mind 
to become a physician, he studied with Dr. A. W. 
Alvord, of Battle Creek, Mich., and graduated in 
1872 from the State University, after which he 
took a course of practical training in the Long 
Island (N. Y.) Hospital. His first location as a 
|)ractitioner was at Jonesville, Mich., where he re- 
mained for two years. In political matters the 
Doctor is alliliated with the Republican part_y. 



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-€ T ff^ILLIAM WICKHAM, M. D., a popular 
\/\/ and highly successful medical practi- 
tioner and skillful surgeon of Toledo, 
is a native of Ireland, and was born March 5, 1848. 
He is the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Hurst) 
Wickham, who were born, reared and married in 
the same country. After their marriage they emi- 
grated to America, when William was but two 
years old, and settled in Beaver, Pa. After com- 
ing to this country, the father became identified 
with the Pennsylvania Railroad, and continued in 
tlie employ of that company for twenty-five jears. 
He still resides in the town of Beaver, and is num- 
bered among the leading business men of the place. 
The subject of this sketch was tlie third son in 
a family of nine children born to the union of 
Thomas and Elizabeth Wickham. The eldest, John 
J., is now the Presiding Judge of Beaver County, 
Pa. Our subject spent his early life in the town 
of Beaver, and was educated in the high school 
and academy of that place. Having finished his 
course of study in the latter institution, he became 
a teacher in the public schools of Ohio, Indiana 
and Kentucky, and after five years of successful 
teaching in these three states he bade farewell to 
the schoolroom and adopted the medical profes- 
sion as his life work. At the age of twenty-eight 
years he entered the office of a military surgeon. 
Dr. Levis, reading medicine with hiin for some 



time, and while under this excellent physician he 
learned many practical and useful lessons. 

In 1879 Mr. Wickham entered the College of 
Medicine and Surgery at Cincinnati, Ohio, where 
he took a four-years course, graduating in 1883. 
He immediately began the practice of his profes- 
sion in the city of Cincinnati, and for five years 
was one of the successful physicians of that place. 
He then accepted an appointment as Surgeon to 
the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company, and re- 
moved to Pocahontas, Va. During this time he 
was also Surgeon of a division of the Norfolk & 
Western Railroad, which position he held for a 
number of years, but later was compelled to resign 
on account of ill health. After a few months' 
rest and a change of climate. Dr. Wickham 's health 
was greatly improved, but before resuming his prac- 
tice he took a post-graduate course at the New 
York Polyclinic, in New Y^ork City, and while at- 
tending this institution assisted in the hospitals of 
that city, which afforded him abundant opportu- 
nity of becoming one of tlie best and most skillful 
surgeons of the day. 

In 1893 Dr. Wickham came to Toledo, where he 
has since conducted a general practice of medi- 
cine and surgery, and gained the esteem and con- 
fidence of the community. He has been very suc- 
cessful since coming here, and is numbered among 
the leading physicians of the city. He is a mem- 
ber of the Lucas County Medical Society. In 
politics he has always afflliated with the Republi- 
can partv, and has ever taken an active interest 
in public affairs. He is a man of excellent bubiness 
ability, and his professional career has been a suc- 
cessful one. 

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JOSEPH G. GARTNER. There is nothing that 
shows the innate refinement and gentleness 
of a man's nature more than a care for the 
exquisite blossoms that crown the most pa- 
tient and diligent efforts at cultivation. A cruel 
or unkind, careless or inappreciative man would 
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things under the charge of such a person are en- 
tirely at his mercy, to be watered and warmed at 
his will. Neither can an ignorant man succeed in 
this calling, for ignorance is stupidity and inap- 
preciativeness, and one who is so watchful and in- 
telligent that he can understand the unspoken lan- 
guage that tells of need or thankfulness for care 
is never ignorant or unkind, but humane and 
tender under all circumstances. 

The establishment which is under the charge of 
Mr. Gartner is conveniently situated at No. 2476 
Cherry Street, Toledo, and contains every variety 
of plant and flower. The business, which is an ex- 
tensive one, is conducted on both the wholesale 
and retail |)lan, and is largely patronized by the 
people of Toledo, who have the highest opinion of 
Mr. Gartner as a skillful and artistic florist. His 
shop was opened in 1888, and the business was 
then begun upon a small scale, but as his means 
increased he added conveniences from time to 
time, and now has a large and remunerative trade. 

Mr. Gartner was born in Bourbon, Marshall 
County, Ind., February 14, 1859, and is the son of 
John and Frances (Hebner) Gartner. His parents 
were natives of Bavaria, Germany, and the father, 
after coming to this countr}', followed the trade of 
a shoemaker in Indiana. In 1871 he came to To- 
ledo, where his death occurred November 29, 1893, 
at the age of sixty-seven years. The wife and 
mother is still living, now sixty-three years old, 
and is a resident of Toledo. 

Of the parental family there survive, besides our 
subject, three daughters, one of whom is married 
and two single. The only surviving son received 
a good education, and for some time attended the 
high school of Toledo. At the age of fourteen 
years he began to be self-supporting, and from that 
time, though beginning without money, he has 
gradually acquired u competence. Being energetic, 
persevering and determined, he has not allowed 
himself to become discouraged by obstacles, but 
has steadily worked his way onward to prosperity. 
In 1886 he was united in marriage with Miss Rosa 
Flessa, a resident of Monroe, Mich., and daughter 
of Jacob Flessa. They are the parents of one 
child, named Rudolph. 

With a number of secret societies Mr. Gartner is 



actively connected, being a member of the Benevo- 
lent Protective Order of Elks, the Order of Forest- 
ers, the Mystic Circle and the National Union. He 
and his family occupy a neat and comfortable 
home, located at No. 2434 Cherry Street, at a con- 
venient distance from his place of business. He 
is interested in all matters connected with the 
prosperity of Toledo, and is rightly counted among 
the active, progressive and capable young business 
men of the city. In his political views he is a 
Democrat, and is now Ward Committeeman. 



VALENTINE HICKS KETCHAM. The 
record of an honorable and useful life not 
only perpetuates the deeds of him who has 
thus lived for his descendants, but is also most in- 
structive as a guide and incentive to others. In 
writing this brief memorial of Mr. Ketcham, we 
are but doing justice to one who spent the best 
years of his life in Toledo, and whose influence 
for good has been felt in both the business and so- 
cial circles of this city. For a period of twenty- 
four years, from the time of its organization until 
his death, he filled the responsible position of 
President of the First National Bank of Toledo, 
and the sound financial basis upon which this in- 
stitution rested was due largely to his tact and ex- 
ecutive ability'. 

A record of the life of this pioneer of Toledo 
cannot fail to be interesting to the people of this 
city, and we are therefore pleased to present an 
outline of the chief events of his career. He was 
born in Cornwall, Orange County, N. Y., Novem- 
ber 12, 1815, and is the son of Samuel and Rachel 
(Sands) Ketcham, the former of whom w.as a farm- 
er and miller of Cornwall. In his early boyhood 
he lived upon a farm, and in the winter months 
attended the district schools of the neighborhood. 
In 1827 he .accompanied his parents to New York 
City, where he remained for three years, attending 
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principally to learning the trade of a carpenter 
and joiner. At the age of fifteen he returned to 
the farm at Cornwall, where the two following 
years were spent. His father then came back to 
the old homestead, and he went to the city to fin- 
ish his trade. 

Instead, however, of resuming work at his trade, 
Mr. Ketcham, through the influence of a merchant 
of his acquaintance, secured a position as clerk for 
J. F. Cropsey, a dry-goods dealer on Canal Street, 
and, being pleased with the work, he remained 
there until July 17, 1836. Then, accompanied by 
a Mr. Lane, he started on a vacation trip to the 
West. They took a steamer to Detroit, and, laud- 
ing at that place, they proceeded into the interior 
of Michigan, where Mr. Ketcham bought eighty 
acres of Government land in Oakland County. 
From Detroit he journeyed to Toledo, and thence 
went back to New York 

Foreseeing the wonderful development of the 
West, Mr. Ketcham determined to establish his 
home here. Accordingly, in August, 1836, he left 
New York with a general stock of merchandise, 
and came to Toledo, where he opened a store on 
St. Clair Street, at the head of Periy, now the site 
of the Merchants' Hotel, renting the premises of 
Coleman L Keller, Jr. In the summer of 1837 the 
store was removed to Summit Street, adjoining the 
Indiana House, and near Perry Street. The next 
year it was removed to the corner of Summit and 
Lagrange Streets, and in 1841 was transferred to 
Nos. 32 and 34 Summit Street, where a small 
wholesale trade was established. In 1843 the Mi- 
ami Canal, connecting Toledo with Cincinnati, was 
opened, and this extended his trade very mate- 
rially. 

In 1846 Joseph K. Secor was taken into the firm, 
the title becoming Ketcham & Secor, which contin- 
ued until Mr. Ketcham withdrew, in 1851, to de- 
vote his attention exclusively to banking. In 
1850 he had, in i)artnership with John Poag, com- 
menced in that business, and three years later John 
Berdan and S. S. Hubbard became associated with 
him, the firm name becoming Ketcham, Berdan & 
Co. In 1863 the business was merged into the 
First National Bank, of which Mr. Ketcham was 
President until his death The exceptional suc- 



cess of that important financial institution was due 
largely to the conservative ])olicy and watchful 
care of the President, and it now stands as a mon- 
ument to his memory. 

Soon after coming to Toledo, Mr. Ketcham pur- 
chased some property, and afterwards from time 
to time he increased his real-estate holdings. His 
speculations in that line met with varying results, 
but in the main were profitable. In the earlier 
years of his business career be was subjected to re- 
verses then common to the West, but after recov- 
ering from these he enjoyed exceptional success, 
and came to be recognized as one of the most 
wealthy men of northern Ohio. For his unusual 
success he was indebted to no small extent to the 
experience of his early years, when poverty taught 
him economy, and adversity taught him self-reli- 
ance. 

In addition to the erection of a number of small 
business buildings and dwellings, Mr. Ketcham 
erected a block of three four-story stores at Nos. 
28 to 36 Summit Street; two stores, Nos. 63 and 65 
Summit Street; two stores at the corner of Summit 
and Jefferson Streets; in connection with Mars 
Nearing, the four-story block at Nos. 189 to 199 
Summit Street, corner of Adams; the four-story 
block on Summit, Oak and St. Clair Streets; and a 
similar building under construction at the time of 
his death, on St. Clair and Oak Streets. 

As earl)' as 1843 Mr. Ketcham cut the brush and 
cleared the ground on which now stands the Prod- 
uce E.xchange Building, at the corner of Madison 
and St. Clair Streets, erecting thereon a substantial 
brick dwelling. The only house within sight of 
that place was the home of Charles G. Keeler, on 
the southeast corner of Madison and .St. Clair 
Streets, where now stands the Government Build- 
ing. For the former lot Mr. Ketcham paid $1,000, 
and subsequently sold it to John Poag for 14,700. 
The Produce Exchange for the same paid the sum 
of ^55,000. In 1852 he purchased the west sixty 
feet of the site of the new Government Building 
for 81,200, and twelve years later disposed of it 
for $4,500. In 1880 it was sold to the United 
States for $27,000. 

At Toledo, December 30, 1841, Mr. Ketcham was 
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ter of John and Pamela Berdan. They became 
the parents of four children, namely: Mary, wife 
of Mars Nearing, now President of the First Na- 
tional Bank; John B., former President of the 
Keteham National Bank, but now a resident of 
Chicago; Valentine H., Jr.; and George H., a civil 
engineer. The sons have inherited to an unusual 
degree the business capability and sound judg- 
ment of their father, and are foremost in the finan- 
cial circles of Toledo. 

A man of temperate habits, practicing through- 
out ills entire life outdoor activity and care in 
diet, Mr. Kelcham was able to preserve almost to 
the last the robust constitution and sound health 
of his boyhood. AVhile his business duties were 
many and heavy, yet he gave personal attention 
to the management of his farm property, thus se- 
curing a needed recreation from other cares. Aft- 
er an illness of two weeks he died at his residence, 
corner of Cherry and Bancroft Streets, July 30, 
1887. The funeral, one of the largest ever held 
in the cit^', was attended by delegations from the 
Produce Exchange, to which he belonged, and from 
the bankers of Toledo. Resolutions were adopted 
by both organizations, expressing the liighest re- 
spect for the memory of the deceased. It was felt 
in business circles that the loss was a great one, 
while in his death the needy and helpless lost a 
benevolent friend. In politics he was a stanch Re- 
publican, always taking a great interest in the af- 
fairs of his party. 



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FRED E. WITKER, President of the Witker 
Manufacturing Company, of Toledo, was 
born in Lucas Countj', Ohio, February 2, 
1846. He is the son of Ernest and Mary (Bal- 
mayer) Witker, who were numbered among the 
pioneer residents of this part of the state, having 
settled here at a time when the present prosperous 
city of Toledo gave few indications of its wonder- 



ful development and importance as a commercial 
center. 

Of the family of eight children, four sons and 
four daughters, Fred E. is the next to the eldest. 
His early years were [lassed in a manner similar 
to those of other faimer lads, and he early showed 
traits of industry, perseverance and determination 
to succeed in life. During the summer montiis 
he assisted in the work of cultivating the soil, but 
in the winter had the privilege of attending the 
neighboring schools, and there obtaining such 
knowledge as the teacher and text-books afforded. 
At the age of fourteen years Mr. Witker began 
clerking in a general store, where he remained for 
the three following years. He then entered the 
employ of the Curtis Manufacturing Company, 
manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds in Toledo, 
and was afterward with the firm of Hitchcox & 
Walbridge, who followed a similar line of business. 
Still later he obtained a position with H. H. Boyd, 
and as he was similarly engaged, Mr. Witker was 
enabled to gain a thorough knowledge of every 
detail connected with the business. In 1868 he 
entered the firm of Eldrege, Weild & Co., and re- 
mained in that connection for one year, being en- 
gaged in the manufacture of sash, doors and 
blinds. At the expiration of the year he disposed 
of his interest in the concern. 

In 1868 Mr. Witker became connected with the 
Western Manufacturing Compan3', of which he 
was chosen President, and continued to serve in 
that capacity until 1868. Upon selling out, he 
became interested in the Witker Manufacturing 
Com pan}', manufacturers of sash, doors and blinds, 
and was a member of that firm until 1886. It was 
then incorporated as a stock company, of which 
he was chosen President and Edward H. Witker, 
his son. Secretary and Treasurer. They have a 
large plant, supplied with all the latest and most 
improved machinery, the propelling force being a 
one hundred horse power engine. Emplo.yment 
is given to eighty men, thus making the industry 
one of the most important of Toledo. The plant 
is a substantial brick structure, three stories in 
height, and occupying a central location. 

The residence of our subject is situated at the 
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neederi recreation from the cares of business in the 
societ}- of his wife and children. He was united 
in marriage, in 1870, with Miss Mary Witgen, of 
Toledo, tlie daughter of Henry Witgen, of this 
city. They are the i)arents of five children, all of 
whom are at home, and in whose future career thej^ 
take the greatest interest. They have given them 
lil)eral educational advantages, and have wisely 
prepared them for the responsibilitesof life. 

Our subject has found his time so closely en- 
grossed by his business duties that he has had lit- 
tle opportunity for the study of public affairs. 
However, he is well posted concerning the ques- 
tions before the public to-day, and politically ad- 
vocates Democratic principles. He is liberal to 
those enterprises which will promote the good of 
the community, and his excellent traits of charac- 
ter make him universally esteemed among his as- 
sociates. 



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ROBERT DAVIDSON is one of the sterling 
old pioneers of Webster Township, Wood 
County, and in the early days of its his- 
tory helped to make the roads, erect schoolliouses, 
and in other ways aided in the development of this 
section. He laid the foundation for the old court 
house of the county at Perrysburg, and helped in 
the erection of the log subscription schoolhouse 
where Scotch Ridge now stands, whither he came 
to pass his declining days in 1882. After a very 
busy and useful life he is now enjoying the fruits 
of his former toil, and is surrounded by the com- 
forts which are justly his. 

Robert Davidson bears the same Christian name 
as did his father and grandfather before him, and. 
like them, is a native of Scotland, his birth having 
occurred in Edinburghshire, July 16, 1812. His 
mother, also a native of Scotland, was before her 
marriage Margaret Murdock, and the children 
whom she bore her husband were as follows: Robert; 
William, born September 2, 1814; Jeanette, June 
2, 1816; James, born August 23, 1818, and who 



died October 2, 1894; Walter, born June 10, 1821, 
and who passed away in 1891; Ann, born October 
24, 1824; Andrew, September 27, 1826; and Mar- 
garet, October 25, 18.33. 

The Davidson family came to the United States 
in 1834, and after a six- weeks voyage landed in 
New York City, from whence the}' proceeded by 
way of the canal, lakes and team to Perrysburg, 
this county. In a short time the father went to 
Pcnnsjivania and bought four hundred acres of 
land near Waterford, Erie County, and then started 
to join his family, but died on the way four miles 
west of Fremont, in Julj', 1834. His remains were 
placed at rest in the cemetery at Perrysburg. 

On coining to Webster Township, Robert David- 
son bought forty acres of second-hand land on 
section 12, and paid for the same $120. He erected 
a log cabin, and here his mother continued todwell 
until her death, which occurred in 1869. On the 
3d of Februaiy, 1837, our subject married Jeanette 
Forrester, who was born March 16, 1816, in Scot- 
land. They became the parents of eight children, 
as follows: Robert, born December 31, 1838, and 
now a resident of Center Township; Ellen, who 
died in infancy; Thomas, born February 11, 1843; 
Margaret, born June 7, 1845, now the wife of By- 
ron Lockwood; William, born October 9, 1849; 
James, March 7, 1850, and whose death occurred 
December 13, 1886; Frances, born September 14, 
1852, and now deceased;and Walter, born January 
12, 1856, and still living on the old homestead. 
Thomas enlisted as a private in Company D, 
Twenty-first Ohio Regiment, in the Civil War, and 
died in Andersonville Prison, September 6, 1864. 

Soon after his marri.age Mr. Davidson enlarged 
his log cabin, which he built in 1824, and year by 
year made valuable improvements on his farm, 
which was originally covered with heavy timber. 
By hard work he managed to clear about live acres 
a year, using ox-teams altogether in the work. He 
had learned the mason's trade, and he followed 
this business to some extent in connection with 
farming. When he retired from active cares his 
home farm comprised one hundred and thirtj-- 
eight acres. In early }-ears his trading-point was 
Perrysburg, and two days were required to make 
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ful, and the Indians bad not all departed for the 
West. For over forty years Mr. Davidson held 
local ofHces of more or less importance. Since the 
formation of the party he has been a Republican. 
Formerly he was a Whig, and cast his first Presiden- 
tial ballot for Martin Van Buren. For many years 
Mr. Davidson was a member of the Presbyterian 
Cliurch. His faithful companion and helpmate 
along life's journey was called to the better land 
June 17, 1881. 



/"y YRUS M. KELLY, one of the sterling old 
^^/ pioneers of Wood County, is engaged in 
general farming on section 20, Freedom 
Township. In his early _years he experienced all 
the vicissitudes of pioneer life, and distinctly re- 
members when Indians and wild game were nu- 
merous. On one occasion his father stood in the 
cabin door and shot two deer wliich had ventured 
near. He never attended school a day until he 
was fourteen years of age, there being no schools 
previous to that time in the township where he 
lived. A subscri|)tion school was later started, 
and the pupils received advantages of the most 
meager description, but which were certainly bet- 
ter than none. 

The parents of our subject were Isaac and Eliza 
J. (Ennas) Kelly, natives of Pennsylvania and 
Delaware, respectively', and the former of Irish de- 
scent. They, had seven children: Alfred, Nancy 
L., Newton I., Cyrus M., Eliza, Caroline and Mar- 
tha. In 1825 they emigrated by team from Wayne 
County, Ohio, to this county-, and the trip from 
Fremont to Perry consumed four days, as they 
were obliged to cut their way through the woods. 
Mr. Kelly took up one hundred and sixty acres on 
section 19, Perry Township, in the midst of a 
dense forest. This land he had entered the pre- 
vious fall, and on it had put a log cabin 18x20 
feet in dimensions. He cleared about eighty acres 
of the land and sold out his interest in the place 



in 1851, having taken the western fever; and, be- 
lieving that he could do better in some other sec- 
tion, with his family and household effects he 
started with three teams and proceeded on his 
travels through Indiana, Iowa, Illinois and Wis- 
consin. He was disappointed in those states, and 
in 1852 returned to this county and bought one 
hundred and sixty acres on section 20, Freedom 
Township. On this homestead be died in 1877, 
at the age of eighty-four years, and his remains 
were buried in Milgrove Cemetery. He was one 
of the very first settlers in Perry Township, and 
helped to organize the first school in it; he also as- 
sisted in laying out the first road in the township, 
prioi- to which time there were nothing but Indian 
trails. He was obliged to go by ox-teams to Fre- 
mont when he wished to have grain ground, and 
the journey required from three to four daj's. He 
was a faithful member of the Presbyterian Church, 
and was loved by all who knew him. 

Cyrus M. Kelly was born in Wayne County, 
Ohio, November 4, 1822, and grew to manhood in 
Perry Township, this county, whither his parents 
had removed when he was only three years of age. 
Prior to his father's death he purchased the eighty 
acres which are still in his possession, and on which 
he 3'et makes his abode. Most of the improve- 
ments on the place stand as a result of his indus- 
try and good management. 

In 1847 Ml'. Kelly married Eleanor Adams, by 
whom he had four children, namel}-: Viola V., who 
died in infancy; Eliza J., who died in 1878; Assher 
C, of Dunbridge; and John C, of Michigan. Mrs. 
Kelly died in 1865, and in 1868 our subject mar- 
ried his present wife, whose maiden name was Lu- 
ceba A. Sandeis. She was born in Freedom Town- 
ship, September 23, 1845, and by her marriage has 
become the mother of one child, Annette E., who 
married Freeman E. Long and has three children, 
Ada L., Veo and Orrin H. 

July 1 1, 1861, Cyrus M. Kelly enlisted as a Cor- 
poral in Company I, Second Heavy Artillery of 
Ohio, but served throughout the war as a private, 
being discharged in November, 1865. His first en- 
gagement vvas near Strawberry Plains, after which 
he took part in the battle of Bull's Gap, Ala., and 
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into Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama, and lie 
was fortunate iu never being wounded or taken 
prisoner. Of late years lie has been a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic. Religiously he 
adheres to the faith of his fathers, and is an active 
member of the Presbj'tenan Church. 



JONATHAN D. WIIITTAKER, M. D., came 
to Wood County in 1843, and after practic- 
ing for a year at Rochester, settled on a tract 
of land comprising four acres in Webster 
Township. This tract, just enough for a home, he 
has made many improvements upon, and here has 
his pleasant and commodious residence. He has 
been very successful in the practice of his profes- 
sion, and is the pioneer physician of the county. 
In former years his visits were all made on horse- 
back, and he well remembers when there were only 
a few houses in Bowling Green, and when Indians 
were numerous in this locality. 

The Doctor was born in Butler County, Ohio, 
near Hamilton, October 20, 1823, and is one of 
seven sons, whose parents were James and Mary 
(^Corwin) Whittaker, both natives of the Buckeye 
State, the former born in Hamilton County. John, 
tlieir eldest son, is a resident of Hamilton, Ohio; 
Stephen makes his home in Clermont County, that 
state; Joseph is an Indiana farmer; Albert, a physi- 
cian, is now in Colorado; Ichabod died in the 
army in 1862; and James, a veteran of the late 
war, died in 1892. 

Dr. Whittaker grew to manhood in Huntsville, 
Butler County, this state, and remained under the 
parental roof until he was seventeen years of age, 
attending the subscription sciiool, wliere he ac- 
quired iiis elementary education. When in his 
nineteenth year he entered Oxford College, where 
he remained until 1838. He then took up the 
study of medicine in Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., with 
Dr. Charles W. Rooker, with whom he remained 
for three years, after which he entered Nashville 



Medical College, and after pursuing a three- years 
course was duly graduated, in 1842. His first 
practice was in company with his former preceptor. 
Dr. Rooker. Since 1843, as previously stated, lie 
has been numbered among the medical fraternity 
of Wood Count}-. 

In 1845 Dr. Whittaker married Charlotte B. 
Harper, who was born in Hamilton, Ohio. Their 
union has been blessed with the following children: 
Austin, who is now deceased; Mary, wife of Will- 
iam E. Stine; Emma, who married David I. Whit- 
more, a farmer of tiiis townsliip; and John and 
James, who are deceased. 

In political matters Dr. Whittaker is a Proliibi- 
tionist, and fraternally he is identified with the 
Masonic order. He enjoys the friendship and con- 
fidence of all who have the pleasure of his ac- 
quaintance, and his reputation as a physician of 
ability is wide-spread. 



r^ EORGE F. SURER, M. D., is one of the 
\/\I youngest members of the medical frater- 
nity of Toledo, where he opened an office 
in 1894. He has had special training in, and has 
made a great study of, the diseases of the eye, ear, 
nose and throat, and intends to devote himself 
principally to these branches. 

The Doctor is a native of Michigan, having been 
born in the city of Detroit, October 12, 1868. He 
is a son of Herman and Amelia Suker, who were 
natives of Prussia, and are now residents of De- 
troit. The early years of the Doctor were passed 
in his native city, where he attended the public 
schools and became familiar with both the German 
and English languages. 

In 1887 the young man took up the study of 
medicine with Dr. Peters Hansen, and when lie had 
made sufficient progress in his elementary work 
he entered the medical department of the Michi- 
gan State University of Ann Arbor, being duly 
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For the following year he was assistant Professor 
in the departments of ophtiialtiiology and otology. 
Subsequently he was for two years Demonstrator 
before the classes pursuing special studies of the 
eye, ear, nose and throat. While yet a student, he 
was an assistant in the department of bacteriolog}', 
and devoted considerable attention to that now 
well recognized science. 

In July, 1894, Dr. Suker married Miss Bertram 
C, daughter of the late Dr. Dunster. This well 
known phj'sician was formerly Professor of Ob- 
stetrics and Gynecolog}' at the Miciiigan State 
University. The residence of the young couple is 
a pleasant and comfortable one, situated at No. 
322 Eiglileenth Street. 

Politically Dr. Suker is an ally of the Republi- 
can party. He is a young man who has a more 
than ordinarily bright future in store, and who 
will undoubtedly soon be numbered among the 
foremost physicians of this city and county. He 
brings to bear upon his chosen woik much research 
and private study, in addition to the excellent 
training he has had under the best of teachers. 



EV LI.JAH B. HALL, of Toledo, has been a 
C^ manufacturer of brick for upwards of a 
quavter of a century, and in addition to 
having a large local trade, ships the surplus to 
southern Michigan. His plant is located at No. 
769 Hamilton Street, on Swan Creek, near the Lake 
Shore Railroad, which furnishes good shipping fa- 
cilities. The annual output of the factory is eight 
million bricks, which arc made by a force of men 
and boys averaging about seventy-five hands. 

Samuel Hall, father of the gentleman whose 
name heads this article, was of English descent, 
and was a native of Massachusetts, as were his an- 
cestors for several generations. He was an agri- 
culturist and a successful, thrifty and enterprising 
man. He married Martha Stone, a native of Mas- 
sachusetts, whose father, Nehemiah Stone, was a 



valiant soldier in the Colonial War for independ- 
ence, and drew a pension for services therein ren- 
dered. 

In Charlton, Worcester County, Mass., the sub- 
ject of this sketch was born July 6, 1820, and upon 
the home farm in that place he remained until six- 
teen years of age. On completing the studies of 
the common schools, he entered Lester Academy, 
where he remained for two terms. Later he taught 
for one winter. He then leai-ned the carpenter's 
trade, and upon becoming thoroughly competent 
in this occupation he entered the employ of a firm 
engaged in taking contracts for building railroad 
bridges. For seveu years he remained with that 
firm, and then decided to start in business for him- 
self. 

Forming a partnership with Dwight Briggs, 
under the firm name of Briggs & Hall, our subject 
embarked in business, making his headquarters in 
Rochester, N. Y., until 1853, when he came to 
Toledo and took the contract for building bridges 
on the Wabash Railroad from this city to the Illi- 
nois state line. During the twent}' years that he 
was engaged in this branch of business he con- 
structed bridges in all parts of the country. 
About the year 1858 he began building busi- 
ness blocks, dwellings and churches, .and among 
the fine structures erected under his personal super- 
vision is the stone edifice in which the Episcopalian 
congregation worships. In 1868 he embarked in 
the manufacture of brick, to which he has since 
given his attention. He uses modern machinery 
and steam power, and his pay-roll amounts to $200 
or more per day. In addition to this business, he 
is Vice-President of the Toledo Supply Company, 
one of the solid business concerns of the city, con- 
ducting a large business in the sale of plumbers' 
articles, gas and steam fitting sup[)lics. 

Mr. Hall has been twice married, his present 
wife, with whom he was united in October, 1894, 
having been Miss A. C. Kellogg, a lady of fine 
education and many accomplishments, and a daugh- 
ter of Dr. M. C. Kellogg, of New York. They re- 
side at No. 2236 Franklin Avenue, where they own 
a commodious brick house, tastefull3' furnished. 

Ml-. Hall served as Councilman in 1868 and 
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1873, and as City and County Treasurer in 1878 
and 1879. In 1862 tiie Oliio Legislature passed 
an act organizing the National Guard. Mr. Hall, 
being an earnest supporter of Lincoln's adminis- 
tration, raised Company B, and when it was organ- 
ized as a regiment he was commissioned Major. In 
the spring of 1864, wlien Lincoln called on Ohio, 
Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin for one iiundred 
thousand men for one Iiundred days, the regiment 
enlisted and was mustered in as the One Hundred 
and Thirtieth Ohio Infantry, and sent to the James 
River, where it served the one Iiundred days and 
more. 



JAMES V. HUFFMAN, one of the foremost 
operators of the Wood County oil-field, was 
born in Scott Township, Sandusky County, 
Ohio, October 23, 1858. The family of which 
he is an honored representative originated in Ger- 
many, but the date of their emigration to America 
is not known. The first of the name to come to 
Ohio was our subject's grandfather, James, a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, who removed to the Buck- 
eye State about 1830, and twenty years later set- 
tled in Sandusky County, where liis death occurred 
.in 1858. 

The father of our subject, Oliver P. Huffman, 
was born in Medina County, Ohio, June 22, 1837, 
and grew to manhood in the place of his birth. 
His mother was Catherine Wilson, a native of 
Wheeling, W.Va., whose father, William, was born 
in Ireland, emigrated to America in early life, and 
served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. 
Her brothers, David and John, were both Captains 
in the War of 1812, and the family has always been 
distinguished for patriotic spirit and bravery. On 
the paternal side, our subject had one uncle and 
two aunts, namely: Victor J., who enlisted in the 
Union armj' at the age of only seventeen and 
served with valor, and who is a wealthy resident 



of Holton, Kan.; Emily, wife of Henry Angus, 
who was a soldier in the Civil War and is now a 
resident of Brookfield, Mo.; and Lucy, who died 
unmarried a number of years ago. 

During the Civil War our subject's father en- 
listed in the service of the Union, becoming a 
member of Company G, One Hundred and Sixtj^- 
ninth Ohio Infantry, in which he remained until 
the close of the war. Afterward he wen t to Omaha, 
then proceeded to Brookfield, Mo., where he and 
his family almost lost their lives in a cyclone. 
Their bouse was blown down on top of them, in- 
flicting injuries from which they suffered for some 
time, and one child died from the effects thereof. 
Alarmed by that catastrophe, and not caring to 
make his home permanently in a region subject to 
such disasters, he came back to Ohio, bringing with 
him his family and such household goods as were 
left. For many j'ears he was engaged in the hotel 
business at Bradner, and has also devoted consid- 
erable attention to the oil industry. 

By his union with Martha Angus, a native of 
Ohio, Mr. Huffman had four sons and three daugh- 
ters. Luc3', the eldest, is the wife of Dr. J. E. 
Furst, of Bradner; Rena married J. P. Evans, who 
is engaged in the drug business at Bradner; Ella, 
the wife of Charles H. Whelan, an oil operator, is 
also a resident of Bradner; Eager and Frederick 
are engaged in the oil business; William lost his 
life in the c3'clone in Missouri. 

Accompanjing his parents in their removal to 
Nebraska, and later to Missouri, our subject had 
few opportunities for acquiring an education, as 
he was obliged, even at a ver}' early age, to assist 
his father in the maintenance of tlie family. Upon 
starting out for himself he was first employed as a 
teamster, and later engaged in the charcoal busi- 
ness. For some j'ears he had a livery stable at 
Bradner, which line of work proved remunerative. 
When oil was discovered in Wood County, he be- 
came an important factor in the development of 
the field, and was engaged in making leases of oil 
land for P. A. Templeton, of Jamestown, N. Y., 
and D. C. Browlej-. of Butler County, Pa. Soon 
becoming familiar with the business, he began to 
make leases for himself, and it is doubtful if any 
man in the Ohio oil-fields has leased as much land as 




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has he; and few, if any, liave put down as many 
wells. 

In the development of the oil industry, Mr. 
Huffman has found a large field for speculation. 
Starting with limited capital, he would stake his 
last dollar, and perhaps strike a -'dry hole" and 
sink it all. However, undisraa3'cd by misfortune, 
he persevered, and soon made another stake, in 
which he would perhaps strike a "gusher." In this 
way he had alternate adversity and prosperity, 
poverty and riches. Doubtless, no one is more 
familiar than is he with the history of the oil in- 
dustry' in this section, and certainly no one has 
done more toward developing the same. His cx- 
peiiences as an oil operator, were the}' fully told, 
would make a volume from whicli much of interest 
and value might be gleaned. He has now in oper- 
ation twenty-three wells, and has made a fortune 
out of this industry. 

In 1885 Mr. Huffman married Miss Altie, daugh- 
ter of tlie late Amos Fowler, and sister of M. M. 
Fowler, also an extensive oil operator. They have 
one child, a son. Fowler, and have lost a son and 
daughter in infancy, Muriel and James V. Socially 
Mr. Huffman is identified with the Odd Fellows, 
Masons, Knights of Pythias and Sons of Veter- 
ans. In religious belief he is a Methodist, and 
holds membership with that denomination in 
Bradner. 



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FRANK I. KING is the surviving member 
of the firm of C. A. King & Co., who have 
obtained a world-wide reputation for their 
crop and market reports, and who are large dealers 
in grain and seeds. Mr. King was elected Presi- 
dent of the Produce Exchange in 1892, and in 
1894 helped tooi'ganize tlie Chamber of Commerce, 
of which he is now President. 

A son of Frederic and Catherine (Pierce) King, 

our subject was born in Paterson, N. J., in May. 

1860. He giaduated from the high school of this 

city in 1877. In 1884, he was elected to the City 

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Council, and re-elected in 1886, without any op- 
position, and served four successive years as Presi- 
dent of that body. In 1884 he became a member 
of tlie firm which is now known as C. A. King & 
Co. 

In October, 1882, Mr. King married Miss Jennie 
Collins, and they have a family of four children, 
Miriam, Adelaide, Frederic and Kate Locke King. 
On questions of political bearings, Mr. King is to 
be found on the side of the Republican party. 



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/-">- HARLES F. CURTIS, President of the To- 
L^y ledo Savings Bank and Trust Company, 
and a Director of several other banks and 
institutions, was born in Madison County, N. Y., 
February 19, 1822. He is the son of Samuel and 
Elizabeth Curtis, the former a native of New York 
State, and the latter born in Connecticut. The 
Curtis family is of English descent, but has been 
represented in America for a number of genera- 
tions. Charles F. is the eldest of a family of five 
children, there being two sons and three daugh- 
ters. He passed the years of bo3'hood upon his 
fatlier's farm, and received such advantages as the 
district schools afforded, afterward attending an 
academy for two years. 

On leaving school, Mr. Curtis became a contract- 
or on the New York & Erie Railroad, and was 
thus engaged from 1849 to 1851. He then came 
to Toledo, and was a contractor on the Lake Shore 
& Michigan Southern Railroad for the three ensu- 
ing 3ears. Afterward lie had charge of the con- 
struction of the road extending from Toledo to 
Butler, Ind., some sixty miles in length, being in 
partnership in this enterprise first with Folsom & 
Co., and later with other parties. His connection 
with railroad interests covered a period of about 
fifteen years, most of the time as contractor, after 
which he retired from that business and embarked 
extensively in the lumber business in Toledo, un- 
der tlie firm nawe of Curtis & Thpnias, After the 



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death of Mr. Thomas. Mr. Curtis formed a partner- 
ship with Webster S. Brainard in tlie lumber busi- 
ness, and later in the real-estate and vessel prop- 
erty business, which latter still continues. They 
have done a large business, and are recognized as 
one of the substantial firms of Toledo. 

In 1894 Mr. Curtis married his present wife, 
who was Miss Mary A. Berkhead, of Toledo. In 
politics he has always been a Democrat. The fam- 
ily residence is situated on Cherry Street, and is a 
beautiful abode, surrounded by large and well kept 
lawns, and furnished in a manner indicative of the 
refined tastes of the inmates. 



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HERMAN EPKER, a retired business man 
and well known citizen of Toledo, is a 
native of the province of Overyssel, Aus- 
clied, Holland, and was born October 27, 1824. 
He is a son of Albert and Catherine (Sambach) 
Ei)ker, who were both born in Prussia, and after 
their marriage removed to Holland, where they 
passed the remainder of their lives, the father dy- 
ing at the age of forty-six, and the mother passing 
away when fifty-seven years of age. They were 
honest, hard-working, respectable citizens, and the 
parents of seven children, of whom our subject is 
the only one now living. 

In June, 1847, Mr. Epker l)ade farewell to his 
home and native land, and started to seek his 
fortune in the countiy where so many of his 
friends had previously gone. He sailed from Rot- 
terdam, and after a long and tedious voyage of 
thirty-five days arrived safely in New York City. 
He only remained a few days in that great metrop- 
olis, however, and then continued his journey to 
the farther West, locating in Toledo, Ohio. Hav- 
ing learned the carpenter's trade iu his native 
land, he soon found employment at that occupa- 
tion after his arrival in this state. 

The subject of this sketch was married lo Miss 
Mary, a daughter of Sylvester and Catherine Lo- 



lentz, on the 16th of April, 1849. Mrs. Epker 
was born in Prussia, March 8, 1826, and came to 
America in 1838 with her parents. They sailed 
from Havre, France, and were six weeks crossing 
the broad Atlantic. They landed in New York 
City, and from there went to Bloomfield, N. Y., 
where the father found employment in the water 
works. This was their home for the first two 
years after their arrival in this country, but in 
1840 they removed to Toledo, where the father 
began working on the canal, which was in course 
of construction at that time. Mr. and Mrs. Lo- 
rentz were the parents of nine children, two of 
whom survive. They made their home in Toledo 
until the time of their death, the father departing 
this life at the age of fifty years, and the mother 
passing away when in her sixtieth year. 

Eight children have blessed the union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Epker, as follows: Edward, Catherine, 
Elizabeth, Agnes, Charles, Mary, Susanna, and one 
who has passed over the river to the better land. 
Those living are all married and settled in homes 
of their own, and. having all received good com- 
mon-school educations, are abundantly able to 
take care of themselves. 

After his marriage Mr. P^pker continued to 
work at his trade for some time, but later became 
engaged in the cabinet-maker's and furniture bus- 
iness. He followed this occupation for twelve 
years, and then sold out his interest in the busi- 
ness and bought a farm. With his family he took 
possession of it and became engaged in the oldest 
calling in which we have any account of man en- 
gaging — that of tilling and cultivating the soil. 
He continued that work for ten or twelve years, 
becoming well versed in all the details of agricult- 
ure, and widely known throughout the county as 
an honest, energetic, prosperous farmer. At the 
expiration of the time mentioned he sold his farm 
and returned to East Toledo, going into a saloon 
business, at which occupation he continued for five 
years, when he removed to Ten Mile Creek. There 
he remained five or six years, after which he again 
returned to Toledo and purchased his present res- 
idence, retiring from active business life. 

Mr. P^pker is independent in his j)olitical views, 
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his first Presidential vote for .lolin C. Fremont. 
In his religious connections he is a devout Cath- 
olic, as are also his wife and children. Mr. Epker 
is a public-spirited gentleman and a true and loj'al 
citizen of his adopted country, and one ever ready 
to lend a helping hand in matters of public enter- 
prise and improvement. 



THEODORE ELIJAH WIGHT, who died at 
Millbury, August 14, 1892. was one of its 
most highly esteemed citizens. By indus- 
try and diligence in business he accumulated a 
good fortune, and at the time of his death owned 
a well improved farm, comprising ninety-six acres, 
in the vicinity of this village. At various times 
he owned lands in Ohio and Iowa to the extent of 
about one thousand acres. He was a charter mem- 
ber of the Knights of Honor lodge of this place, 
was the first to sign his name to the roll, and was 
the first to be claimed bj- death. For a quarter of 
a century he was a member of the Masonic frater- 
nity, being identified with Genoa Lodge No. 433, 
F. & A. M. Religiously he was a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, to which his widow 
also belongs. 

Born March 1.5, 1832, in Saratoga County, N. Y., 
T. E. Wight was still an uit'ant when his parents 
removed to Rochester. There the fatlier ran a 
mill and speculated in city real estate, but by trade 
he was a mason, and in Saratoga County operated 
a farm. He bore the Christian name of Jacob 
Theodore, and his wife bore the maiden name of 
Amy Mallory. The former and his twin sister, 
Theodosia, were born August 2, 1786, probably in 
Vermont. Their parents were Jacob and Sarah 
(Youngglove) Wight, the former of whom was 
born July 20, 1755, and died December 22, 1813. 
Their other children were Thaddeus, Mehitable, 
Sarah, Eunice, Abigail, Jacob, Polly B. and Orson. 
The parents of our subject were married at Smith- 
ville, N. Y., April 4, 1822, and became the parents 



of five children, namely: Birdsall, Wiley, Augusta, 
Theodore E. and Willaid. The father died .Janu- 
ary 29, 1856, in Lorain County, Ohio, whither he 
had removed in July, 1842. 

Theodore E. Wight was a boy of ten years when 
he came to the Buckeye State, and much of his ed- 
ucation was obtained in Columbia, Lorain County. 
He was married in Kent County, Mich., when in 
his twenty-fifth year, and settled on a tract of tim- 
ber-land in Clinton County, that state. He built 
a house and began clearing a farm, and during the 
three years which followed had removed the tim- 
ber from about forty acres. On account of poor 
health he removed to Byron, Kent County, Mich., 
where he lived for about a year, after which, in 

1862, he came to Millbury, bought a house and lot, 
and prepared to become a permanent resident of 
the place. For several years he was interested in 
various kinds of speculation — purchased a farm, 
which he carried on, operated a sawmill in com- 
pani" with his brother, got out heavy timber for 
tlie first bridge across the Maumee, conducted a 
factory, and was a salesman for a firm manufactur- 
ing binders and mowers, and later for a windmill 
concern. From 1872 to 1877 he was an agent for 
several insurance companies. 

November 8, 1857, Theodore E. Wight married 
Miss Mary E. Nichols, who was born in what was 
then Tioga County, N. Y., December 26, 1832, and 
whose parents, James S. and Abigail (Sherwood) 
Nichols, were married in that count}' in 1827. Mrs. 
Wight's eldest brother. Minor S., died in April, 

1863, from exposure, soon after the battle of Mur- 
freesboro, in which he took part. Henry L., a re- 
tired engineer of North vi lie, Wayne County, Mich., 
was also a soldier in the Union army, as was like- 
wise Morris S., a retired business man of North ville, 
who draws a pension for severe wounds received 
at Bull Run, he being crushed by a large timber 
while building a bridge. Sylvia M. is the wife of 
Amos Smith, of Rocky Ridge, Ohio; and James W. 
died in childhood. 

Lemuel and Sallie (Wakely) Nichols, parents of 
James S. Nichols, were both natives of Connecti- 
cut. The latter was born in the same state, Feb- 
ruary 22, 1801, and his wife, Abigail, was born 
January 2, 1802, in Fairfield, CoPn. Mrs. Wight 



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was only two 3'ears old when her parents removed 
to Cu3'alioga County, Oliio, and her girlhood days 
were passed at Dover, where she attended school 
until nineteen years of age, finishing her education 
at a private seminary. In the fall of 1853 she en- 
gaged in teaching in Kent County-. Mich., and was 
thus employed until her marriage. She has be- 
come the mother of eight children, as follows: 
Willard E., of Delaware County, Oliio; Ladora E., 
who died at the age of twenty-nine years; Abbie 
E.; Augusta E.; Mary E., who died when in her 
sixth year; Henry E.; Fernie, wliose deatli occurred 
at the age of one year; and Florence Eva. Abbie 
was married, in 1886, to George H. C. Farmer, an 
agriculturist of Ottawa County, and they have 
three children, .John E., Bernice M. and Dora Eliz- 
abeth. Willard was married, in 1886, to Miss Fan- 
nie Chamberlain, and they have had three cliildren, 
Allen C. Mar3' Olive, and Theodore E., wlio is de- 
ceased. Henry E. was married, in 1893, to Anna 
Pinniger, and they have one sou, Archie E. La- 
dora married Isasic McCrary, of Sandusky County, 
and became the mother of three children: Bernice 
M., deceased; Theodore D. and Vincent R. Her 
death occurred at Millbury. August 19, 1889. Mrs. 
Wight is a devoted member of the Methodist 
Church, to which her daughter Ladora formerly 
belonged, and of which her son Willard is also a 
member. 



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HARRISON HATHAWAY, M. D., who is 
one of the most successful practitioners 
in the ranks of his profession in Toledo, 
has for nearly twenty years been engaged in gen- 
eral practice in this place. He is a member of the 
Toledo Medical Association, the Northwestern Ohio 
Medical Society, and also belongs to the Ohio State 
and the American Medical Associations. At the 
present time he is a member of St. Vincent's Hos- 
pital staff. He is a graduate of Miami Medical Col- 



lege of Cincinnati, and bears an enviable reputa- 
tion both at home and abroad. 

The Doctor was born in Scipio, Seneca County, 
Ohio, August 18, 1841, and is a son of Zephaniah 
and Lueina (Smith) Hathaway. The father, who 
was a native of Massachusetts and of English de- 
scent, bore the same Christian name as did his fa- 
ther before him. At a very earl}' day he removed 
to Seneca County, where he was one of the pio- 
neers. His wife was born in Seneca Count}', N. Y., 
and was a daughter of Daniel Smith. The Doc- 
tor's father had a family numbering seven chil- 
dren, five sons and two daughters, the result of 
two marriages. 

The boyhood of the Doctor was passed in his 
native county, where he received his early educa- 
tion. Later he attended the county academy, and 
then entered Oberlin College, where he was a stu- 
dent at the outbreak of the Civil War. He en- 
listed in 1861, in the Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, 
Colonel Steedinan having command of the regi- 
ment. He was sent to the front and took part in 
all the engagements in which the regiment partic- 
ipated. At the battle of Jonesboro he was se- 
verely wounded, a bullet passing tlirough his left 
lung and finally lodging in his knapsack. The 
injured man was taken to the hospital, where he 
spent eight months of suffering. On recovering a 
certain degree of his former health, he rejoined his 
regiment, which was then stationed at Alexandria, 
Va.,and with them he marched to Washington and 
took part in the Grand Review. On the expira- 
tion of his term of enlistment he was honorably 
discharged, in 1865. 

Soon after his return home Dr. Hathawaj' re-en- 
tered Oberlin College, there prosecuting his studies 
two years more. For a year afterward he was Su- 
perintendent of the Johnstown graded school. 
Dr. William Clendenen, of Cincinnati, was our 
subject's first preceptor in medical studies. In 
March, 1870, the young man graduated from 
Miami College. His first active practice was at 
Sherman, Huron County, Ohio, but since 1876 he 
has made his home in Toledo. He does not con- 
fine his attention to medical science alone, but is 
very fond of pursuing other branches of study, 
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ciety and of the American Academy of Political 
Economy and Social Science. 

In politics Dr. Hathaway is a Democrat. Fra- 
ternally he is a member of Ford Post No. 14, 
G. A. R. With the Odd Fallows he is identified 
as a member of Corn City Lodge No. 734. He is 
also connected with Toledo Tent No. 8, K. O. T. M., 
and with Toledo Lodge No. 144, F. &. A. M. At 
the present writing he is one of tlie Trustees of 
the City Library Association. 

In 1874 Dr. Hathawa}' was united in marriage 
witli Miss Sarah L. Bloomer, of Slierman, Huron 
County, Oliio. Her parents were Cales A. and 
Ciiarlotte (Johnson) Bloomer. Tiie Doctor and his 
wife liave a pleasant liome at No. 1233 Miami 
Street, where they take great pleasure in enter- 
taining their liosts of friends. 



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eAPT. SILAS SPRAGUECANF1P:LD. Tlie 
Civil War gave to our country man3' men 
of acknowledged valor, ability and mili- 
tary skill, of whom, had the Rebellion never oc- 
curred, nothing would have been known be3on(l 
the confines of their own homes. Such a one is 
the subject of this sketch, whose record during the 
war is one of which his descendants may well be 
proud. Not onl3' is he a man of undaunted cour- 
age, but of literary skill as well, and he has re- 
cently published a complete and interesting his- 
tory of the Twenty-first Regiment of Ohio Volun- 
teer Infantry, a volume which has a place in our 
valuable war literature, and which has had a wide 
sale among the veterans of that regiment. 

The history of the Canfield family is a most in- 
teresting one. Through the researches of Prof. 
Averill B. Canfield, of South Britain, Conn., the 
lineage has been traced to the 3'ear 1350, when 
James De Philo, a French Huguenot of Normandy, 
F' ranee, emigrated to England and became a loyal 
subject of the Crown. F^or subsequent meritori- 
ous services in the One Hundred Years' War he 



received from Edward III. a grant of land on the 
River Cam, with a new cognomen. Cam de Philo. 
In the course of time the name was shortened and 
Anglicized into Cam Philo, then Campfield, Cam- 
field and Canfield. 

In America one of the earliest of the name was 
Nathan Canfield, who was Judge of the Court at 
F'airfield, Conn., in 1662. The earliest trace of 
the branch to which the subject of this sketch be- 
longs is in 1670, when Nathaniel Canfield was liv- 
ing at Norwalk, Conn. Through him the line is 
traced to Timothy (a son of Nathaniel A.), Tim- 
othy, Jr., and Amon, the latter being our subject's 
great-grandfather and a resident of Dutchess 
County, N. Y. In the French and Indian War he 
was a Captain of a company that marched over- 
land to Quebec and fought under the illustrious 
General Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham. Of his 
seven sons, the youngest was Dennis, our subject's 
grandfather. All of the sons served in the Revo- 
iutiouarj' War. Dennis, who was but fifteen years 
of age at the breaking out of the war, and was 
small for his 3'ears, was twice rejected as a soldier, 
but was finally' accepted and served three years and 
nine months, being a member of an infantr}' regi- 
ment of Washington's arm}'. He witnessed the 
execution of Major Andre, the taking of Yorktown 
and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis. The other 
brothers were scattered in different branches of the 
service, and the father, who was too old for mili- 
tary service, helped the colonies by giving infor- 
mation regarding the movements of tiie Tories. 

The two sons of Dennis Canfield were Dennis, 
Jr., and Jared, both of whom belonged to an in- 
fantry volunteer company raised and commanded 
by Captain McClure, in service on the northwest- 
ern frontier of New York during the War of 
1812. They participated in the battle of Ft. Erie, 
and served principally on the Canadian line, from 
Buffalo to Lewiston, in the campaign which ended 
in the burning of Buffalo by the British. At the 
close of the war they settled near Buffalo, where 
Dennis was engaged in preaching and Jared in 
farming. The latter first married Charlotte King, 
after her death was united with Phcebe Dart, 
and subsequently married Catharine Sly, by whom 
he had two, seven and seven children, respectively. 



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They were as follows: Sarah, horn May 30, 1813; 
Dennis K., September 19, 1814; Charlotte, De- 
cember 6, 1815; Chloe, January 15, 1819; Al- 
len, September 24, 1820; Roswell, March 21, 
1822; Silas Sprague, March 13, 1824; Noble, 
March 20, 1826; Lafayette, December 19, 1827; 
Phoebe, January 10, 1832; Maliala, November 13, 
1833; Henry C, February 16, 1836; Amon J., No- 
vember 14, 1839;RoseliaR., July 13, 1842; Laura, 
April 10, 1846; and Oscar D., June 23, 1860. 
Roswell died when twenty-one. Noble in infancy, 
and Oscar when nearly of age, the latter being ac- 
cidentally killed on the railroad. The others 
lived p.ast the meridian of life, and Silas, Lafayette, 
Phtebe, Maliala, Henry. Amon, Roselia and Laura 
still survive (1895). The mother of Silas was 
Phoebe Dart, the second wife, a descendant of the 
Dart family for whom Dartmouth Colk-ge, in New 
England, was named. 

Silas Sprague Can field was born in Hamburg, 
Erie County, N. Y., March 13, 1824. Twice in 
childhood he narrowly escaped death by drown- 
ing. His fust experience, which he was too young 
to now recall, was that of falling in a well, from 
which he was rescue-! by his eldest sister; a few 
3-ears later he fell into the pond where sheep had 
been washed, and was taken out unconscious. The 
building in which he received the rudiments of his 
education was an old log structure, warmed by a 
Dutch fireplace and furnished with benches of 
hewn slabs. Until thirteen years old he had no 
studies assigned him except in the spelling-book 
and reader. The winter before he was sixteen he 
attended a select school, and a few months after- 
ward spent one term in a school to whicii he 
walked three miles every morning, returning home 
in the evening. These schools were taught by 
Stewart and Southard and were at Water Valley. 
Bj' the time he was seventeen he hud passed an ex- 
amination .as a teacher and taught one term of 
school. 

Next we find Mr. Canfield a student in the 
academy at Hamburg, next under J. E. PiUsbury, 
who was a classmate of David P. Page, then 
Principal of the normal school at Albany, N. Y. 
Under Mr. PiUsbury he learned the system of 
teaching which he ever afterward followed. This. 



rnay be called the inductive method, and is valua- 
ble because it develops self-reliance, leads to the 
study of causes and teaches pupils to think. On 
the conclusion of his studies he engaged in teach- 
ing. At South Barre, Orleans County, N. Y., 
March 15, 1847, he married Matilda A., daughter 
of Joseph and Laura (Smith) Wetlierell. Her ma- 
ternal grandfather, Moses Smith, w.is a soldier in 
the Revolutionary War, being first in the infantry 
service. At the battle of Trenton he lost his 
right hand, and when sufficiently recovered he 
fitted himself vvith a "home-made" wooden arm, 
and took service on board a privateer as a steward. 
Captured by the Tories, he was long confined on 
board the famous prison ship "Jersey," in New 
York Harbor. From this he effected his escape, 
reaching home just as peace was declared. He be- 
came very dextrous with his wooden arm, which 
he fitted out with various implements, including 
hammer and mallet, by screwing them into a 
socket. 

After his marriage Mr. Canfield formed a part- 
nership with his brother-iu-law, Benjamin Buxton, 
of Hamburg, and constructed a water-power saw- 
mill on Eighteen Mile Creek, in that town. Three 
years afterward he sold out his interest in the con- 
cern. In 18,50 he was appointed Superintendent 
of Schools, and was re-elected at the expiration of 
his term. In 1852 he removed to Ohio and set- 
tled at Milan, Erie County-, near the place where 
his father had [ireviously located. At the time of 
making settlement there he purchased a tract of 
one hundred and twenty-six acres of land in Wood 
County. In Erie and Huron Counties he engaged 
in teaching and in business enterprises until the 
spring of 1857, when he settled in the vicinity of 
the lands he had previously purchased in Wood 
County. 

Shortly after coming here Mr. Canfield pur- 
chased of Amherst Ordway a steam sawmill and a 
small tract of land on Portage River, in Webster 
Township. The place was then known as Hous- 
holder's Corners, and is now Scotch Ridge. An in- 
debtedness of §2,400 was incurred in the transac- 
tion, but he and his brother Allen, whom he took 
into partnership, did sawing and paid one-half of 
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the mill on that memorable day in April when a 
messenger from Perrysburg, their nearest railway 
station, twelve miles distant, cane riding on a 
swift horse bearing the news of tlie firing on Ft. 
Sumter. Securing a paper from the messenger, 
Mr. Can field shut down the mill and read the 
news to the assembled mill-hands. The sturdy 
young men demanded that he lead them to the 
front to battle for the Union, and this he did, 
abandoning liis mill work for the defense of the 
Old Flag. 

Meetings for volunteers followed, and a feature 
of the musters was that our subject's father, who 
had kept alive the military spirit of 1812 by that 
of the Mexican War, assisted in drilling the young 
men, while the music was furnisiied by our sub- 
ject's eldest son, a lad of thirteen. A comiiany, 
one hundred strong, was soon in readiness, and it 
was demanded by the members that Mr. Canfieid 
be the Captain. Having a family of small chil- 
dren, and his wife not being strong, he hesitated 
to accept, but finally, as the company would not go 
without him, he joined them in their enlistment 
and was commissioned Captain of Company K, 
Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, the enlistment dating 
August 24, 1861. George S., his thirteen-year- 
old son, became the company musician. The farm- 
ers turned out with teams and took the company 
to tlie regimental rendezvous at Camp Vance, 
Fiudlay, Ohio, where it was mustered into the serv- 
ice September 19, 1861. 

The regiment went immediately to Nicholas- 
ville, Ky., and served in the campaign under Gen. 
William Nelson in eastern Kentucky, afterward 
being assigned to the Army of the Cumberland, in 
which it remained throughout tlie war. Captain 
Canfieid commanded the company through all of 
its service and actions down to the battle of 
Chickamauga, where he assisted in command of 
the regiment. At the close of the second day's 
battle, on Sundaj', September 20, 1863, he, with 
eleven other oflfieers and one hundred and twenty 
men, was taken prisoner and confined at different 
times at Libby, Danville, Macon, Charleston and 
other Southern prisons, including that near Co- 
lumbia, S. C. December 10, 1864, he was paroled; 
March 20, 1865, was exchanged, and April 11, 



1865, was honorably mustered out. His health 
was greatly shattered by his prison experience, but 
subsequently he fully recovered. 

On entering the army Captain Canfieid had dis- 
posed of his mill, so on his return home he re- 
sumed farm work, clearing land in Freedom Town- 
ship, which was soon changed from a wild tract 
into a comfortable home. Occasionally he taught 
school in the home locality, and also instructed 
the young people in singing. In his home was in- 
troduced the first cottage organ ever seen in that 
neighborhood. For several terms he was a Coun- 
ty School Examiner, and a regular instructor in the 
county teachers' institutes, in which his system of 
teaching was made a prominent feature. He con- 
tinued to teach at intervals until 1882. 

During the last-named year Captain Canfieid 
entered the Federal civil service by appointment 
under President Arthur as Deputj'-Collector of In- 
ternal Revenue for the Toledo District. He was 
re-appointed in 1886, serving until June 11, 1887. 
His division was said to be the best of those in- 
spected by the agents. 

Captain Canfieid was bereaved by the death of 
his wife February 10, 1885. Seven children had 
been born unto them. George Spencer, the eldest, 
was born August 24, 1849, and August 17, 1886, 
married Nellie J. Fuller, by whom he has one 
child, George S., Jr. Helen Matilda, who was 
born September 26, 1850, was married, April 23, 
1879, to W. H. K. Gossard, and they have three 
children, Florence, Harry and Gladys. Roswell 
Clinton, born September 21, 1851, married Ellen 
Amelia Mahony, January 11, 1882, and their chil- 
dren are Lawrence, John, Ellen and McFerren. 
Alice Charlotte, born November 9, 1856, married 
Edward E. McMillen February 18, 1894. Laura 
Genett, born September 20, 1858, was married, Oc- 
tober 23, 1884, to Rev. J. T. Caldwell, pastor of 
the United Presb3terian Church at Iberia, Morrow 
County, and their children are Roswell, Hazel, 
Ethel and Lois. Silas Smith, born August 18, 
1861, married Jennie Bandeen, February 18, 1885, 
and they have three children, Evart, Alexander 
and Ruth. Henry Ward, the youngest of the fam- 
ily, who is County Attorney of Whitman County, 
Wash., married Allie Ferrington, June 20, 1892, 



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and they have one child, whose birth occurred in 
July, 1894. The eldest son, George S., served 
nearly three years in tlie War of the Rebellion, 
leaving the service at the age of fifteen. He is now 
one of the editors of the Penny Press, of Minneap- 
olis, Minn. Roswell is a ranchman in southeastern 
Washington, and Silas is engaged in farming on 
the old homestead. Helen resides at Helena, San- 
dusky County, Ohio, and Alice lives near Ada, 
Hardin County, this state. 

In politics and in religious belief the Canfields 
are marked by independence, though in past years 
they have, as a rule, supported the Republican 
party, and formerly favored Whig principles. At 
the reunion of the Twenty-first Regiment, held at 
Rawson, September 7-8, 1892, Captain Canfield 
was appointed to write a history of its service and 
actions in the war, and this task, after great re- 
search and indefatigable labor on his part, was ac- 
complished, the book being published the follow- 
ing year. It is an exhaustive, impartial account 
of the regiment, from the time of enlistment unlil 
the date of discharge, and is a work possessing lit- 
erary merit as well as historical value. 



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B FRANK MALLETT became a resident of 
West Toledo, his present home, in 1892. 
For a number of years he was in business 
with his father as a broker and dealer in real es- 
tate in Toledo. When he was seventeen years of 
age he enlisted for the Civil War as a private sol- 
dier in the Twenty-third New York Independent 
Battery, and after taking part in the engagement 
at New Raleigh, N C, pursued Lee's army for a 
number of days, being in several skirmishes. He 
served until the close of the war, he being at the 
time at Chapel Hill. His final and honorable dis- 
charge was dated July 14,1865. 

The parents of the gentleman above mentioned 
were Benjamin and Julia (Mills) Mallett. The 



father was born April 8, 1816, in New York State, 
and was of French extraction. To himself and es- 
timable wife were born four children, one of whom 
died in infancy. Anna, now deceased, was the 
wife of Milton Dorz, and Sherman, the youngest of 
the family, also died in infancy. Benjamin Mallett 
was born and reared on a farm, and at an earl}' 
day, about 1828, emigrated from his native state 
to Ohio with his parents. When only twelve 
years of age he began earning his own livelihood, 
and worked at farm labor, or at anything else he 
could find to do, often chopping wood for twelve 
cents a cord. When he was in his twentj'-first 
year he took up the painter's trade, which he fol- 
lowed for about four years. Subsequently he em- 
barked in the brokerage and real-estate business, 
in which he was prospered, and this occupation he 
followed up to the time of his death, which occurred 
October Ifi, 1893. His remains were interred in 
the West Toledo Cemeter}-. He was a man of lib- 
eral public spirit and was respected by his fellow- 
citizens. In politics he was a Republican, and 
religiously he inclined toward the Methodist faith. 
His faithful wife and helpmate is still living, her 
home being in Toledo. 

B. Frank Mallett was born in T^oledo, June 26, 
1846, and was reared in this place. He received 
good school advantages, and continued his educa- 
tion at the seminary of Maumee. Ilissludies were 
interrupted, however, by the war, and as soon as it 
was possible for him to enlist, he offered his serv- 
ices in defense of the Union. At the close of hos- 
tilities he returned home and became interested 
with his father in business. 

May 10, 1870, Mr. Mallett wedded Ella, daughter 
of G. H. and Jane (Pullan) Rattenburg. She was 
born in England and ciossed the Atlantic in 1850, 
settling in Detroit, where she passed her girlhood. 
Seven children have come to bless the home of Mr. 
and Mrs. Mallett: Eugene, who is now attending 
the medical college at Indianapolis, aud who mar- 
ried Mary Heck; Benjamin F., an artist; George, 
a machinist; Sherman and Freddie, who died in 
infancy; Julia and Harry. 

In his political faith Mr. Mallett is, like his 
father, a Republican and lakes commendable inter- 
est in everything which tends to elevate the com- 




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niunity or country at large. His wife, a lady of 
education and refinement, is a worker in and mem- 
ber of tlie Methodist Episcopal Cliurcli, to wliich 
both are liberal subscribers. 



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MINOT I. WILCOX, President of the Mer- 
chants' National Bank, one of the lead- 
ing financial institutions of thecit3%and 
of the M.I. Wilcox Cordage and Supplj' Company, 
of Toledo, was born in Jefferson County, N. Y., 
April 7, 1829. The faniil3' was for many genera- 
tions identified with the history of New England, 
and its members were honored as useful, upright 
and progressive citizens. The paternal grandfa- 
ther of our subject, Oliver Wilcox, was born in 
Rhode Island in 1747, and spent much of his life 
in Connecticut, being in earlier years a New Bed- 
ford whaler. His son, Oliver, Jr., was born in Con- 
necticut in 1780, and in 1809, accompanied by two 
brothers, sought a new home in the western part 
of New York. In 1810 he settled permanently 
in Jefferson County, where he began the task of 
evolving a farm from the primeval wilderness. 
When the War of 1812 broke out he enlisted in 
the American army and rendered faithful service 
in the interests of our country, participating in 
the battle of Sacket's Harbor, as well as numer- 
ous engagements. After a long and useful life, 
during which he accumulated a competence and 
gained an enviable reputation as a man of probitj', 
he died in Jefferson County, in 1868, aged eighty- 
eight years. His wife, who passed from earth 
twenty-four years prior to his demise, bore the 
maiden name of Laura Pomeroy, and was a lineal 
descendant of Gen. Nathanael Greene, of Revolu- 
tionary fame. 

The parental family included thirteen children, 
of whom Minot was the youngest. The latter 
spent the days of boyhood upon the home farm, 
and early became familiar with all the work inci- 
dent to the cultivation of the place. His educa- 



tional advantages were exceedingly limited, but 
through self-culture he acquired a fund of infor- 
mation greater than is usually obtained bj' those 
having better opportunities. Starting out for 
hiiDaelf at the age of sixteen, he served an appren- 
ticeship with a ship-joiner in the neighborhood of 
his home. For one year he received a salary of ^9 
per month, after which, having gained a practical 
knowledge of the trade, he began on his own ac- 
count. 

Joining a brother-in-law, S. S. Read, at Black 
Rock, our subject assisted that gentleman in his 
mill for two years, after which he came to Toledo, 
in 1850, and for the two ensuing }'ears was em- 
ployed by Read & Thompson in the old Premium 
Mill (now the Armada Mill). Later he held a 
clerkship with Thomas Watkins, a grain dealer, 
and in 1853 leased and assumed the management 
of the Manhattan Mill, in connection with his 
brother-in-law, Mr. Read, the concern being made 
remunerative under his management. 

In December, 1854, the firm of Read & Wilcox 
bought the vessel supply store of William O. Brown 
on Water Street, and conducted business there and 
on Summit Street until 1860, when the [lartnership 
was dissolved. During the same year Leonard and 
M. I. Wilcox founded the firm of Wilcox Bros., 
which was first located at the corner of Madison 
and Water Streets, but in 1868 was transferred to 
the location now occupied b^^ the M. I. Wilcox 
Cordage and Supply Company on Water Street. 
Wilcox Bros, continued business until the death 
of Leonard, in May, 1882, after which our suiiject 
carried on the business alone until 1886, when he 
was chosen President of the newly incorporated 
business of tiie Wilcox Cordage and Suppl3' Com- 
panj*. From that time to the present the house 
has enjoyed a steady increase of business, and the 
sound financial basis upon which it rests proves 
the good judgment of its projectors. 

While giving his attention largely to this busi- 
ness, Mr. Wilcox has also been interested in other 
enterprises. For a number of years he has been 
President of the Wilcox Stock Company, manu- 
facturers of steam dredges and steam shovels. 
Since the organization of the Merchants' National 
Bank he has been one of its Directors, was for 



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some time its Vice-President, and is now filling; 
the position of President. In other ways he has 
been identified with the prosperity and material 
development of Toledo. At the present time he is 
one of the Managing Directors of the great Mil- 
biun Wagon Company of Toledo, and of the Vul- 
can Iron Works Company. He is also President 
of the Toledo & Waumee River Steamboat Corn- 
pan}', and Director and Treasurer of the Toledo 
& Island Steamboat Company. His marriage, 
which occurred in 1855, united him with Miss 
Kmma Finne}', daughter of the late Harry Finney, 
of New York, and niece of the late President Fin- 
ney, of Oberlin College. She and her husband are 
attendants at Trinity Episcopal Ciiurch. 

For ten years Mr. Wilcox was an active and effi- 
cient member of the Volunteer Fire Department 
of Toledo. He took an active part in the organi- 
zation of Relief Hook and Ladder Company No. 1 
(composed principally of merchants and clerks), 
of which he was chosen foreman in 1860, and 
continued as such until the disbandment of the 
company, upon the introduction of the paid de- 
partment in January, 1866. During the late war 
he enlisted, in 1864, as a member of the One Hun- 
dred and Thirtieth Ohio Regiment, commanded 
byCol.C.B. Phillips. He served for four months, 
holding the position of Quartermaster, and was 
honorably discharged at the expiration of his term 
of service. In politics he has been a stanch Re- 
publican since the organization of the party. 



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i^- ^ ANIEL C. SHAW. In Mr. Shaw we find 

I ) an excellent example for young men 
just embarking in the field of active life 
of what ma}' be accomplished by a man beginning 
poor, but honest, prudent and industrious. In 
early life he enjoyed but few advantages. His 
school days were limited, nor had he wealth and 
position to aid him in starting in life. He relied 
solely upon his own efforts and his own conduct to 



win for him success. In his business affairs he has 
ever observed that important factor in the success- 
ful public or business life of anyone — honesty. He 
is a careful, conscientious business man, ever ad- 
hering to the dictates of his conscience in matters 
of a public and private nature. 

As the President of the firm of Shaw, Kendall & 
Co., Mr. Shaw is at the head of one of the most im- 
portant industries of Toledo. The office and ware- 
rooms of tlie company are situated atNos. 1-9 St. 
Clair Street, with ninety feet front on St. Clair 
Street and one hundred and fifty feet on VVash- 
ington Street, and the building is three stories 
in height. Here they carry a full stock of brass 
founders', mill and oil-well supplies. The subject 
of this sketch was born in Newport, Me., April 2, 
1839, being the son of Caleb and Mary (Hill) 
Shaw, the former of whom was a carpenter and 
builder of Maine. Daniel C. was the j'oungest of 
a family of four children, there being one son and 
three daughters. At the ago of five he accom- 
panied his parents to Chicago, 111., where he ob- 
tained his primary education in the common 
schools. In that city he learned the trade of a 
watchmaker and jeweler, after which he journeyed 
on an exploring tour to California and thence to 
Washington and Idaho. Returning East, he fol- 
lowed his trade for a short time in Chicago, 111. 

Shortly after reaching home in the latter place, 
at the close of his western expedition, Mr. Shaw 
enlisted as a member of Company I, Thirteenth 
Illinois Infantr}', Col. John B. Wyman command- 
ing. Going to the front with his regiment, he 
took part in the battles of Chickasaw Bayou, Ar- 
kansas Post, and the engagements at Jackson 
(Miss.), Black River. Champion Hills, the siege of 
Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain and Missionary 
Ridge. At the expiration of his period of service 
he was discharged, in the fall of 1864, and returned 
to Chicago, where he soon afterward embarked in 
the steam-fitting business. 

In 1867 Mr. Siiaw came to Toledo, where for 
two years he engaged in business in partnership 
with John Davis, and then assisted in the organi- 
zation of the present firm of Shaw, Kendall & Co., 
of which he is President; C. Kendall, Vice-Presi- 
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tary; and William Hardee, Manager. During the 
busy se.nson employment is given to two hundred 
and fifty men, and the industry is one of the most 
successful in Toledo. The buildings occupied by 
the company cover nearly five acres and are lo- 
cated at Auburndale, a suburb of the city. 

The marriage of Mr. Shaw took place in Chicago 
in 1865, his wife being Miss Cornelia Dean, of 
Chicago. They are highly regarded in the social 
circles of Toledo, and occupy a position to which 
their wealth and culture justly entitle them. 



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eLAYTON L. MURPHY. The legal pro- 
fession has many able representatives in 
Toledo, men who stand high as attorneys 
because of their deep study of the best authorities 
of legal lore, and men whose native ability is of a 
superior order; men who also combine the two 
(education and natural endowments), so that the 
latter are enhanced by the former. Of this class 
none stands higher than the subject of this sketch, 
the well known attorney of Toledo. He is fitted 
for the profession he has adopted, being quick, 
alert and thoughtful, and devoted to the interests 
of his clients. 

Mr. Murphy is a young man, having been born 
December 2, 1870, and the reputation he has al- 
ready gained is therefore the more gratifying. He 
is a native of Richland County, Ohio, and was 
born near the city of Belleville, where his parents, 
James F. and Eliza (Binns) Murphy, then resided. 
At the present time, and for some years past, they 
have made their home in Knox County, Ohio, 
where the father is extensively engaged in general 
farming and stock-raising. The family is of Eng- 
lish-Irish extraction, and was first represented in 
this country in the seventeenth century. 

The boyhood years of Clayton L. Murphy were 
uneventfully passed in Fulton and Knox Coun- 
ties, this state, where he gained such educational 
advantages as the district schools afforded. Later 



he entered the University of Michigan at Ann Ar- 
bor, where he conducted the studies of the literary 
department until his graduation from the institu- 
tion in 1892. He had resolved to enter the legal 
profession, and, acting upon this decision, he be- 
gan to read law in the office of Hon. M. M. Booth- 
man, of Bryan, Ohio. Later he continued his 
studies under tiie preceptorship of Hon. W. C. 
Cooper, a prominent attorney of Mt. Vernon, 
Knox County. Ohio. Upon the conclusion of his 
studies, he was admitted to the Bar before the Su- 
preme Court at Columbus in 1892. 

Soon after his admission to the Bar, in January, 
1893, Mr. Murphy came to Toledo, and has since 
that time conducted a general legal practice. Me 
is a young man of polished manner and genial 
disposition, and is a welcome guest in the best 
society of the city. Fraternally he is connected 
with the Knights of Pythias, and also holds mem- 
bership in the Masonic lodge at Fayette, Fulton 
County. Possessing a keen insight into questions 
of importance to the city and nation, he keeps 
well posted on general topics concerning the wel- 
fare of the people, and in his political views ad- 
heres to the faith of the Republican party, of whicii 
he is one of the local leaders. 



OLOMON WILKINSON is one of the sturdy 
pioneers of Lucas County, to which he was 
brought by his parents when he was seven 
days less than a year old, and in this vicinity the 
balance of his life has been passed. Until 1882 he 
was engaged in farming and blacksmitliing, but 
since that time has carried on a general store at West 
Toledo. In his boyhood days his nearest neighbor 
was three miles away from his parents' humble 
home, and his education was such as was afforded 
by the old-time subscription schools, which were 
also about three miles distant. 

A son of William and Martha (Hitchcock) Wilk- 
inson, our subject was born in Liniugton, Canada, 



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October 7, 1822. His father was a native of Penn- 
sylvania and of Irisli descent, and bis motuer was 
born in Knox County, Oliio. They had a family 
of ten children, named as follows: Martha, John 
J., William, Solomon, Uauiel, Samuel, Emanuel, 
Henry, Eliza and Elizabeth. After the deatli of 
his tirst wife, William Wilkinson married a Miss 
Elint, and by her had three children, Martha, 
Charles and Francis. When about twenty-three 
years of age our subject's fatlier moved to Chilli- 
cotiie, Ohio, and engaged in farming there until 
1817, when lie went to Canada. After several 
years spent in farming in that country he returned 
to Oliio, the trip being made in an open log canoe, 
and this time he located in Lucas County. Settling 
in Washington Township, lie took up forty-eight 
acres of Government land, for which he paid $1.25 
per acre. He erected a log cabin, which was a 
large one for that time, and tliere led tlie toilsome 
life of a frontiersman. His farm joined the Indian 
Reservation, and many a time lie stood in his cabin 
doorway and sliot deer and other wild game. He 
helped to lay out roads and organize schools, and 
was an active member of the Methodist Church. 
He died in 1848, in his sixtj-'fifth year, and was 
placed to rest in the Southard Cemetery. 

Solomon Wilkinson remained with his father un- 
til reaching his majority, when he began learning 
the blacksmith's trade, and going to Monroe served 
an apprenticeship of three j'ears. Besides his board, 
he received ^3 per month the first year, $5 the 
second and $8 per month the third. He later 
started a shop on Summit Street, which he con- 
ducted for five years, and then moved to Monroe, 
Mich., and purchased a farm, which he operated 
until 1882. Both as an agriculturist and as a mer- 
chant he has been quite successful, as he is perse- 
vering and energetic. The first Presidential ballot 
that he ever cast was in favor of the Whig party, 
but since the organization of the Republican party 
he has been one of its stanch defenders. 

October 14, 1847, Mr. Wilkinson married Caro- 
line Colburn, who was born in Vermont, and who 
died February 6, 1880. They became the parents 
of eight children, seven sons and a daughter, 
namely: Lewis A., George, William, Joseph, Fran- 
cis, Nellie, Herbert and Walter. In 1882 Mr. 



Wilkinson married the lady who now bears his 
name, and who prior to that event was Miss Caro- 
line Rymill. 



HARVEY SCRIBNER, one of the leading 
attorneys-at-law in Toledo, has been en- 
gaged in practice here for the past twenty- 
three years. His father, Charles H. Scribner, now 
Judge of the Circuit Court, formed a partnership 
with Hon. Frank Hurd in 1869, the firm name be- 
ing Scribner ife Hurd. On the admission of Harvey 
Scribner to the Bar in 1871, he became a member 
of the firm, under the style of Scribner, Hurd & 
Scribner, and this connection continued until the 
election of Judge Scribner to the Bench, when the 
old name of Scribner & Hurd was resumed. The 
partnership was dissolved January 1, 1894, since 
which time our subject has conducted practice 
alone. 

In the cit3' of Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio, 
the subject of this sketch was born March 19, 1850, 
being the son of Hon. Charles H. and Mary E. 
(Morehouse) Scribner. His boyhood was passed 
in the place of his birth, where he received his ele- 
mentary education, and later entered the high 
school, from which he was graduated. He then 
took up the study of law, and was admitted to the 
Bar in Toledo in 1871. He has made a specialty 
of railroad cases, of which he has tried and gained 
some of the most important in the state. Among 
the other notable cases which ho has tried was that 
in regard to the will of Charles B. Roff, in which 
a fund of 1100,000 was released from a trust and 
secured to Mrs. Roff. In political matters he is a 
stanch member of the Democracy. He is recog- 
nized as one of the ablest lawyers in the state, and 
has gained a large and profitable clientage. 

On the 2d of November, 1880, Mr. Scribner mar- 
ried Mrs. Jennie (Hodge) BuUard, the widow of 
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of Toledo. Mrs. Scribner was born in Scotland, 
but received her education principally in tliis coun- 
try. She is a lady of culture and social attain- 
ments, and is a true helpmate and companion to 
her husband. 



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REV. GEORGE B. BROWN has been pastor 
of the Alexis Congregational Church, six 
miles north of Toledo, for the past ten 
years, and for three years has also filled the [lulpit 
of tiie Congregational Church at West Mill Grove, 
Ohio. From 1867 to 1871 he was County Exam- 
iner of Schools. In 1894 he was elected Secretary 
of the Board of Elections for a term of fourj'ears, 
prior to which time he had served on the board 
for two years. In June, 1890, he was employed 
by the City Natural Gas Trustees to secure the 
right of way for their pipe-land from Van Buren 
to Toledo, and a 3'ear later he was made Secretary 
and Auditor of the concern. He was a prominent 
factor in the building up of the Young Men's 
Christian Association, was President of the same 
for some time, and was also a member of the State 
Executive Committee of the organization. Since 
April, 1889, he has been Registrar of the Toledo 
Congregational Conference, and has recently been 
api)Ointed to write its history. In politics he is a 
stanch Republican. 

Born at Grafton, Lorain Count}', Ohio, July 28, 
1843, Rev. Mr. Brown is a son of Stephen and 
Mary B. (Chapin) Brown. The former was born 
in Waterbury, Conn., and died on his homestead 
in Lorain County, about 1882. His wife, a daugh- 
ter of Oliver Chapin, was born at Chicopee, Mass. 
They were the parents of two children, the young- 
er of whom, Helen J., is unmarried and a resident 
of Cleveland, Ohio. 

The early education of Rev. G. B. Brown was 
obtained in the common schools, and later he en- 
tered the preparatory academy at the Western 
Reserve College, but was compelled to relinquish 



his studies at the end of the sophomore year, on 
account of ill health. After some time spent on 
the old farm, he engaged in teaching school for 
several years at Grafton and Elyria, Ohio. From 
1864 to 1865 he taught school at Mansfield, Ohio, 
and in the year last named came to Toledo. For 
three j'ears he taught in the intermediate depart- 
ment of the high school building, and many of 
the successful business men of this city were for- 
nlerly his pupils. 

After Mr. Brown resigned his position in the 
public schools, he engaged in the life-insurance 
business for a year, and then, for three years fol- 
lowing, was Cashier of the Toledo Savings Institu- 
tion, of which Richard Mott was President. In 
company with Asa Faunce, in the year 1870, he 
bought out the book and stationery establishment 
of Henry S. Stebbins, No. 115 Summit Street, fvnd 
conducted the same until 1880. He was then ap- 
pointed Chaplain and superintendent of the schools 
at the Lancaster (Ohio) Reform Farm, and after six- 
teen months there became salesman for Brown, 
Eager & Hull, in their wall-paper department, and 
continued to serve them for seven years. 

A brick church building had been erecteii at 
Alexis, the crossing of the Lake Shore & Michigan 
Southern Railroad, a point six miles north of 
Toledo, though there was no church organization 
in the neighborhood. Mr. Brown, who commenced 
filling the pulpit about 1884, succeeded in effect- 
ing a church organization in the early part of the 
next year, and was then ordained pastor by a 
council of the neighbt)ring Congregational church- 
es. He was Superintendent of the Sunday-school 
of Central Church for four years, and has been a 
useful worker in religious fields. 

September 10, 1862, Mr. Brown married Sarah 
Ingersoll, of Grafton. Her death occurred less 
than two 3ears later, and their infant daughter 
died in the spring of 1864. In 1865 Mr. Brown 
married Susan J., daughter of Dr. Roeliff Bevier, 
a physician of Plymouth, this state, whose death oc- 
curred there in 1882. He was formerly a resident 
of Cayuga Count}', N. Y. Mrs. Susan J. Brown is 
a graduate of Oberlin College, and is now State 
Treasurer of the Ohio Woman's Home Missionary 
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two daughters: Jennie Belle, who was educated in 
the public schools, and is now a teacher in the 
Dolgeville (N. Y.) Academy; and Helen lone, a 
member of the Class of '95 of the Toledo High 
School. 



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FENCER D. CARR, Vice-President of the 
Ketcham National Bank of Toledo, is one 
of the prominent citizens of this place. He 
is an enterprising business man, an able financier, 
and one amplj' qualified in every respect for the 
responsible position he holds. 

The father of the gentleman above mentioned, 
AVilliam P. Carr, was born in the state of Delaware, 
and was a farmer by occupation. His father, who 
bore the same Christian name, was a native of 
England. William P. Carr married a daughter of 
one of the early settlers of Ontario County, N. Y. 
This lady, who bore the maiden name of Mary .J, 
Hazelton, was a native of Scotland. 

Spencer D. Carr is the second in a family of three 
children, his birth having occurred in Ontario 
County, N. Y., January 24, 1847. He resided up- 
on his father's farm, and was educated in the pub- 
lic schools, up to his fourteenth year, when he 
started out to fight the battles of life for himself, 
being variously employed for some time. In 1863 
he entered the army, serving in the commissary 
department, where he continued until 1865. 

On leaving the Government service, Mr. Carr 
returned to his old home in New York, and for 
the next three years was a clerk in a general store 
of the metropolis. In September, 1868, became to 
Toledo, and was for seven years financial man of 
the firm of Warner, Patrick & Co., wholesale deal- 
ers in saddlery and harness. He continued in that 
business until 1875, in October of which year he 
entered the First National Bank in Toledo in the 
capacity of bookkeeper, and this position he held 
for several years. Later he was made Cashier, then 
Vice-President, of tlie institution. In 1892 he 
accepted the Vice-Presidency of the Ketcham Na- 



tional Bank, and is still acting in that responsible 
office. This bank is one of the thoroughly reliable 
and well conducted corporations of tiiis section, 
and transacts an extensive business. 

October 12, 1871, Mr. Carr married Louise M. 
Richards, and to them has been born a son, Will- 
iam C, who is now a clerk in the Second National 
Bank of this city. Mrs. Carr is a daughter of W. P. 
Richards, one of Toledo's most honored citizens. 

In his political affiliations Mr. Carr is a loyal 
adherent of the Republican party, and though he 
takes an interest in the success of his party has 
never been an office-seeker, as his business interests 
have occupied his entire time and attention. He 
enjoys the respect and esteem of all who have 
dealings with him in any way, for he is not only 
uniformly courteous and genial, but is honorable, 
just and upright. 



MELVIN LOOMIS, a well known agricult- 
urist of Webster Township, Wood Coun- 
ty, deserves great honor for the success 
which he has attained in life, as he commenced his 
career a poor boy, and unassisted has risen to in- 
fluence and prosperity. He is also mainly self- 
educated, his early schooling having been very 
limited. When a lad he walked a mile and a-half 
to a log schoolhouse, which was conducted on the 
subscription plan, and was equipped with slab 
benches and desks. Mr. Loomis is one of the pio- 
neers of Wood County, to which he came about 
1835, and soon after he became the owner of the 
farm where he has since made his home. This 
place of one iiundred and seventy-three acres is 
situated on section 18, and is kept up in a thrifty 
and able manner. 

The birth of our subject occurred in Massachu- 
setts, March 1, 1824, he being one of nine children, 
five sons and four daughters, whose parents were 
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moved to Ohio in 1825, settling in Lorain County. 
Later they remover! to Medina County, Ohio, and 
there much of the boyliood of our subject was 
passed. 

On arriving at liis majority, Mclvin Loomis left 
the parental roof and laid the foundation for iiis 
future success by worlving for neighboring farm- 
ers, and carefully laying aside as mucli as possible 
of his earnings. With this sum he purchased iiis 
farm and set up in business for himself. In liis 
political faith be is a Prohibitionist, and, though 
not an otHce-seeker, has held a few local township 
positions. Religiously he is a Presbyterian, and 
holds membership with the Scotch Church. 

Mr. Loomis married Miss Eliza Meralds, who was 
born in June, 1834. A son and two daughters 
came to bless their home and hearth: Emma, who 
is now the wife of Andrew Bandeen; Robert, who 
is still living on the old homestead; and Bertha, 
who is the wife of Charles McCleod. 



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JOHN A. McKEAN lias been for over a quar- 
ter of a century an enterprising agriculturist 
of Wood County, and the farm where he 
now makes his abode is located on section 
17, Webster Township. He has held a number of 
township positions of greater or less responsibility, 
and has at all times fully justified the confidence 
reposed in him by his friends and neighbors. In 
1878 he was elected Director of the Infirmary, and 
served in that capacity for two terms, or until 1884, 
and he has also been Township Trustee. He has 
always taken commendable interest in the cause of 
education and in worthy public enterprises. Be- 
ginning life a poor boy, he has truly made his own 
way in the world, and has overcome difficulties 
which have appeared well-nigh insurmountable. 

The birth of Jolin A. McKean took place in 
Franklin County, Pa., near the town of Fa3-ette- 



ville, May 25, 1827. His father, Hugh McKean, 
was of Scotch descent, while his mother, whose 
maiden name was Elizabeth Wetmore, was of Ger- 
man extraction, but they were both natives of 
Maryland. They were the parents of eight chil- 
dren, as follows: Robert, John, Hugh, William, 
Elizabeth (deceased), Mary, Melinda, nnd Jon- 
athan, who died in infancy. 

John A. McKean lived at home and attended 
the primitive district schools of that earl3^ day 
until about eleven years of age. Often during the 
winter months he was obliged to walk two and 
a-half miles to the nearest school, and surely then 
more than now there was "no royal road to learn- 
ing." On arriving at a suitable age, he began 
learning the miller's trade, serving an apprentice- 
ship of two years. The first year he received 1^4 
per month and board, and the second $12 and 
board. When in his twenty-first j'ear, or in 1847, 
he settled in Girard. Trumbull Countj', Ohio, and 
worked at his trade for nineteen years in that 
place. In 1868 he purchased the farm which he 
has since cultivated, and which comprises eighty 
acres. Here he is engaged in general farming and 
stock-raising, and is quite successful. He has made 
nearly all the improvements on the homestead, as 
when he became its owner only twelve acres had 
been cleared. 

November 18, 1852, Mr. McKean married Har- 
riet Bike, who was born in Penns^'lvania, Septem- 
ber 27, 1834. Five children came to bless their 
union: William, who was born March 30, 1854; 
Mary, whose birth occurred Christmas Day, 1855, 
and who died Januar3' 3, 1856; John W., born 
January 14, 1857, and now a resident of Rawson, 
Hancock County; Lucy, born February 7, 1859; 
and Elsie, born August 21, 1873, and who died 
September 18, 1875. John married Belle Perkins, 
and has two children, Will H. and Grace O. Lucy 
became the wife of Henry Wakeman, and is the 
mother of two children, Frank and Ida. 

On the 12tli of April, 1864, Mr. McKean en- 
listed as a Corporal in Company D, One Hundred 
and Seventy-first Ohio Infantry, and was mustered 
in at Sandusky. He was assigned to guard the 
prisoners at that place, and while discharging his 
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Johnson's Island. Upon his recoverj' lie joined 
his regiment at Camp Dennison, and was finally 
discharged August 21, 1864. Fraternally he is a 
member of the Masonic order. 



MURKIS LOENSII AL, General Pension and 
Claim Agent at Toledo, has conducted 
an office for this purpose for the past 
fifteen j'ears. He is a striking example of what 
may be accomplished by a j'oung man possessing 
the requisite amount of energy and the determina- 
tion to succeed, for he is self-made both in regard 
to financial prosperity and to the education which 
he possesses. A native of Germany, he landed 
in the United States a youth of eighteen years, 
with his own way to make in a strange land. 
After he had acquired a general knowledge of the 
English language, he became convinced of the de- 
sirability of possessing higher learning, and at- 
tended school, and later Oberlin College, earning 
the money with which his expenses were met. He 
has alwaj's been a man of very industrious and 
active habits, and is accounted one of the substan- 
tial German-American citizens of Toledo. 

Born near Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, on 
the lOlh of April, 1846, our subject is a son of 
F'lias and Adelaide (Summer) Loenshal, natives of 
the same locality, where they passed their entire 
lives. The father, who was a weaver by occupa- 
tion, also bottled and sold natural mineral waters. 
His children, sis in number, are all yet living. 

.Tune 11, 1864, Morris Loenshal took passage in 
a sailing-vessel, the "Ueiitschland," from Ham- 
burg, and fifty-two days later arrived in New 
York City. A few days were passed in looking 
for work in the metropolis, but, not being success- 
ful, he went to Bridgeport, Conn., and from there 
enlisted in Company H, Twentieth Connecticut 
Infantry, on the 22d of August following. He 
joined his regiment at Atlanta, Ga., a few days 
prior to Sherman's march to the sea, and partici- 



pated in that campaign and in the siege of Sa- 
vannah, Ga. After getting into South Carolina, 
he was taken sick, and was sent to the hospital at 
Savannah, where he remained for four weeks. On 
his recovei-y his request to be returned to his regi- 
ment in North Carolina was complied with, and 
ultimately with it he went to Washington and 
participated in the Grand Review. 

After he had been discharged from the service, 
Mr. Loenshal returned to New York City, and 
worked for a firm until F'ebruary 25, 1866. He 
then took his earnings and started for Ohio, but 
his mone}- gave out before he had reached his des- 
tination, and he was obliged to pursue the journej- 
on foot. For one month he worked for lumber- 
men, but was not strong enough for that arduous 
kind of employment, and when Thomas King, a 
dairy farmer, offered him a place, he gladly ac- 
cepted it, and worked at the business for two 
years and eight months. In the fall of 1868 he 
.went to school in Oberlin for one term, and then 
resumed his work in order to obtain more money 
for his education, keeping this up at intervals for 
several years. During two years of this time he 
worked for Rev. Charles Finne}-, President of 
Oberlin College. He also taught school for a term, 
and while doing so kept up with his class, go- 
ing to the college every Saturday and reciting to 
his professors. Afterward, acting on the advice of 
friends, he took a school for one year in Lorain 
County, but before the termination of the school 
year had engaged with the Toledo Board of Edu- 
cation to teach here. 

It was in the fall of 1873 that Mr. Loenshal 
first came to this city, and for the next five years 
he did faithful and efficient work in training the 
young ideas of Toledo. December 25, 1876, oc- 
curred his marriage to Minerva Knapp, a native 
of Lucas County'. Mrs. Loenshal was reared on 
her father's farm, and taught school after she had 
completed her own education. Her parents, na- 
tives of Livingston County, N. Y., drove an ox- 
team to Ohio at a very early daj'. following a 
blazed track through the woods in lieu of a road. 
Her father, who was a member of the Ohio State 
Legislature for six years from this district, died 
in Philadelphia, while attending the Centennial, 




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at the age of sixty-eight years. Her mother died 
at the home of our subject, wlien in iier sixty- 
fourth year. To Mr. and Mrs. Locnshal were born 
four children, namely: Howard M., born October 
9, 1880; Harry M., February 16, 1883; Morris M., 
March 13, 1887; and Helen M., May 17, 1889. 
Morris M. was summoned by the angel of Death 
May 15, 1888. 

After his marriage Mr. Loenshal taught school 
for two years more in Toledo, and then, on ac- 
count of low wages, left the business and was em- 
ployed by a member of the Board of Education in 
a land-offlce. Another year he devoted to organ- 
izing Grand Array posts throughout Ohio, and 
started over seventy lodges. At this time he laid 
the foundation for his future pension business, in 
which he embarked April 1, 1880. His first office 
was on Summit Street, later he had his headquar- 
ters in the Grand Army Hall, and nine years ago 
he removed to his present office. He is one of 
the best posted claim agents in the United States, 
and transacts a large volume of business. He is 
a charter member of Volunteer Post No. 715, 
G. A. R., and was the first Historian of the Ohio 
Grand Army of the Republic. In politics he has 
always been a stalwart Republican. His family 
are members of the Congregational Church, and 
are highly respected by all who know them. His 
own interest in educational matters Mr. Loen- 
shal has impressed on his children, and his eldest 
son, Howard M., has just completed a continuous 
record of perfect attendance for seven years at 
school. Neither of the boys has ever missed a 
day's attendance at school for any cause whatso- 
ever. 

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^^^ALVIN BRONSON was born in Nuffield, 
^ J Conn., December 17, 1806, and died in 
Toledo, Ohio, January 15, 1892. He was 
a member of a family long identified with the his- 
tory of New England. In j'outh his educational 
advantages were very limited, his wide and varied 
information having been gained principally by 
self-culture. On leaving his home he went to 
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Springfield, Mass., where he was employed as a 
clerk in a leading mercantile house, receiving no 
wages otlier than his board. After having served 
an apprenticeship of a year, he went to New York 
City, and from there to Augusta, Ga., where he re- 
mained eighteen months. 

Believing, however, that in the great Northwest 
were opportunities that the South could not offer, 
Mr. Bronson came to Ohio in 1830,"and embarked 
in the mercantile business at Avon, Lorain Coun- 
ty, but five years later removed to Centerville, St. 
Joseph County, Mich., where for years he carried 
on a general dry-goods trade. In 1847 he began 
the manufacture of tobacco at Centerville, having 
the jjioneer establishment west of Detroit. For 
sometime his products were sold by peddlers, who 
traveled in wagons from place to place. As his 
business became more extensive and he realized 
that a larger field for operations was necessary, he 
decided to come to Toledo, and this he did in 
M.i}', 1851. From the first his trade here was en- 
couraging, and as the returns became larger he in- 
creased his facilities accordingly. Soon his es- 
tablishment gave employment to about one hun- 
dred and seventy-five hands, and eleven cutting 
machines were in constant use. 

After nearly twenty years spent in the manage- 
ment of his tobacco business, Mr. Bronson retired, 
having accumulated a handsome property, the re- 
sult of his judicious management and enterprise. 
His trade had increased to such an extent that in 
1865 he paid on his sales a Government tax of 
$250,322.89, the value of the goods then sold hav- 
ing been $560,400.. The three leading products of 
the factory were "Bright Chewing," "'C. Bronson 's 
Indian Brand" and "F. G. Smoking Tobacco." 
His first factory in Toledo was on Water Street, at 
the foot of Lagrange, where he remained until 
1856. During that year he removed to Nos. 118- 
128 Summit Street, where he occupied a building 
with a frontage of eighty feet, a depth of one hun- 
dred and fifty feet, and five stories high. Subse- 
quently- he erected a building at the corner of 
Summit and Lynn Streets, and in 1873 removed his 
plant there. It contained eleven cutting machines, 
with a daily capacity of eleven thousand pounds of 
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tobacco, all operated by a sino;le engine of about 
twent^'-Lorse power. Upon his retirement from 
active business the factory passed into the hands of 
Cliarles R. Messinger, a son-in-law, who had be- 
come practically familiar with the business. Mr. 
Messinger continued until 1875, when he became 
the sole proprietor, and he in turn was succeeded 
by William Harrison in 1886. 

At Centerville, Midi., June 26, 1837, Mr. Bron- 
son married Miss Lucretia C. Sutphen, who was 
born in 1811, and was a descendant of Holland- 
Dutch ancestors. She died June 17, 1888, having 
had three children. Aletta M. became the wife of 
William H. Simmons, and died eleven months after 
her marriage, leaving no children. Agatha E., the 
only survivor, was married in November, 1863, to 
Charles R. Messinger, by whom she had four chil- 
dren: Isabella B., wife of J.J. Barber, of Toledo; 
Rosewell E., also of this city; Agatha E., the wife 
of J. T. Ravelle, of Toledo; and Charles K., the 
youngest. Virginia, the third daughter, married 
M. C. Warn, and died in 1877, leaving two daugh- 
ters, Aletta B. and Zorah I. 

From the time of his retirement from business 
until the date of his death, Mr. Bronson gave his 
attention largely' to the improvement of the real 
estate he had previously purchased, and at diflfer- 
erent times erected a number of substantial and 
valuable business blocks. He also invested liber- 
ally in the jiroinfjlion of manufacturing enter- 
prises in the cit}'. In politics he was first a Wiiig, 
and on the organization of the Republican party 
became one of its most earnest supporters. He 
was ever a stanch Union man, and during the war 
he lent his aid whenever possible to the Union 
soldiers. His good wife, who was a woman of 
bright intelligence and pure Christian character, 
joined him in every enterprise calculated to ad- 
vance the moral and material benefits of the com- 
munity in which they lived. On coming to To- 
ledo she became a member of the Trinity Episcopal 
Church. 

The success that crowned the efforts of Mr. Bron- 
son was especially remarkable when wo consider the 
fact that in early life he had few advantages, but 
what he made of himself was due to his energy and 
industry, unaided by extraneous circumstances. 



He was a man of acknowledged business sagacity, 
one whose reputation for business acumen was 
known throughout the entire country. At the 
close of a long and honorable life he passed to the 
rest that awaits mankind. 



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(.J^ SHTON H. COLDHAM, a rising young 
/ — \ attorne^'-at-law of Toledo, has his office at 
No. 6 Drummond Block. He is one of 
the native sons of this city, his birth having oc- 
curred within its limits, March 9, 1862, and Ins en- 
tire life history has been interwoven with that of 
Toledo. He is Secretaiy of the Toledo Bar Associ- 
ation, and has been actively engaged in practice 
here for the past eleven years with a great deal of 
success. 

The father of A. II. Coidham, Dr. James Cold- 
liam, was one of the foremost phj'sicians and sur- 
geons of the city, and was a pioneer, as he located 
here in 1844. He conducted a large and success- 
ful practice until shortly before his death, which 
occurred in 1892. He was much beloved and es- 
teemed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaint- 
ance, and his death was felt to be a public loss. 
His wife, who bore tiie name of Anna Williams 
before her marriage, by her union became the 
mother of five children, two sons and three daugh- 
ters. The other son. Dr. W. W. Coidham, is repre- 
sented elsewhere in this volume. 

Ashton H. Coidham is the second in order of 
birth in his parents' family. He obtained a good 
public-school education, and supplemented his ele- 
mentary knowledge b}' a course of training at the 
Upper Canada College of Toronto, from which 
celebrated institution he graduated in 1881. Sub- 
seqiientl}' he went to New York City, where he 
look up legal studies, and after passing a severe 
examination was admitted to the Bar, before the 
Supreme Court at Rochester, in 1884. Returning 
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gal studies and acquitted himself with honor at 
the examinations he sustained before the Supreme 
Court of Ohio, which convened at Columbus, snd 
which formally pronounced him a member of the 
Ohio Bar. 

June 3, 1891, Ashton H. Coldliam and Miss Daisy 
B. Brainard were married at the home of the 
bride's parents in this city. Her father is W. S. 
Brainard, one of the most prominent business men 
of Ohio, and a well known and respected citizen. 
Mrs. Coldham enjoyed good educational advant- 
ages, and is a most ciiarming and agreeable lady. 
The residence of our esteemed subject and wife is 
at No. 1932 Vermont Avenue, where their sur- 
roundings bespeak their literary and cultivated 
taste. In politics Mr. Coldham is identified with 
the Democratic party. 



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WILLIAM H. ATWILL. Among the well 
known residents of this city may be 
mentioned our subject, who is one of 
her native-born sons, and has been connected with 
her history for a period of over thirty years, his 
birth having occurred in 1859. He is at present en- 
gaged in the drug business on the corner of Cherry 
and Huron Streets, where he has a well fitted and 
well stocked establishment and is receiving a lib- 
eral patronage. 

Our subject's father, William H. Atwill, a native 
of England, emigrated to this country when a 
young man. His first settlement was made in Os- 
wego, N. Y., where his marriage occurred, the 
ladj- of his clioice being previous to her marriage 
Miss Mary Hortigan. She survived her husband 
several years, licr death occurring in Toledo in 
1886. 

In 1852 William Atwill, Sr., with his family, re- 
moved from New York State to this cit}', where he 



organized the Union Silver Band, later known as 
tiie Milversted Band, and which on its organiza- 
tion was composed of some of the best citizens of 
Toledo. He continued to reside here until his 
death, which occurred in 1877. An active business 
man, energetic and progressive, he was for some 
lime prominently identified with the manufactur- 
ing interests of Toledo. Upon disposing of these 
interests he accepted the appointment of United 
States Depnty-Marslial for the Northern District 
of Oiiio, including the Department of the Lakes. 
He afterward acted in the capacity of agent for 
the Union Express Company, and while in their 
employ was appointed to a position in the Rail- 
way Mail Service, a post which he held for a pe- 
riod of sixteen years. He was severely wounded 
in a railroad accident, and the injuries there sus- 
tained eventually resulted in his death. 

The second in a family of six children, all of 
whom attained years of maturity, our subject 
passed the days of his b03'hood and 3'outh in the 
excellent public schools of this city, and later at- 
tended the German Jesuit School. On leaving 
school he became an employe of Shaw & Baldwin, 
in a wholesale dry-goods and notion business, and 
we next find him in the United States Mail Serv- 
ice, his run being between Cleveland and Chi- 
cago, 111., which position he held seven years. He 
afterward became connected with tiie Lake Shore 
& Michigan Central, serving first in the freight 
department and later in the transportation depart- 
ment, and was in the emploj' of this company for 
two years. In the year 1889 he became book- 
kee|)er in the city gas office. In 1894 he embarked 
in the drug business, which he has since so success- 
fully conducted, and in which he has proven him- 
self a pharmacist worthy of the respect and confi- 
dence of the people. 

An important event in the life of our subject 
was his marriage with Miss Anna Pilliod, which 
event occurred June 5, 1888. Mrs. Atwill is a 
daughter of Francis Pilliod, at one time a promi- 
nent farmer of northern Ohio. Later he engaged 
in a grocery business in Shelby County, and in the 
'50s came to Toledo, where he made his home and 
was ver3' prosperous financially until his death, 
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and Mrs. Atwill were born three children, Marie, 
William H. and Francis, who arc all living. 

Socially our subject is a member of the Order or 
Elks, and is also connected with the Columbus 
Club, in which he is serving as Director. He was 
a member of the Toledo Cadets for ten years and 
is now a member of the Veteran Cadets. He and 
his family occup3' a very pleasant residence at 
No. 1019 Huron Street, and are much esteemed for 
their many worthy qualities. 



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(Tpv LBERT E. MACOMBER,an extensive deal- 
/ — \ er in real estate in Toledo and vicinity, is 
one of her prominent and enterprising 
business men. He has been connected with numer- 
ous industries, and has used both his means and 
influence in the promotion of everything tending 
to benefit this community. He has platted many 
additions to the city, both on the west and on the 
east sides, and has been very successful from a 
financial point of view in these and other ventures. 
He was largely interested in the establishment of 
the Toledo Savings Bank and Trust Company, and 
served on its Board of Directors for many years. 
By profession he is a lawyer, but his extensive 
real-estate business has in later years almost en- 
tirely engrossed his attention. 

The birth of our subject occurred in Taunton, 
Bristol County, Mass. His father, .John H., was a 
native of the Bay State. The Macombers are of 
Scotch descent, and have long been established in 
the United States, members of the family having 
been large proprietors in the Plymouth Colony as 
early as 1640. The wife of John H. was before 
her marriage Prudence C, daughter of Abraham 
Pierce. The Pierces were also a family of early 



proprietors in the same colony. Albert E. is the 
eldest of two children, his sister being the wife of 
Abner B. Cole, of this city. 

The school da3'S of Mr. Macomber were largely 
passed in the town of his birth, where he attended 
the high school after completing his elementary 
studies. In 1858 he went to Michigan, and for 
two years attended the State Agricultural College. 
Later he was enrolled as a student in the law de- 
partment of the Michigan State University of 
Ann Arbor, from which he graduated in 1862. 
Two years later he came to Toledo and opened an 
office, subsequently associating with himself E. D. 
Moore, and afterward S. J. McDonnell, undei- the 
firm name of JLacomber, Moore & McDonnell. The 
latter partnership continued in effect until 1882, 
since which time Mr. Macomber has conducted his 
business under the name of A. E. Macomber & Co., 
his son, Irving E., being now associated with him 
in business. 

Mr. Macomber is interested in a number of man- 
ufacturing establishments, and is the proprietor of 
the Auburndale Brick Works. He was among the 
early owners of the Monroe Street Railway and of 
the Lagrange Street Railway, both of which sys- 
tems have been absorbed by the Consolidated Com- 
pany. He was one of the group of enterprising 
gentlemen who laid out and established the beauti- 
ful Woodlawn Cemetery, and he has been on its 
Board of Directors since its organization. 

In the discharge of his public duties Mr. Macom- 
ber has devoted a generous amount of time. He 
has served in the City Council as a member of the 
Board of Aldermen. He was for ten years a mem- 
ber of the Work House Board, and is now a member 
of the Toledo University Trustees. This depart- 
ment maintains the Manual Training School in 
connection with the City High School. To the 
development of this admirable school Mr. Ma- 
comber has devoted much time and enthusiasm. 
In his political convictions he is a Republican. 
In 1871 Mr. Macomber married Sarah S., daugh- 
ter of Dr. Samuel T. S. Smith, of New York City. 
Two sons were born to this worthy couple. The 
elder, Irving E., is a graduate of Cornell Uni- 
versity; and Franklin S. has not yet completed his 
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taiiau Church, in which Mr. Macomber served for 
many years as a Trustee. His residence is at No. 
1517 Monroe Street, wliere all tlie surroundings 
bespeak a cultured and refined taste. 



JOEL POTTER is the proprietor of the East 
Side Mills in Toledo, which manufacture a 
fine grade of rye and buckwheat flour by the 
burr and roller system. The mill is 50x80 
feet in dimensions and three stories and basement 
in height, and is equipped with the latest and most 
modern machiuery used in the trade. The engine 
is one of eighty-horse power, and the mill has a 
capacity of some twenty- five barrels of flour per 
day, and twenty' tons of feed. An active adherent 
of the Democratic party, Mr. Potter was a mem- 
ber of the Police Board for four years, and was 
also a member of the Common Council four years 
— two years on the Board of Aldermen and two 
years on the Council Board. 

The father of our subject, Erastus B. Potter, 
whose birth occurred in New York State, was a 
dealer in and manufacturer of lumber. His father, 
John Potter, likewise of the Empire State, was 
of English descent. Erastus B. Potter married 
Elizabeth, daughter of Selah Root, and to them 
were born five children, three sons and two daugh- 
ters. Joel Potter was born in Essex County, 
N. Y., in 1838, and passed his early years unevent- 
fully under his father's roof. His elementary ed- 
ucation was obtained in the schools of the neigh- 
borhood, and was supplemented b3' a course of 
training at the Fairfax (Vt.) Academj', after which 
he went to Ft. Edward, N. Y., and attended the 
well known institute of that place. For several 
years after leaving school he engaged in farming 
during the summers, and in the winter time was 
employed at lumbering. 

In the year 1875 Mr. Potter came to Toledo to 



look after the Ward estate, and in the settlement 
of the business connected therewith found his 
time occupied for the next three years. In 1879 
he started in the milling business on a small scale, 
and It was not until 1891 that he moved into his 
present large and modern quarters. He is now a 
Director in the East Side Bank Company. 

In 1862 Mr. Potter married Miss Julia Fowler, 
of Essex County, N. Y., and a daughter of James 
Fowler. Three children came to grace their union. 
The elder, James, died in February, 1893; the sec- 
ond, Jennie, wife of W. G. Weldon, of Toledo, 
died in February, 1893; and the youngest. Jay C, 
is his father's assistant in the milling business, 
having been a member of the company for the 
past four years. 



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iT^ RTHUR C. ROLL, M. D., one of the na- 
r — \ tive sons of the Buckeye State, is a leading 
young medical practitioner of Toledo, 
who bids fair to soon acquire more than a local 
reputation. He is a graduate of the Pulte Medi- 
cal College of Cincinnati, where he completed the 
course and received his degree March 12, 1889, the 
same spring opening an office for general family 
practice in this place. He belongs to the Ohio 
State Homeopath}' Society, and to the Northwest- 
ern Ohio Homeopathic Association. His services 
are employed as medical examiner for the Equitable 
Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, Iowa, 
the Scottish Rites, Knights Templar and Master 
Masons' Aid Association; and he is also a member 
of the medical staff of the Toledo Hospital. 

John W. Roll, the father of the Doctor, was born 
in Butler County, Ohio, and was a manufacturer 
of iron machinery and farm implements. His father 
was Dr. Silas Roll, who was of Holland descent. 
Members of the family came from Holland to set- 
tle in the United States as early as 1650, and many 
of the descendants have been noted in the affairs 
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mature years, married Martha J. Carr, who was 
born in Ohio. They became the parents of two 
children, Artliur and Martha. Tlie latter married 
H. D. Brosier, and resides in Butler County, Ohio. 

Dr. A. C. Roll was born near Hamilton, Butler 
County, this state, March 2, 1868, and was given 
a good common-school education, after which he 
pursued his higher studies in the Miami University 
at Oxford, Ohio. His first steps in the direction 
of his future career were taken under the instruc- 
tion of Dr. James H. Roll, of Hamilton, and later 
he studied with Dr. William Z. Kumber, also of 
Hamilton. Then, as before mentioned, he entered 
the medical college at Cincinnati, from which lie 
was duly graduated. 

The pleasant home of Dr. Roll is at No. 1027 
Erie Street. It is presided over with grace and 
womanly courtesy by his cultured wife, who was 
formerly Miss Marilla Elliott, of Hamilton, this 
state. Their marriage was celebrated December 
20, 1892, and they are the parents of one daugh- 
ter, Bern ice Lucile. Mrs. Roll is a daughter of 
James M. Elliott, a well known and [irominent cit- 
izen of Hamilton. Fraternally our subject be- 
longs to the Royal Arcanum and to the Sons of 
Veterans. 



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X~V HESTER H. HARROUN, D. D. S., M. D. 

C^^ Among the professional men of Toledo, 
none stands higher than Chester H. Har- 
roun. He is one of the leading dentists of the 
city, and has resided here since 18.53, being widely 
and favorably known throughout the city and sur- 
rounding country. The Doctor is a native of the 
Empire State, having been born in Genesee Coun- 
ty, in 1829, and is a son of David, Jr., and Clar- 
issa (Dodge) Harroun. The father, a native of 
Herkimer County, N. Y. and a farmer by occupa- 
tion, afterward removed to Genesee County, N.Y., 
where he met and married his wife. He came with 
his family to Lucas County, Ohio, in 1835, and lo- 



cated on a farm near Toledo, where he spent the 
remainder of his days, departing this life at the 
age of sixty-nine j'ears. His wife survived him 
many years, having reached the venerable age of 
eighty-four years before crossing over to the beau- 
tiful shore bej-ond. 

The ancestors of Dr. Harroun were Scotch-Irish, 
and came to America in a very early d.ay, settling 
in Massachusetts. There were three brothers on 
the paternal side, and during the Revolutionary 
War they distinguished themselves as brave men 
and expert Indian fighters. David Harroun, the 
grandfather of our subject, had numberless adven- 
tures and hairbreadth escapes, and used to relate 
many anecdotes to amuse the children which were 
interesting to both young and old. 

The home of our subject was in New York until 
he was five years of age. At this time his parents 
removed to Ohio, and located in this county. He 
attended the public schools in his boyhood, and 
later entered Sylvania Academy, at Sylvania, Ohio, 
where he finished his education. After leaving the 
schoolroom he entered the office of Dr. F. E. Bailey, 
a prominent physician of Sylvania. and began 
reading medicine with him. He remained under 
the Doctor's instruction for two years, and by 
that time, having mastered the art of dentistry, he 
opened an office in Sylvania, where he practiced 
his profession for one year, and then removed to 
Toledo, where he has since remained. 

Being comparatively a young man on first com- 
ing to this place, the Doctor's professional career 
has grown with the city, and his practice has in- 
creased with his years. After forty years of faith- 
ful work in one place, he stands at the head of his 
profession, and is one of the most prominent den- 
tists in northwestern Ohio. His career has been 
an enviable one; his practice is large and lucrative, 
extending over a vast area of territory; and he 
has the well deserved confidence and esteem of the 
people. 

Dr. Harroun was united in marriage, in 1854, 
with Miss Emily J., a daughter of Aaron and Em- 
ira (Dow) Cadwell, of New York. Two children 
have blessed this union: David A., a dentist in 
this city; and Robert E., now a member of the fire 
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and refinement, and tbe family occupies aliigli po- 
sition in the social circles of Toledo. Their at- 
tractive residence is located at No. 829 Superior 
Street, and is the home of hospitality, where their 
many friends are always welcome. 

Professionally the Doctor is identified with a 
number of societies, being a member of the Amer- 
ican Dental Association, the Ohio Slate Dental So- 
ciety and the Micliigan State Dental Society. Po- 
litically he is a stanch Republican, taking an active 
interest in all political questions, and in all local 
enterprises pertaining to the improvement of the 
community in which he lives. 



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©HARLES MYERS has been a life-long resi- 
dent of Freedom Township, Wood County, 
and is the proprietor of a desirable home- 
stead of seventy-two acres on section 31. He was 
only nineteen years of age when lie offered his 
services for the defense of the Union, and from 
that time until the close of the war he was always 
found at the post of duty and in the front of bat- 
lie. Altogether he served three j'ears and ten 
months, and was only absent from the ranks once, 
when he was detained at the hospital on account 
of a wound. He participated in twent^'-one hard- 
fought and well known battles, and was stationed 
in several of the Southern States. He is now a 
member of Benedict Post No. 26, G. A.R., of Pem- 
berville. 

Charles Myers is a son of Joseph and Frances 
(Smith) Myers. His eldest brother, George, was 
killed May 31, 1864, in tlie battle of Pumpkin Vine 
Creek, during the war. He was a member of Com- 
pany K, Twenty-first Ohio Infantry. His next 
j'ounger brother, John, born in 1841, was killed in 
the battle of Stone River; and the youngest, Fran- 
cis C, born November 9, 1846, died while j-oung. 
The eldest sister; Maria, now deceased, was the 
wife of James H. Forrest, and had four children. 



Anna married J. H. Forrest, a farmer of this town- 
ship. Louise, born October 12, 1844, is the wife 
of Frank Addleman, a farmer of Huron County, 
Ohio. The father of these children was a shoe- 
maker in his early d.ays in Massachusetts. Later 
be went to Huron County, Ohio, where he bought 
one hundred and sixty acres of Government land, 
but in the '30s he came to this county and here 
passed the remainder of his life. He was buried 
in Fish Cemetery, and by his side reposes his faith- 
ful wife, who survived him ten years. 

Our subject was born September 21, 1842, and 
received but limited school advantages in his boy- 
hood. He helped to construct the roads of this 
vicinity in his early manhood, and in other ways 
was identified with the upbuilding of the commu- 
nity. Many a lime in the earl}' days did he make 
the long journey to Maumee or Perrysburg to have 
corn or wheat ground, and the usual experiences 
of pioneer life fell to his share. In 1861 he en- 
listed at Findlay, Ohio, in Company K, Twenty- 
first Ohio Regiment, under Captain Canfield and 
Colonel Norden. After drilling for ten days at 
Columbus, he was sent to KentucKy, and there took 
part in a small engagement. The winter was passed 
in camp at Bacon Creek, and in the spring he went 
to Nashville, where for six weeks he was on guard 
duty. Then, in the vicinity of Huntsville, Ala., 
he was present at several skirmishes, afterward be- 
ing on guard duty for three months, and finally 
being returned to Nashville. He was a participant 
in the siege of Atlanta, and for three months could 
hear the bullets tl3'ing day and night. After the 
capture of Atlanta the company started to Chatta- 
nooga, and were in the two-daj'S battle of Chicka- 
mauga. January 1, 1864, Mr. M^'ers was granted 
a thirty-days furlough and returned home. On 
rejoining his regiment he participated in the bat- 
tle of Resaca, and in that of Pumpkin Vine Creek, 
where his eldest brother was killed. At the battle 
of Stone River he was wounded, but after being 
confined in the hospital for several days he returned 
to the front. His honorable discharge from the 
service was granted him at Louisville, Ky., in July, 
1865. 

February 18, 1869, occurred the marriage of our 
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Jeanette (Fenton) Stewart, natives of Scotland. 
Their other children were Jolm, a gardener living 
near Cleveland; James, who married Sarah Heck- 
man, and has eleven children; Robert W., who 
died in the army; Cliarles, who married Lillie Hill 
and is a carpenter; Fenton, whose death occurred 
at the age of twenty-six years; Joseph, a gardener 
of Pemberville, Oliio; Benjamin, who was drowned 
near San Francisco; Margaret, wife of Martin 
O'Conner, an oil speculator of this county; Mary, 
who married Lemuel Lockhart, who was killed in 
1893 in an oil explosion; Frankie, who died in 
1865; Lewis, a farmer of Fulton County ; and Will- 
iam, who is unmarried and a resident of Indiana. 

Five children came to grace the union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Myers, the two eldest of whom died in 
infancy. Lela M., born October 24, 1874, is at- 
tending school at Lansing, Mich.; Florence Glenn, 
born June 15, 1880, is at home; and Vergie, born 
July 8, 1882, died when only eight months old. 

In 1883 Mr. Myers went to Kansas with the in- 
tention of locating in that state, but remained only 
three weeks, and returned well satisfied to pass the 
remainder of his life on his old homestead. He 
has cleared a good many acres of land, and has 
long been one of the progressive farmers of this 
community. Religiously he is a Presbyterian, and 
helped to establish the church at Rochester, Ohio. 
He is known far and near as a man of uprightness 
and integrity, and as such commands the respect 
of all. 



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HENRY JAMES BOOTH, General Freight 
Agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail- 
way, was born in Marietta, Ohio, October 
3, 1843. He received in boyhood a public-school 
education, graduating from the high school in 
1860, and afterward for a few months taught in 
Belpi-e Township, Washington County. In March, 
1862, he went to Oskaloosa, Iowa, and entered the 
store of Loring & Bro. .as clerk, remaining in the 



employ of that firm and D. W. Loring for seven 
years. 

At the expiration of that period Mr. Booth re- 
turned to Ohio, and in August, 1869, secured a po- 
sition as bookkeeper for Messrs. Warner, McArthur 
<fe Co., who were building the Marietta & Pittsburg 
Railroad. Upon the opening of that road he was 
appointed General Accountant, and subsequently 
became Auditor of the Marietta, Pittsburg & 
Cleveland Railroad, remaining in that capacity 
until November, 1875. In March, 1880, he was 
employed as Chief Clerk in the general freight 
and ticket oflice of the Cleveland & Marietta Rail- 
road, and on the 1st of January, 1882, he was ap- 
pointed General Freight and Ticket Agent of the 
same company. 

The connection of Mr. Booth with the Wheeling 
& Lake Erie Railroad dates from October, 1882, 
when he was appointed its General Agent, retain-' 
ing a similar position with the Cleveland & Ma- 
rietta Road. June 1, 1883. he removed to Toledo 
and accepted the position of Assistant General 
Freight Agent of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Rail- 
road. His appointment to his present position, 
that of General Freight Agent of the Wheeling & 
Lake Erie Railroad, was received Februarys, 1892, 
and in this responsible pl.ace he h.is since served 
with ability and efficiency. 

JMarch 22, 1865, Mr. Booth married Eliza G. 
Fletcher, who was born in April, 1845, and is the 
daughter of David and Caroline (Jack) Fletcher, 
natives of Westmoreland County, Pa., but after- 
ward residents of Oskaloosa, Iowa, for many years 
prior to their death. The eldest child of Mr. and 
Mrs. Booth is Walter F., who was born in Oska- 
loosa, Iowa, October 30, 1867, and is now Auditor 
of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw Railroad. 
Charles L. is Teller of the Citizens' National Bank 
of Marietta, Ohio. William L. has been employed 
for a time as clerk in a railway office in Toledo. 
Mabel V., Clarence M. and Harold E. are with 
their parents. Though not an active politician, 
Mr. Booth has always been a stanch Republican 
and never fails to discharge the duties of citizen- 
ship. He has hosts of sincere friends, who hold 
him in high regard for his sterling qualities. 

James M. Booth, father of our subject, was born 




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in Manchester, England, April 12, 1788, and came 
to America in 1802, remaining in New York 
until 1810. He then removed to Marietta, where 
he made his permanent home. His death occurred 
at Marietta, Ohio, in January, 1866. His second 
wife, the mother of our subject, was known bj' the 
maiden name of Mary Loring Beebe. She was 
born in Washington County, Ohio, in November, 
1817, and died at Marietta in January, 1894. Her 
parents, Dr. and Mary (Loring) Beebe, were of 
New England birth and were among the early set- 
tlers of Ohio. 



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RUBELLUS J. SIMON, M. D., the leading 
and scholarly physician of Pemberville, 
was born on a farm in Bloom Township, 
Wood County, Ohio, August 9, 1846, being the 
next to the eldest son of Levi Simon, who was 
noted throughout the section in which he resided 
for his unusual attainments as a mathematician. 
His father, whose birth occurred January 21, 1817, 
in Boardman, Mahoning (then Trumbull) County, 
Ohio, was the fourth child and second son of Jacob 
Simon, the latter in turn being the fifth son in a 
family of fifteen children, all but one of whom at- 
tained to mature j'ears. Two brotliers, Andrew and 
George, were ministers of the Lutlieran Church. 

Born in Washington County, Pa., in 1783, Jacob 
Simon was a weaver by trade, but devoted consid- 
erable attention to the profession of a teacher, and 
was a man of broad views and liberal education. 
He served in the War of 1812. As early as 1800 
he came to Ohio and settled in Boardman Town- 
ship, Trumbull County, where he taught the first 
school in his locality. Among the pioneers of the 
county he was looked up to as a leader, and was a 
man of noble character, but somewhat visionary 
and not a good financier. On the place in Board- 
man Township where he first settled he died in 
1856. 

The father of Jacob was Michael Simon, who 
was born in the Colony of Maryland, Eebruai'}' 22, 
1741, and was a man of fair education and consid- 
erable prominence in his locality, being especially 



noted for his devotion to the Lutheran faith. In 
1802 he came to Ohio with a number of relatives, 
and here remained until his death, in 1839, at the 
advanced age of ninety-eight years, at which time 
he had four hundred and sixty-four direct de- 
scendants. During the Indian wars his property 
was destroyed and the family were obliged to flee 
for their lives. One son, Andrew, then a child of 
seven j'ears, was taken prisoner by the Indians and 
scalped by his savage captors. However, he sur- 
vived and finally became a favorite among the 
redmen, whose confidence he gained to an unusual 
degree, so that they allowed him many liberties 
not accorded other prisoners. In this way he was 
permitted to wander from the camp, and at an op- 
portune moment he made his escape, returning to 
his friends, who had supposed him to be dead. 
While he attained eighty j'ears of age, he never 
had a scalp, and the top of his head never healed. 

The father of Michael and the first of the fam- 
ily to locate in America was Johann Adam Simon, 
a native of Zweibrucken, Switzerland, who was a 
descendant of a royal family, but, as far as can be 
learned, was somewhat wild, and ran away from 
home in boyhood. Coming to America, he located 
near Baltimore about 1735. With him he brought 
papers proving his descent from royalty and his 
right to an immense estate, but his house and all 
its contents were burned by the Indians, and he 
was never able to prove his identity. He attained 
the venerable age of ninety-seven. 

The mother of Levi Simon was Elizabeth Stem- 
pie, a native of Virginia, born about 1789, and a 
member of one of the prominent mountaineei' 
families. She was a daughter of David Stemple, 
and a descendant of French ancestry. One of her 
brothers, Jacob, was a soldier in the War of 1812. 
She was a woman of good education and an excel- 
lent business manager, far more so than her hus- 
band. Her death occurred at eighty-five j'ears. 

In the log cabin schoolhouse common to that 
day, Levi Simon gained the rudiments of his edu- 
cation. Though his advantages were few, he was 
an apt scholar and a natural mathematician, and 
became widely known for his superior attainments. 
Though now past seventy-eight years of age, he 
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has successfully explained problems that have 
puzzled learned professors of the science. In early 
life he was a teacher, in which vocation he was re- 
markably successful. 

In 1844 Levi Simon married Mary Ann Pfister, 
a native of Youngstown, Ohio, born October 18, 
1822. Slie was a daughter of .Jacob and Elizabeth 
(Hewett) Pfister, and a granddaughter of Rev. 
Henry Hewett, a native of Penns3ivania, whose 
ancestors fled from France during tlie revolution 
in that country. He was a prominent Liitheian 
minister, and on coming to Trumbull County or- 
ganized the first German Lutheran Church in the 
state of Ohio. Mrs. Mary Ann Simon was a woman 
of good education, a teacher for some years, and 
a very devoted Christian. She had a brother, 
John, who was a physician. Her death occurred 
February 15, 1889. 

On the farm where he now lives, and which ad- 
joins the village of Bloomdale, Levi Simon located 
in 1846. He aided in building the first Lutheran 
Church in that locality, also the first Methodist 
Episcopal Church. At various times he has been 
chosen to hold positions of prominence in his 
township. Possessing a robust constitution, the 
vigor of which has not been undermined by the 
use of tobacco or intoxicants, he has never been 
sick in his life, and even in old age enjoys excel- 
lent health. His eldest brother, David, was for 
fourteen years Auditor of Mahoning Count}', and 
was an influential local politician. Gideon, Stilling 
and Jesse were prosperous farmers. Jacob, a sou 
of Stilling, has been a teacher for fifteen years. 
Hiram, another son, is editor of the Toledo Sunday 
Journal; and Charles is manager of the Bloomdale 
Mills. 

The subject of this sketch was one of ten chil- 
dren. His eldest brother, Myconius, who is un- 
married, was for many years a teacher, and now 
resides with his father at Bloomdale; for ten years 
he was one of the chief clerks of the Baltimore 
& Ohio Railroad at Youngstown, Ohio. Damietta 
was married, and left three children at her death. 
Jerusha died at the age of eighteen years. Mrs. 
Belenia Deal, who was a school teacher, left five 
children at her death. Montebello was in early 
life a teacher, and is now a stockman of Bloomdale. 



Metaline died when five years old, Phoebe when 
eighteen, and Poliander at eight. Elma O. is the 
wife of Jacob Fisher, who is in the livery business 
at Helena, Mont. 

The boyhood years of our subject were spent on 
his father's farm. His early education was ob- 
tained under the direction of his parents, both of 
whom had been teachers and were well fitted to 
train him for a life of usefulness and honor. At 
sixteen he entered the Poland Union Seminary, 
becoming a student in that institution the same 
year that Governor McKinley completed his stud- 
ies there. After nine months in the seminary, he 
received a teacher's certificate and entered that 
profession, teaching the Macky School, in Bloom 
Township. For several terms he taught there and 
in other districts, then entered the Findlay High 
School, where he conducted his studies for eight 
months. Later he taught in the grammar school 
in the same institution for three terms, after which 
he entered Oberlin College, expecting to fit himself 
more thoroughly for the profession of a teacher. 

Two years were spent in study in Oberlin Col- 
lege, but meantime his ambition changed. Notic- 
ing that most of tliose who devoted their lives to 
teaching remained poor, and having a desire to 
gain possession of some of this world's goods by 
honest exertion, he determined to abandon the 
profession upon which he had entered. However, 
he taught a few terms afterward, and in that way 
gained the means with wiiich to prosecute his medi- 
cal studies. Under Dr. S. B. Emerson, of Eagleville, 
he began to read medicine, then took a course of 
lectures at the Eclectic Medical College of Cincin- 
nati, after which he continued to stud}' and prac- 
tice with Dr. Emerson for a year and a-half. Later 
he took another course of lectures at the same col- 
lege, graduating May 13, 1873. In August of the 
same year he opened an office at Pemberville and 
commenced the practice of his chosen profession. 

March 4, 1874, Dr. Simon married Miss Mary A., 
daughter of Henry Mohr, of Eagleville. At that 
time he was in debt $600, but success came to him 
quickly, and at the end of a year he was out of 
debt and owned a house and lot. From that time 
to this he has had a large practice and has acquired 
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duties be has done an extensive business in i:re 
insurance, and is medical examiner of two of the 
leadinof life-insurance companies of the United 
States — the New York Life and the Mutual Life 
of New York. He is the owner of one hundred 
and eighty acres of fine land in the oil regions, 
which alone represent a small fortune. His home 
is a beautiful one, and he also owns other propert3'. 

Formerly Dr. Simon was identified with the 
Methodist Episcop.al Church, but there being no 
church of that denomination in Pemberville at the 
time he settled here, he became interested in the 
Presbyterian faith, assisted in the organization of 
the church here, and w.as for eight years its only 
Elder. He has served in the office of Elder up to 
the present time and has always been one of the 
most active workers, not only in the church, hut 
also in the Sunday-school, of which he was for- 
merl}' Superintendent. For six years he has been 
a member of the Board of Education, during which 
time the new school building was erected. Dur- 
ing his service of four years as a member of the 
City Council the new city hall was built. In fact, 
he has been one of the most influential residents 
of the place, .and has been prominent in social, 
professional and business circles. He is a great 
lover of fine horses and is proud of having a team 
that will not "take dust" from any other team in 
Wood County. 

Dr. and Mrs. Simon have had four children, but 
two died in infancy, and one, Ina, when three 
months old. The only one living is Nina O., a 
bright and attractive child of two years. In poli- 
tics the Doctor is a strong Republican, which is 
also the political faith of ninet3'-five per cent, of 
the entire .Simon family-, now numbering seven or 
eight hundred members. 



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JOEL W. KELSEY was born in the state of 
Maine, on the 17th of December, 1819. His 
father, Joseph Kelsey,and mother, Lucy (Luf- 
kin) Kelsey, were natives of Massachusetts. 
Joel came to Toledo in July, 1845. He married 



Mary Jane Ryder in August, 1849, and they had a 
family of four boys, Joseph R., Edward W., Harry 
M. and John M. Mrs. Kelsey died on the 15th of 
September, 189L 



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iT^ LLEN K. HOFF, manager of the Colton 

/ ^ Manufacturing Company's retail store, No. 
326 Summit Street, Toledo, is a gentle- 
man of well known business ability, and is rapidly 
building up a fine trade for the concern with 
which he is connected. Socially he is a member 
of the Toledo Traveling Men's Association, and 
was its second Vice-President until he handed in 
his resignation in 1894. He is a stanch Repub- 
lican, and a man who takes correct views of his 
duties as a citizen, and fulfills them to the extent 
of his ability. 

A native of New York State, our subject was 
born in Union Springs, Cayuga County, Novem- 
ber 14, 1853, his parents being John and Melissa 
(Howell) Hoff. The father was born in Nassau, 
Rensselaer County, N. Y., and during the late War 
of the Rebellion was a faithful and valiant soldier 
in Company K, One Hundred and Eleventh New 
York Infantry. 

Allen K. Hoff was reared to farm duties, and 
during the regular terms of school pursued his 
studies in the district adjacent to his home until 
he was fifteen years of age. Later he entered Oak- 
wood Seminary, and after leaving that institution 
started out to make his own livelihood, his first 
employment being as clerk in a general store at 
Union Springs. 

About this time Mr. Hoff married Miss Fannie 
M. Horton, who was born in Rensselaer County, 
N. Y., her father, George Horton, being a resident 
of Poestenkijl, Rensselaer Count}', in the same 
state. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Hoff has 
been blessed by the birth of one son, Seymour H. 

Soon after his marriage Mr. Hoff removed with 
his bride to this city and obtained a clerkship in a 



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furniture store. F"or some time thereafter he was 
employed b}' the American Express Company, and 
we then find him with tlie wliolesale grocery firm 
of Ketcham, Bond & Co., afterward with Cray & 
Rood, dealers in saddlery and hardware, and later 
with Whitaker & Co. For the next five years he 
was a traveling salesman for the wholesale hard- 
ware firm of Mcintosh, Huntington & Co., of Cleve- 
land, Ohio. In April, 1894, he was made manager 
of the Gurney Market Company, of whicli he was 
also the President, and later he accepted his pres- 
ent position. He and his wife occupy a comfort- 
able home at No. 32 AVest Woodruff Avenue. 



LEROY M. LUDWIG, who for years has 
C^ been one of the most extensive and suc- 
cessful oil operators of the Central Stales, 
and is now a resident of Toledo, was born in Wy- 
andot County, Ohio, March 8, 1848. His father, 
Jeremiah B., was born in Reading, Pa., and when 
a small child accompanied his parents to Ohio in 
the '20s, locating with them in Wyandot (then 
a part of Crawford) County. The years of boy- 
hood and youth were passed upon his father's 
farm, and in 1832 he established domestic ties, be- 
ing united in marriage, at McCutchenville, Ohio, 
with Nancy A., daughter of John Freet, a black- 
smith, who had come to Wyandot County from 
Hagerstown, Md., about 1820. 

There were born unto Jeremiah B. and Nancy 
A. Ludwig seven sons and two daugiiters, all of 
whom died in childhood except the following: 
Theodore H., a farmer residing at Napoleon, Ohio; 
George C, who lives upon a farm in Hardin 
County, this state; and Leroy M., of this sketch. 
At the breaking out of the Rebellion, the father 
enlisted in Company C, Eighty-second Ohio In- 
fantry, in which he served for a year, being 
honorably discharged at Murfreesboro in 1863. Po- 
liticall}' he advocated the platform of the Demo- 
cratic party, and held a number of public offices. 



including those of Justice of the Peace and School 
Trustee. 

The subject of this sketch was educated in the 
common schools of Wyandot County. At the age 
of eighteen he entered the railroad service, and 
after a short time thus spent he was employed .as 
clerk in the store of O. W. Johnson, at Kirby, 
Ohio, remaining with that gentleman until he was 
twenty-one. He then accepted a position with the 
lumber firm of .James Woolworth & Co., in San- 
dusky, where he spent one year or more. L.ater he 
held a similar position with A. M. Jones & Co., of 
Bucyrus, Ohio, but in 1871 resigned his connection 
with that firm and associated himself with P. H. 
Hyman & Co., of Versailles, Ohio, with whom he 
continued until 1875. From that time until 1883 
he was in Putnam County, where he was inter- 
ested in the Eagle Stave Works. 

In 1883 Mr. Ludwig was elected on the Demo- 
cratic ticket to the office of County Recorder of 
Putnam County, and at the expiration of his term 
was re-elected, serving for six years. He then be- 
came interested in the oil business in Putnam and 
Wood Counties, where he drilled thirteen dry 
wells. Transferring his field of operation to West 
Virginia, he put down fifty-six productive wells. 
He continued in the business until 1894, when he 
sold out, realizing a large fortune therefrom. 
While operating in West Virginia, claimants to the 
lands he had leased put in an appearance and com- 
menced suit for the possession of the property. 
For some time the contest was stubbornl}' fought 
in the courts, becoming one of the most celebrated 
law cases that had ever been before the courts of 
the state. It was finally compromised by p!i3'ing 
the claimants the large sum of 8^143,000. 

During the year 1893 Mr. Ludwig came to To- 
ledo, and in March of 1894 he purchased the pala- 
tial residence of Charles L. Reynolds, on Colling- 
wood Avenue, where he and his wife now live, 
surrounded by all the luxuries that enhance the 
happiness of life. He was united in marriage, 
October 19, 1868, with MissSamantha A., daughter 
of Royal and Maria (Curtis) Sherman. She was 
one of the six children born to her parents, who 
are still living at Kirby, W3'andot County, the 
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years of age. Two children, a son and daughter, 
bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig. Nancy 
J., who was born in May, 1871, is the wife of Mott 
Ewing, a bookkeeper and accountant of Toledo; 
Theodore L., whose birtii occurred in 1872, is an 
enterprising and intelligent young man, and is a 
member of tiie McAfee-Ludwig Loan Companj^ 
with offices in tiie Cliaraber of Commerce Build- 
ing, Toledo. 

There are comparatively few who, beginning in 
life without capital, attain a success so marked as 
that whicli Mr. Ludwig has realized. His pros- 
perity is undoubtedly due to the possession of su- 
perior business qualifications, combined with tireless 
energy and determination. Though he has resided 
in Toledo for a short time only, he is already well 
known among the representative citizens of the 
place, and with his family moves in the best social 
circles of tlie community. 



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JH. STEPHENS. The village of Bradner 
owes an incalculable debt to those of her 
business men who have been sufficiently 
broad and far-sighted to plan improvements 
tending to the prosperity of the town. Among 
these conspicuous mention sliould be made of J. 
H. and David Stephens, who jointly own and con- 
duct one of the most flourisiiing general stores of 
Wood County. Tlirough the exercise of judicious 
management, indefatigable industry and discrimi- 
nation in investments, they have accumulated a 
fortune, and are known throughout the surround- 
ing country as one of tlie most reliable and suc- 
cessful firms of the county. 

The father of the brothers, John Stephens, was 
born in Pennsylvania in 1794, and was a teacher 
by profession. In 1833 he came to Ohio and set- 
tled in Richland County, but two years later came 
to Wood County, locating on the place where our 
subject was born, and where he himself spent his 
closing 3'ears. His deatli occurred January 28, 



1873. Among the earlj' settlers of Montgomery 
Township he was a leader, being a man of more 
than ordinary ability and education. In religious 
faith he was a Lutheran. But little is known con- 
cerning the early history of the family, with the 
exception of the fact that they are of German ex- 
traction. 

The mother of our subject w.as Catherine Hen- 
line, a native of Pennsylvania, and daughter of 
David Henline, who was of German descent. He 
came to Ohio in 1833 and settled on section 11, 
Montgomery Township, Wood County, and later 
removed to Indiana, settling near Ft. Wayne, 
where the balance of his life was passed. He had 
four sons, David, Samuel, Tobias and Michael, of 
whom tiie first-named became very wealthy. Sam- 
uel went to the vicinity of Freeport, Ohio, where 
he remained until death. Tobias and Michael set- 
tled near Ft. Wayne, Ind., where they became 
prominent and well-to-do farmers. 

The subject of this sketch is the eldest of five 
children. His eldest sister is the wife of C. H. 
Lightner, who served four j'ears as a member of 
the Seventy -second Ohio Infantry during the Civil 
War, and is now a resident of Eaton County, Mich. 
David, our subject's partner, was born on tlie old 
homestead January 3, 1842, and spent his early 
life on the farm, receiving a good education in the 
common schools. In 1877, with his two brothers, 
he embarked in business at Bradner, their com- 
bined capital being only about §300. March 13. 
1862, he married Miss Elizabeth Bonam, of San- 
dusky County, Ohio, and they are the parents of 
five living children, namely: Jesse, a graduate of 
the Ohio Normal University of Ada, and a promi- 
ment attorney of Fostoria; John, who is in the 
store with his father and uncle; Maggie, who was 
educated in the Normal School of Valparaiso, and 
has been a teacher since she was fifteen years of age; 
Walter W., who is a law student at Fostoiia under 
his brother; and Jennie, who is attending school. 
The father of these children is the present Post- 
master at Bradner. 

The next brother of our subject was Ezra, who 
married, but died when only twenty-two years of 
age. Martin L. was for many years in business 
with his brothers, J. H. and David, but is now a 



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resident of Toledo. Our subject, who is the eld- 
est of the brothers, was born in Montgomerj' 
Township, Wood County, April 19, 1839, and spent 
the j'ears of boyhood on the home farm. About 
1877, in partnership with his brotliers David and 
Martin L., he opened a store at Bradner, and he 
and his brother David have since conducted a large 
and profitable trade, the other brother having re- 
tired from the firm some years ago. They have 
been very successful, and are now the proprietors 
of one of the best equipped general stores in 
Wood County. 

Under the first administration of President 
Cleveland, our subject served as Postmaster at 
Bradner, which office is now held by his brother 
David. He has filled other local positions, having 
been Councilman of the Village Corporation, 
Treasurer of the Board of Education, and has 
occupied other places of trust and honor. Soci- 
ally' he is a Mason, active!}' interested in the order. 
In his political belief he advocates the principles 
of the Democratic party, and is well informed 
concerning the great questions that affect the wel- 
fare of our country. He has never married, but 
makes his home with his brotlier David. As a 
citizen he is interested in everything pertaining 
to the |)rosperit\' of the village and county. 



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-r EVAN J. BERKEYBILE lives in a hand- 
I O some home which he constructed in 1894, 
on the place known as the J. Earner Farm, 
of which he became the owner after the death of 
his father-in-law, and which is situated on section 
31, Spencer Township, Lucas County. From the 
spring of 1866 until 1894 our subject was engaged 
in farming on the same section, and on a farm 
which nearly adjoined his present home, where he 
owned forty-five acres of land. His first Presiden- 
tial ballot was cast for Abraham Lincoln, and from 
that time on he lias always been a stanch Repub- 



lican. He is not an office-seeker, and the only pub- 
lic position which he has held was that of Trustee 
of Spencer Township, in which capacity he acted 
for nine years. 

The paternal grandfather of the above-named 
gentleman moved to Springfield, Ricliland Coun- 
t3', Ohio, where he continued to reside until his 
death. His son George, our subject's father, was 
born in 1802, and on arriving at maturity married 
Susan Kuster, who was born in 1804, in Cambria 
County, Pa. They settled on, and became owners 
of, one hundred acres in the latter county, and 
were well known members of what was then known 
as the Dunkard Cli irch, but is now better known 
as the Brethren's. To them were born twelve chil- 
dren, as follows: Isabella, Mrs. Samuel Sone, of 
Johnstown, Pa.; Catherine, wife of Jacob Stein- 
man, now deceased, formerly engaged in farming 
near Johnstown; Jonathan, who married Catherine 
Stutzman, and owns a farm near Delta, this coun- 
ty-; Joseph, who married Julia Arthur, and is Super- 
intendent of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Pitts- 
burg; Richard, who is deceased, as is also his wife, 
formerly Elizabelli Harner; Aaron, who first mar- 
ried a Miss Home, and afterwards Miss Maggie 
Fulmer; Levan J., of this sketch; Mary, who mar- 
ried James Steinman, and after his demise became 
the wife of William Sweeney, and is now living 
in Kansas; Julia Ann, who rcarried John Lehman, 
a farmer living near .Johnstown, Pa.; David, who 
married Sarah Stutzman, and is a farmer of Ful- 
ton County; Susan, the wife of Jacob Fike and a 
resident of Johnstown, Pa.; and George, an en- 
gineer on the Pennsylvania Railroad. 

L. J. Berkeybile was born in Richfield Town- 
ship, Cambria County, Pa., September 27, 1836, 
and received a common-school education. When 
nineteen years of age he began to learn the car- 
penter's trade of his brother Jonathan, for whom 
he worked two years. November 24, 1857, he ar- 
rived in Fulton County, and after a short stay 
proceeded to Lucas County. In 1862 he went to 
Pittsburg, Pa., but at the end of a year returned 
to Ohio. Though he has followed his trade to a 
certain extent, he has devoted himself principally 
to farming and has been very successful. 

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Mary, daughter of John Farner, who was horn in 
Somerset County. Pa., March 19, 1811. His wife, 
who was a Miss Catherine Rhoades, was born in 
the same county, Maj' 26, 1807, and became the 
mother of ten children, all of whom are living. 
Harmon and Samuel are farmers of Spencer Town- 
ship; iNIinerva, the wife of Henry Manchley, lives 
in Kansas; Wilson is a farmer in Nebraska; John 
owns a farm in Monclova Township, Lucas Coun- 
ty; Harrison is a resident of Toledo; Franklin lives 
in Richfield Township; Ella became the wife of 
Henry Blucbergh, a farmer of this county; Joseph 
makes his home in Wayne Countj', Ohio; and 
Mary completes the familj-. The father was a 
blacksmitli by trade, and was married in iiis native 
county before coming to Ohio. For several years 
he lived in Wayne County, and then removed to 
Spencer Townsliip, where he passed tlie remainder 
of his life. 

Of the eleven children who came to bless the 
union of our subject and his wife all but one are 
living. Tlicy are as follows: Elmer E., a farmer 
of this township, and whose wife is Mary, daugh- 
ter of Andrew Reganald; Minerva E., wife of Ab- 
ner Baker, who owns a machine-shop near the vil- 
lage of Swanton; Elsie D., wife of John Rhorbach, 
a farmer of Fulton County; Joseph, who married 
Charlotte, daughter of Andrew Reganald, and lives 
at home; Chauncy, who married Laura Salisbury, 
and lives in Swanton; Aaron A.,whodied in 1874, 
aged one year; and Alonzo, Albert, Ciiarles, Frank- 
lin and Oma W., the younger children, who are 
unmarried and at home. For many years our sub- 
ject and iiis wife have been members of the Ger- 
man Baptist Brethren Church of Delta. 



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/"~y^ EORGE S. DANA makes his home on sec- 
VtC tion ll,Sylvania Township, Lucas Coun- 
ty. In addition to this place, which he 
owns, he has other good property in Toledo, and 
has become well-to-do through his own unassisted 
efforts. From May, 1873, until 1887 he was en- 



gaged in the real-estate and loan business in Tole- 
do, and expects to resume his previous occupation 
in the spring of 1895. At present he is serving 
his second term as Justice of the Peace, and in 
politics he is a worker in the ranks of the Repub- 
lican party. 

Born June 1, 1836, in Woodstock, Vt., our sub- 
ject is the son of George W. and Abba S. (Snow) 
Dana. He received a good education in the Green 
Mountain State, and remained at liome until he 
was past his majority. In 1859 he removed to 
Athens, 111., and practiced law iu that vicinity for 
two years, after which he was situated in Peters- 
burg, and later in Lincoln. For some ten or 
twelve years he was attorney for the Chicago & 
Alton Railroad, and was considered one of the best 
lawyers in that part of the slate. He is a gradu- 
ate of the law college of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., hav- 
ing been a member of the Class of '58, and but 
for failing health would have continued in the 
profession. However, he considers his residence 
iiere as onl\' a temporary one, as in his numerous 
real-estate transactions he bought a tract of twen- 
ty-four acres, his present home, and decided to 
try an outdoor life in the hope of being bene- 
fited. 

December 15, 1864, Mr. Dana was married, in 
St. Louis, Mo., to Hettie F., daughter of I. G. and 
Jane (Clingen) Israel, natives of Delaware and 
Chester County, Pa., respectively. About 1833 
they settled in Jacksonville, 111., where the father, 
who was formerly a miller, turned his attention to 
merchandising. He reared seven children, four of 
whom are living. Susan J., born September 30, 
1824, married Clingen Scott, since deceased, and is 
now living in St. Louis. William C, born in 1826, 
is married and is living in Tacoma, Wash. Mrs. 
Mary L. McDonald, born October 9, 1827, died 
November 26, 1885, in Jacksonville, 111. Gran- 
thaus, born December 31, 1830, died February 18, 
1890, in San Francisco. Martha M., Mrs. Clark J. 
Morton, was born September 18, 1833, and is now 
living in Salt I-ake City, Utah. George L., born 
November 19, 1837, died February 17, 1871, in 
San Francisco. Mrs. Dana w.is born August 2, 
1839. 

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died at the age of seventeen years. His only 
brother, Henry W., of Lincoln, 111., a retired law- 
yer, owns an abstract of the county in which he re- 
sides, and loans money on real-estate security. 
Both our subject and his wife have many friends 
in this locality, and have hosts of acquaintances 
and well-wishers in Toledo. They are both mem- 
bers of tlie Methodist Episcopal Church. 



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ROMAIN A. TAYLOR has been engaged in 
farming for many years on the old home- 
stead where his birth occurred, and which 
is situated on section 7, Spencer Township, Lucas 
County. He comes from an old and honored 
pioneer family of tliis section, and inherited the 
industrious and energetic qualities which belonged 
to his ancestors. 

Tlie father of our subject, William Taylor, was 
born January 9, 1810, near Williamsport, Lycom- 
ing County, Pa. He married a lady of the same 
count)', Mary Coarson by name, and to them were 
born sis daughters and two sons, those beside 
Komain A. being: Robert W., who was a farmer 
of F'ulton County, and died in 1881; Eliza, Mrs. 
William R. Cole, whose death occurred in June 
1873; Harriet, who died in 1877, being then the 
wife of James C. Vaughn; Mary J., wife of M. T. 
Cole, a farmer of Palmyra, Mich.; Theresa, Mrs. 
Harrison Farner, of Toledo; Lucretia, wife of P. O. 
Van Fleet, of Palmyra, Mich.; and Ada, who mar- 
ried Edward Wall, and lives on part of the old 
homestead. 

In 1834 William Taylor removed with his fam- 
ily to Lucas County, and took up one hundred 
and sixty acres on section 6, Spencer Township. 
He subsequently bought forty acres on the north- 
east quarter of the same section, and about 1845 
bought a farm of two hundred and sixty acres on 
section 7, one hundred acres of the latter being 
afterward purchased by Jonas Matzinger. Mr. 



Taylor erected two sawmills and engaged in lum- 
bering extensively. For many years he was Coun- 
ty Commissioner of this county, having been 
elected on the Republican ticket, and from 1860 
to 1872 was Township Treasurer. 

The subject of this sketch was born August 10, 
1855, in Spencer Township, and received a com- 
mon-school education. Going to Toledo in his 
early manhood, he was interested in railroading 
for about four years, his father at tliat time owning 
a large share of the stock of the Narrow Gauge 
(now Clover Leaf) Railroad. 

Februar}- 3, 1883, Romain A. Taylor and Aman- 
da, daughter of Anthony and Mary (Lord) Van 
Akin, of Richfield, were united in marriage, and 
to them were born three children, the eldest of 
wliom, Clyde, died at tiie age of four years and 
five months; Flossie, born in January, 1888; and 
Hazel, born October 21, 1891, are bright and 
promising children. Mr. Taylor is attiliated with 
the Republican party, and socially is a member 
of Swanton Lodge No. 555, F. k A. M. 



HON. LOUIS H. PIKE, ex-Judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas, is a gentleman 
who is well known in Toledo, where he is 
now practicing law. He was born in a country 
far from this, and no doubt he still retains fond 
memories of the Fatherland. Born in Prussia, 
June 12, 1826, he was twenty-three 3'ears of age 
when he landed on American shores, leaving the 
home of his youth and the kindly faces of friends 
behind him. 

Our subject is the son of Joseph Pike, also born 
in Prussia, which was also the home of his mother, 
whose maiden name was Agnes Karplus. He at- 
tended the common schools of his native land un- 
til a lad of ten years, when his parents, wishing 
him to be well educated, sent him to the gymnasi- 
um at Neisse, where he carried on his studies for 
the following six years. Then a lad of sixteen, 
he was offered and accepted a position as clerk in 




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a store in the city of Berlin, and for three years 
remained with his employers, during this time 
learning business methods. At the expiration of 
that time he went to Austria and clerked in a gen- 
eral merchandise store there for tliree years, at the 
end of which time, in 1848, arose the great politi- 
cal strife in Germany, and young Pike, on account 
of the views wiiicii he lield, was, in the 3'ear 1849, 
compelled to leave his native land and set sail for 
America, the land of the free. 

Landing in New York City in October, 1849, 
Mr. Pike remained there until December, 1851, 
when he made his way west to Monroeville, Oiiio, 
and embarked in the manufacture of cigars, which 
he carried on successfully for a period. During 
these years he found time to carry on his legal 
studies, as he had already made up his mind to fol- 
low the profe.ssion of law. After passing the re- 
quired examination, he was admitted to the Bar at 
Cleveland in 1854, and soon thereafter located for 
practice at Tiffin, .Seneca County. There he con- 
ducted a general practice for three ^-ears, and in 
1857 came to Toledo and, opening an office, .soon 
built up a large and lucrative clientage. 

Mr. Pike was elected, in October, 1883, Judge of 
the Common Pleas Court on the Democratic ticket, 
just twenty-nine years from the day he was admit- 
ted to the Bar, and he was admitted to the Bar 
just five years from the day he landed in America. 
By mistake in counting the votes, his opponent 
was notified of his election, but our subject, con- 
testing the election, was awarded his just rights by 
the Senate, and in 1884 took hisseaton the Bench. 
He served with distinguished honor and ability 
for a term of five years, including the period of the 
contest, and retired in 1888. He again resumed 
tiie practice of law, and is conceded by all to be 
oue among the ablest pleaders in the state, his re- 
markable success in trj'ing many noteii cases being 
due to his extreme intelligence and eloquence. He 
has always taken a great interest in jjolitical mat- 
ters, and is a pronounced Democrat. 

In 1858 Judge Pike and Miss Kate Fiefield, a 
native of New York, were united in marri.ige. In 
1879 he chose as his second companion Miss Lydia 
Miller, who was born in Iowa. 

In social affairs Mr. Pike is a member of Sanford 



L. Collins Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M., of which he 
was one of the organizers, and of which lodge he 
is also the oldest Past Master. He was High Priest 
of Ft. Meigs Chapter, R. A. M., has been twice Il- 
lustrious Grand Master of Toledo Council, R. & 
S. M.,and has held office for many 3'ears in Toledo 
Commandery No. 7, K. T., having represented these 
various bodies in the grand bodies. The Judge 
was actively identified with war matters during 
the late Rebellion, being a stanch war Democrat 
and a great admirer of President Lincoln, although 
he was so situated that he was prevented from go- 
ing to the front. 

Judge Pike is a charter member of the Ohio State 
Bar Association, which was organized in 1879, and 
of which he has been Treasurer for eight years 
past. He also belongs to the American Bar Asso- 
ciation, and is very prominent in the Brotherhood 
of Lawyers. In 1856 he became a member of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church at Tiffin, Ohio, his 
wife being also a member of that church. He is at 
present occupying a comfortable residence at No. 
1216 Huron Street, and has the friendship of the 
best people of the citj'. 






JOSEPH THATCHER WOODS, M. D., enjoys 
a large and lucrative practice, and is a prom- 
inent member of his profession in Toledo. 
He occupies the chair of Surgery in the To- 
ledo Medical College, and is now serving as Health 
Officer of the city. He has been engaged in prac- 
tice here for over a quarter of a century, and has 
given especial attention to surger}'. In 1868 he 
was appointed Professor of Physiology in the 
Cleveland Medical College, and continued to give 
lectures in that institution for the following six 
years. He organized the first corps of railway sur- 
geons, and called their first meeting, which con- 
vened at Danville, 111., and before that honorable 
body he read a very interesting and carefully pre- 
pared paper. He was also present at the conven- 



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tion of 1882, wliich was held at Ft. Wayne, Ind., 
and at the one wliicli met at Springfield, 111., Ai)rll 
3, 1884. His office, at No. 11 Gradolpli Block, is 
centrally and conveniently located for the pur- 
pose. 

The Doctor is a son of Amos and Rebecca 
(Thatcher) Woods, who were both natives of Fay- 
ette County, Pa., and were among the pioneers of 
the Buckeye State. The father came here with his 
parents in 1802, and the mother in 1827, after her 
marriage with Amos Woods. The latter, who was 
a farmer by occupation, was an industrious and 
hard-working man, who attended strictly to his 
own affairs, and thus won the respect of iiis friends 
and neighbors. His father was .Josepli Woods, and 
his grandfatlier Jacob, the latter being a native of 
Germany, who came to the New World to found a 
iiome about 1700. 

The birth of Dr. Woods occurred in Columbiana 
County, Ohio, March 16, 1828. He is the eldest 
of four children, one brother and sister still liv- 
ing. When nine years old he removed with his 
parents to Portage County, Ohio, where he grew 
to manhood and helped his father to clear a new 
farm. He attended the district school in the 
neighborhood, and a select school for three months. 
This covered about all his advantages in that di- 
rection, but he was fond of reading and study, 
and endeavored to improve his time. When lie 
liad reached a suitable age for determining his fu- 
ture life work, he decided to become a ph^'sician, 
and so look up the study of medicine in the office 
of Dr. James Ferguson, of New Baltimore, Oliio, 
and later studied under the tutelage of Dr. Joseph 
Price, of Randolph, Portage County. 

After completing liis preparatory studies, young 
AVoods entered the medical department of tiie 
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and grad- 
uated therefrom in 1855. He commenced his 
practice at Williamstown. Hancock County, Ohio, 
where he was located until 1862. At that time he 
was appointed Surgeon of the Ninety-ninth Ohio 
lufantr}', and was with the Fourth and Twenty- 
third Army Corps. He was at the front with his 
command during his entire service, a period of 
tliree years. In 1865 he resumed general practice 
at Findlay, Ohio, where he continued for two 



years, thence coming to Toledo. Politically his 
influence and ballot are used in support of the Re- 
publican party, with which he has been affiliated 
since its organization. 



1©L ^^^. 



REV. PATRICK F. QUIGLEY, D. D. One 
of the most distinguished theologians in 
the Catholic Church in the United States, 
and one win) has likewise gained favorable men- 
tion in other countries, is Dr. Quigley, pastor of 
St. Francis de Sales Church of Toledo. Through 
study in America and P^uropc, he has gained a 
breadth of culture and depth of learning that bring 
him into prominence in his church in both the Old 
and the New World. As an authority on canon 
law he has acquired special prominence, and his 
views on some recondite branches of that subject 
have at different times been given to the public. 
Many of his family took part in the Revolutionary 
War, as is evidenced by General Stryker's book on 
the names of the New Jersey men in that war. 
"The History of Summit County, Ohio," published 
at Chicago in 1881, gives many interestini; facts 
about the Quigleys of Akron Ohio. 

The family of which Dr. Quigley is an immedi- 
ate and honored representative is one of the most 
ancient and honorable of Ireland. His ancestors, 
who some centuries ago spelled the family name 
O'Coigley, for several successive generations re- 
sided in the vicinity of the Giant's Causeway in 
Ireland. Later, more than two centuries ago, they 
removed to Queen's County and settled near Dub- 
lin. Among the most noted of the name were 
Archbishop O'Quigley, and later. Rev. Dr. Quigley, 
who was one of the first victims of the memorable 
Hebellion of '98, having been executed at Penen- 
den Heath, May 7 of that year. His intimacy with 
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latter m the Tower of London. The ancient arms 
of the family, on which is cantoned the celebrated 
"Red Hand of Ulster," still borne by the members 
here, attest tlieir illustrious station in Irish history. 
In early times individual names were indicative 
of personal qualities. "Quigley," in Irish, signi- 
fies "tall hero," and the Ohio representatives of 
the family, all of whom are over six feet tall, and 
every one of whom has won his way to honorable 
distinction, show tliat they are in every sense wor- 
thy of their ancient name. 

Tiic father of our subject, Martin Quigley, was 
born in Timahoe, Queen's County, Ireland, No- 
vember 11, 1805. He was the next to the j'oung- 
est of fourteen children, there being seven sons 
and seven daughters. The children were educated 
partly in parochial schools and partly by private 
tutors. The eldest, Cornelius, was a graduate of 
Trinity College, Dublin. Patrick, who died in 
1874, in Queen's County, at the age of eighty- 
four, founded the Leinsfer Independent, the leading 
paper of the county. He owned more than one 
hundred houses in Maryboro, the count}' seat; 
farmed over five hundred acres, and was one of 
the most popular men for miles around, being re- 
spected for his abilitj- as a Magistrate, his enter- 
prise as a citizen, and an unfailing supply of hu- 
mor, which rendered him a delightful companion. 

In Queen's County, in 1839, Martin Quigley 
married Miss Mary Ann Moore, a descendant of 
the ancient family of O'Moores, formerly Kings 
of Leinster and Princes of Leix and Offaly. Her 
brother, Hon. James Moore, who represented Bos- 
ton in the Legislature of Massachusetts for four 
terms, influenced Mr. Quigley to emigrate to Amer- 
ica, which he did in the '40s. It was supposed 
that he would settle in Boston, but after a pro- 
longed sojourn in that city and in Albany, N. Y., 
he, through the influence of John Dunne, of Sum- 
mit County, Ohio, a cousin of Mrs. Quigley, was 
induced to reside in Ohio. 

Arriving in Summit County in July, 1848, Mar- 
tin Quigley at once purchased a tract of land in 
Springfield Township, and there the family' took 
up their abode. Later he purchased the Landis 
Farm, one-half mile from Middlebury (now Akron); 
he also bought a farm in Copley Township, which 



he leased, and finally bought residence property on 
High Street, Middlebury, which was the family 
homestead for nearly thirty years. At the time he 
came to Summit County, the manufacture of 
stoneware, now one of the chief industries, was 
comparatively unknown. Foreseeing that a suc- 
cess could be made of this industry, he began to 
study the stoneware business, and, in prospecting, 
found a bed of good potter's clay, which he 
bought and began to operate. Soon he was able 
to furnish the two small potteries in Middlebury 
with better clay, at lower rates, than they had 
hitherto secured. As they could not utilize his 
entire product, he looked abroad for a market, 
and was the first man to ship this clay out of the 
state. He sent it first by canal, and later by rail- 
road, to Cleveland, thence by boats to Michigan, 
Wisconsin and other neighboring states. 

After some time he purchased the pottery works 
at Middlebury, and at once increased the business. 
Prior to that, clay had been ground in the old- 
fashioned horse-power mill; but wishing to secure 
belter facilities, he bought a twenty-liorse-power 
engine in Cleveland and commenced to grind the 
clay by steam. In 1862 his eldest living sons, 
Thomas and William, entered the firm, and later 
Hugh became one of the partners. Under the firm 
name of Quigley Bros., they increased the bus- 
iness until they had warehouses with a capacity of 
nearly three million gallons of ware, and as early 
as the Centennial year an annual business of 
over 1150,000. They shipped their products by 
rail and water throughout the entire country. 
Not onl}' did the}' continue the business projected 
by their father, but they also exerted themselves 
in a wholesale way, dealing in the wares manufact- 
ured by others who engaged in the enterprise. 

In his old .age Martin Quigley was surrounded 
by all the comforts he had accumulated through 
his business sag.acity and energy. His declining 
years were passed in retirement from the heavier 
cares of life, but he continued to maintain an act- 
ive interest in business affairs until his demise, in 
1878. It was his privilege to witness the growth 
of the stoneware business from its beginning until 
it attained a prominent rank among the leading 
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his home in Akron, October 8, 1878, at the age of 
seventy-three years. His record was that of an 
honoraljje and progressive business man, and he 
left to posterity- the heritage of an upright Chris- 
tian life, devoted to the welfare of his fauiil}-, his 
adopted country and his friends. 

The four surviving sons of Martin Quigley were 
Thomas, William, Hugh and Patrick. The eldest 
died in childhood. William was united in mar- 
riage, in November, 1864, with ISJiss Theresa, eld- 
est daughter of .lohn Smith, a wealthy resident and 
a prominent Catholic and citizen of Cleveland. 
"Tom," the eldest son, married Miss Lucy Tem- 
pleman, of York, Pa., in 1881, and died in 1893. 
Hugh was married, Ma^' 2, 1876, to Miss Helena, 
eldest daughter of Peter Daly, also a prominent 
citizen of Cleveland. 

The youngest son, tiie subject of this historical 
sketcii, Patrick Francis de Sales (Quigley, from 
childhood displayed great intellectual capacity, and 
at a very early age was sent to college at Cleve- 
land, Ohio. There, in a period of twelve years, 
he completed the full curriculum of studies, in- 
cluding a four-years course in theology, and was 
ordained to the priesthood b}- Rt.-Rev. Amadeus 
Kappe,the (irst Bishop of Cleveland. The Bishop, 
recognizing his superior talents, urged him to go 
to Rome, that he might profit by the higher stud- 
ies there. Up to that time the Diocese of Cleve- 
land had never had a student at Rome, and, in 
those comparatively early days and poor times, 
had no fund to defray the expenses incident to 
sending students there. But the father of the 
young priest volunteered to defray the expenses 
of an additional course of studies for his son at 
Rome, and he started for that city in September, 
1869, the first from tlie Diocese of Cleveland to 
go to study in the Eternal City. For three years 
he attended the lectures in philosoiihy, theologj', 
canon law, ecclesiastical history, etc., at the re- 
nowned Collegia .Roma«o. or the Gregorian Univer- 
sity, which conferred upon him the titles of Bach- 
elor, Licentiate and Doctorate in Theology. This 
was in the year 1872, and, excepting Dr. Mc- 
Closkey, afterwards Cardinal McCloskey, of New 
York, Dr. (.Quigley w.is the first American iciest 



upon whom those titles were conferred by the 
Gregorian University. 

Upon returning to Ohio in 1872 he was sent as 
pastor to a German congregation, St. Mar3-'s, at 
Rockport, where he remained one year, when he 
was appointed Professor at the Theological Semi- 
nary in Cleveland. For more than twelve years 
he continued there as Lecturer in Theology, Canon 
Law, Ecclesiastical History, Sacred Eloquence and 
Sacred Scripture. In 1876, during the absence of 
Bishop Gilmour, he was placed in charge of the 
Diocese of Cleveland for a period of three months. 
While at the seminary in Cleveland he initiated 
and took a leading part in organizing the move- 
ment among the Catholic clergy there to bring suit 
in the civil courts to exempt Catholic schools from 
the general taxes levied by the state law. The 
suit finally terminated in exempting all Catholic 
schools from the general taxes, which, before that 
time, they had been paying. 

^ In November, 1885, Dr. Quigley was ordered to 
Toledo, as pastor of St. Francis de Sales congrega- 
tion. This spacious church, which is located at the 
intersection of Superior and Cherry Streets, is 
the "Mother Church" of Toledo, and has long 
been regarded ,is one of the finest Catholic congre- 
gations in Ohio. The parish was founded by Fa- 
ther Rappe (later the first Bishop of Cleveland) in 
1841. Archbishop Henni and Bishop Machebeuf, 
Bishop De Goesbriand (now of Burlington, Vt.), 
Father Foley, Father A. Campion, Father M. 
O'Conor, Father Robert Sidle}', Rt.-Rev. Monsig- 
nor Boff and Father .Tames O'Reiley were also pas- 
tors of this church. 

When Dr. Quigley took charge, in 1885, the 
parisii numbered about three hundred families. 
The membership has more than doubled since, so 
that now (1895) there are upwards of three thou- 
sand souls in the parish. The present church edi- 
fice was erected in 1870 and has a seating capacity- 
of fourteen hundred adults. It was designed by 
Kieley, of New York, and has one of the most 
beautiful interiors in Ohio. The acoustic proper- 
ties are excellent, and the service has long been 
noted for the excellence of its music. 

The congregation is not only numerous, but 
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took charge tliere was a church debt of more thai) 
$30,000. In four years he greeted the assembltd 
congregation with the announcement that all cur- 
rent expenses liad been met, and llie last dollar of 
the mortgage debt paid. 

A very pronounced feature in the liistory of St. 
Francis de Sales Parish, as well as in tlie record of 
the subject of tins skelcli, is the parochial-school 
education. Early in the '40s Bisliop Rappe opened 
a parochial school near St. Francis de Sales Cliurch, 
and it has been kept open ever since. The first 
teacher was Professor Wliiteford, a learned French 
gentleman, who was the pioneer in the pedagogics 
of parochial-school education in Toledo. In 1854 
tlie Ursuline Nuns took charge of Toledo's first 
parochial school, and have continued to teach there 
uninterruptedly evei- since. In 1886 Dr. Quigley 
opened a correspondence with the Brothers of the 
Christian Schools in New York, with a view to 
securing a little band of Brothers to teach the boys 
of St. Francis de Sales Parochial Schools. His 
efforts in this direction resulted, after four years, 
in securing a promise from Rev. Brother Patrick, 
the American Superior of this teaching order, to 
send some Brothers for the school .\ear beginning 
in September, 1891. In July of that year Brother 
Clementian, the Assistant Brother General of the 
order, came from Paris, France, to Toledo on a 
tour of inspection, and, after a day's investigation, 
announced his conclusion, saying: "Doctor, I am 
at your service." Dr. Quigley expressed his fer- 
vent thanks and promptly said: "I shall be happj-, 
indeed, to exercise the authority you so graciously 
confer upon me. Send me the best teacher you 
have in America for at least a few years, and at 
least one other good teacher to assist him. Also, 
promise me that from time to time, as occasion re- 
quires, you will send us more teachers." 

The Assistant Brother General could not but 
express his astonishment at the great favor de- 
manded; but he consented, and the usual contracts 
were mutually signed. In the month of August 
no less a personage than Rev. Brother Alexander, 
for years the Director of the celebrated De la Salle 
Institute, at the park. New York City, was ordered 
to Toledo to take charge of St. Francis de Sales 
Parochial Schools. Only the perfect discipline of 



religion and the heroic spirit of self-sacrifice and 
enthusiastic devotion to the cause of Christian 
education could bring a celebrated President of a 
six hundred tliousand dollar marble palace in New 
York, joyous and happy, to the humble sphere of 
a parish school in Toledo. They took charge of 
the schools in September, 1891. Two other Broth- 
ers assist in teaching the larger boys, while the 
smaller boys and all the girls of the school are 
taugiit by eight Ursulines. The Brothers at St. 
Francis dc Sales are the first band of Christian 
Brothers to teach in the state of Ohio. The num- 
ber of pupils in attendance is five hundred. In 
addition to these teachers, an accomplished musi- 
cian, an Ursuline from the neighboring Ursuline 
Convent, regularly gives lessons to the girls in 
vocal and instrumental music, while Professor 
Poulin, of Toledo, does the same several hours a 
week for the more advanced boys, some of whom 
are taught to play the piano, the violin and the 
mandolin. 

The schools are regularly graded, and thestudies 
for the most advanced pupils comprise all the 
branches of an academic course of studies, among 
them grammar, riietoric, composition and English 
literature; mathematics, arithmetic, algebra and 
geometry; history, sacred and profane; bookkeep- 
ing, typewriting and stenography; and there is 
also a class in Latin. A class in Greek is soon to 
be opened. 

Public examinations and exhibitions are con- 
ducted annually in the largest theatre of the city. 
The efficiency of the teachers, both that of the 
Ursulines and that of the Brothers, as well as the 
standard of education and the proficiency of large 
numbers of pupils, are sources of joj' to thou- 
sands ill Toledo. The Brothers, as teachers, have 
few, if any, rivals, and certainly no superiors. 
Many facts attest the excellence of the work done 
in these schools. Girls have gone from the par- 
ochial schoolrooms upon completing their studies 
there under the Ursulines and successfully passed 
examinations before the Public School Board as 
applicants for teachers' certificates. The class work 
of these schools was sent to the school exhibit of 
the Columbian Exhibition, at Cliicago, and a warded 
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awards made to any school. St. PYancis de Sales 
schools were the only schools in the great state of 
Ohio that received so many of the highest awards. 
So far as announced, tlie public schools of Toledo 
received no diplomas of honor. 

The old School buildings are now about to give 
way to something more in keeping with the great 
cause of education and the rapid increase of To- 
ledo. In 1893 a big school building was projected 
and work begun on it in October of that year. 
The church property comjirises the entire block of 
land bounded by Cheriy, Superior, Orange and 
Eagle Streets. The lot is 400x150 feet. While the 
church is located on the northern line of the 
grounds, the new school is being built at the south- 
ern line, leaving twenty thousand feet of ground 
between church and school for i)laygrounds. Tlie 
big school is one hundred and forly-four feet long 
and one hundred and four feet wide, and is to be 
five stories high. The plans show it to have three 
acres of floors. The style is Romanesque. TLie 
work progresses slowly. It required an entire ^ear 
to finish the foundation and the first story, or the 
walls up to the water table. The foundation was 
sunk to a point forty feet below the grade line, 
and rises to a height of thirteen feet above the 
street level. The outer walls, furnished by the 
Syenite Granite Company of St. Louis, are of red 
Missouri granite, perhaps tlie most beautiful and 
perfect of all building material. The blocks of 
granite are all in courses two feet high, from two 
to twelve feet long, rock-faced, and many of them 
tiiirty-six inches thick. Already the grand pro- 
portions of the structure appear, liold and magnif- 
icent, while the warm rosebud color of the granite 
is beautiful indeed. This institution, when fin- 
ished, may well be regarded as an honor and an 
ornament to any city or state in the Union. Work 
was suspended during the jiast winter, but will be 
resumed in the near future. 

Dr. Quigley has made a name as a fine speaker 
and a powerful orator. He has preached much in 
English; also in Italian, French and German, as oc- 
casion required. He has been in great demand as 
a pulpit orator, and has often been called upon for 
lectures and other public addresses. The congre- 
gations of cathedrals and other prominent churches 



between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, and 
even in the far-awa^' Orient, have listened to his 
eloquence. He is said to have been the first 
American priest known to have preached the 
Gospel in China. 

Our subject has made a specialty of the study of 
canon law and Christian education. Many Catholic 
periodicals, including the '■•Civilia Caitolica," of 
Rome, and the "American Catholic Quarterly Re- 
view," have spoken of liis work on these lines in 
terms of high praise. In the year 1878 he pub- 
lished "Points in Canon Law," a series of essays 
on recondite subjects in that science. In the year 
1883 he was invited to Pittsburg by the civil 
courts there as an expert in canon law to instruct 
the judges in the case of Sheehan versus Tuigg, a 
case involving the Church teaching on the quali- 
fications of pastors and on the relations of Bishops 
and priests. Tlie Doctor was on the stand giving 
evidence for many days, and his views finally pre- 
vailed in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. 
Bishop Tuigg, in the same year, published a book, 
"Compendium of Civil and Canon Law," of seven 
iiundred and fifty-six ])ages, containing the record 
in the case, including all the evidence on canon- 
law points. 

The Bishop of Albany, in 1885, invited Dr. 
Quigley to Albany to conduct a iiighly important 
case in canon law in the ecclesiastical courts there. 
With ills distinguished friend and cousin, Ex- 
Chief Justice Dunne, he managed that case, and 
later, at the special request of Cardinal .Simeoni, 
published in Latin a book of two hundred and 
seventy-four pages, "Cawsa Mairimonialis, Nolan," 
setting forth the entire case as tried. 

In the years of 188G, 1887 and 1888, Dr. Quig- 
ley conducted the celebrated ease of Gilmour versus 
the Toledo Sisters of Charity, a case brought by 
Rt.-Rev. R. Gilmour, the Bishop of Cleveland, 
against the Gra}' Nuns in tcclesiastical courts, to 
determine as to the property rights of the Bishop 
and the Sisters in the matter of property of St. 
Vincent's Orphan Asylum and St. Vincent's Hos- 
pital, in Cherry Street, Toledo, Ohio. The prop- 
erty included twelve acres of ground in the city 
and the buildings erected thereon at a cost of 
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Cardinal Gibbons in August, 1888, who acted as 
Delegate Apostolic in the matter, and held his most 
high court at Toledo, hearing the case for over 
a week. Each side spoke four days, the Bishop 
pleading for the Diocese of Cleveland, and Dr. 
Qiiigley for the Gray Nuns. This was the first 
and, thus far, tlie onl3' time a Papal Court was 
lield in Toledo. The final judgment sustained all 
the claims of tlie Sisters, and rejected all the 
claims of the Bishop. In preparing tlie case Dr. 
Quigley was assisted by Judge Dunne. They 
published a Latin book on the case, comprising 
two hundred and sixty-five pages, and entitled: 
"Titulus Proprietarius Orphanotrophii ToMani, Sti. 
Vincentii." 

In the year 1890 Dr. Quigley resisted the Oliio 
Compulsory P^ducation Law, claiming tliat it was 
unconstitutional. He was thereupon indicted, ar- 
rested, iniprisonerl and prosecuted. The case came 
up for trial in tlie Common Pleas Court, was there 
tried, and thence appealed to the District Court, 
where it was also tried, and from there appealed 
to the Supreme Court of Ohio, and tliere likewise 
passed upon. The Doctor has published a book 
on the case, comprising xxviii and five hundred 
and ninety-eight [lages. It includes an introduc- 
tory, an analytical table of contents, a history of 
the trial, the arguments of the attorneys on both 
sides, the opinions of the different courts, and a 
copious alphabetical index. It is the first presen- 
tation, as a law case, of the great school question, 
and must interest the reading public in general. 
Dr. Quigley's attorneys in the case were: Hon. E. 
V. Dunne, ex-Chief Justice; Hon. Frank H. Hurd, 
ex-Congressman; Hon. J. M. Ritchie, ex-Congress- 
man. The editor of the "Educational Review," 
in September, 1892, wrote of this case: ''This To- 
ledo case was argued and decided on broad con- 
stitutional grounds," and "perhaps no decision 
more important to the future of all compulsory 
education legislation in this country has ever been 
rendered by an American court." The title of 
this work is: "Compulsory Ediication. Ohio versus 
Quigley." 

Dr. Quigley is a man of extensive travels. He 
has traveled hundreds of thousands of miles on 
the American Continent, and has visited nearly 



every nation of Europe, even Russia, Turkey and 
Greece. He has also traveled in Western and East- 
ern Asia. He is fond of ocean sailing, and recent- 
ly made one voyage of more than seventeen thou- 
sand miles on the Pacific, visiting Hawaii, Japan 
and China. He has occasionally lectured on his 
travels to large audiences, whom he inteiested 
with glimpses of the countries he had visited. 



HON. GEORGE LASKEY, a prominent cit- 
izen and retired capitalist of Toledo, and 
an ex-Senator of Oliio, is of English ori- 
gin, having been born in Devonshire, near the 
town of Bristol, August 23, 1824. His parents, 
George and Ann (Southard) Laskey, who werealso 
natives of England, emigrated to America in 1833, 
landing in New York, where they remained but a 
short time, however. Leaving New York, they 
came direct to Ohio, and settled in Lucas County, 
where they purchased some land, at that time in a 
wild, uncultivated state, and proceeded to make a 
home among the early pioneers of Ohio. The fa- 
ther was a meciianic in his native land, but fol- 
lowed farming pursuits after coming to America. 
He departed this life in his home on the old farm 
near Toledo in 1843. His wife, the mother of our 
subject, passed away in Toledo, aged eighty-six 
years. 

The subject of this sketch was reared on his fa- 
ther's farm, and educated in the public schools. In 
1837, at the early age of thirteen years, he started 
out in tlie world for himself, and going to Grand 
Rapids, Ohio, accepted a clerkship in the store of 
Francis Hinsdale, which position he held until 
April 14, 1846. At this time he became a partner 
in the firm, and the style was changed to Hinsdale 
& Co. They were very successful in business, and 
the partnership continued until the death of Mr. 
Hinsdale, which occurred in 1851. Mr. Laskey 
continued to carry on tlie business, having charge 
of Mrs. Hinsdale's interest in the store in con- 



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nection with liis own. Later he and his brother 
bought out Mrs. Hinsdale, and tiie Arm name was 
again changed, tiiis time to Laskey Bros. Being 
energetic, wide-awake young men, possessed of more 
than ordinary business ability, they became the 
most popular merchants of Grand Rapids, and by 
their courteous manner and strict attention to bus- 
iness, won many friends, and had the entire confi- 
dence of the community. In 1866 they sold out 
and retired from the mercantile trade, and became 
interested in real estate. 

After retiring from his mercantile career, Mr. 
Laskey became interested in agricultural pursuits, 
having previously purchased several large tracts 
of land in Wood, Henry, Putnam and Lucas Coun- 
ties. He has now several thousand acres in these 
counties, most of which is laid out in fine farms, 
and under a high state of cultivation. This venture 
proved a very successful undertaking, and he con- 
tinued in the occupation until September 1, 1877. 
He then removed to Toledo, where he has since re- 
sided. ISince coming to this city his time has been 
completely occupied in looking after his real-es- 
tate interests, and besides his numerous farms he 
owns a large amount of city property, which is 
very valuable. 

In 1859 Mr. Laskey was elected to the Ohio 
State Senate, to represent the sis counties of Lucas, 
Wood, Hancock, Henry, Fulton and Putnam, serv- 
ing a term of two years. While m the Senate he 
was one of the Committee on Raili'oads, and Chair- 
man of the Committee on Ditches and Roads, do- 
ing more than any otiier man in Ohio toward in- 
augurating the drainage system that has reclaimed 
so many thousands of .acres of wet land. He has 
always taken an active part in the drainage 
system and in all public affairs, being an impor- 
tant factor in the growth and improvement of the 
community in which he h.as made his home. He 
served as Commissioner of Wood County for six 
years. 

Hon. George Laskey and Miss Antoinette How- 
ard were united in marriage .lanuary 1, 1848. She 
is a daughter of Edward Howard, a native of Sen- 
eca Lake, N. Y., who came to Ohio in 1821, locat- 
ing in Grand Rapids, Wood County, where the 
wife of our subject was born. Mr. and Mrs. Laskey 



are the parents of six children, four sons and two 
daughters, as follows: Edward G., who resides in 
Grand Rapids, Ohio; Howard Lincoln, a resident 
of Sterling, Kan.; .Sherman, who makes his home 
in Coleman, Mich.; Henry S., a graduate of Ann 
Arbor University; Marian H., who is the wife of 
Henry P. Siianks, of Wood County; and Ella G., 
now Mrs. Lacy Y. Williams. The family occupies 
a high position in the social world. Mr. and Mrs. 
Laskey attend the Congregational Church in To- 
ledo, of which they are active members. Politi- 
cally the former is a stanch Republican, and his 
party finds in liiin a warm advocate and ardent 
supporter. The beautiful and attractive residence 
of our subject is located at No. 2413 Collingwood 
Avenue. 



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(TT^ DAM MARTIN, until recently a well-to- 
/ — \ do business man of Millbury, was a mem- 
ber of the Village Council for eleven years. 
He was a native of Bavaria, having been born in 
Gros Steinhauser, December 22, 1822. His father, 
Henry Martin, a native of the same village, was 
born in 1788. He and his youngest son, Jacob, 
were lost at sea in 1852, while on their w.ay to 
America. The wife and mother, Louisa, daughter 
of .John Sofel, both natives of C4ros Steinhauser, 
died about 1850. 

Adam Martin was the fourth in a family of 
nine sons, four of whom died before reaching ma- 
turity. Those remaining in the Old Country are 
.John and Henry. Fred, the second son, came to 
the United States about 1845, and lived for a year 
or so with his brother Adam in liuffalo, after which 
he started for Ohio, and was never after heard 
from by our subject. The latter attended the pub- 
lic schools of his native village from the time he 
was six until he was fourteen years of age, when 
he was confirmed in the Lutheran Church. AVork- 
uig on a farm until the Christmas follovving, he was 
then apprenticed to the miller's trade, and served 
for three years, after which he received wages for 




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a 3'eai' from the same man. The next two years 
he was employed at Dahlheim, ten miles west of 
his old home. For a similar length of time he 
worked in a mill in his native village. Sailing 
from Havre de Grace on the "Queen Victoria," 
after a voyage of forty-two days he landed in 
New York, September 15, 1846, and after spend- 
ing a couple of weeks in tlie metropolis vvent to 
Buffalo, by way of the Hudson River to Albany^ 
and thence b}' railroad. He had friends in Buf- 
falo, but finding no work there he went to a vil- 
lage thirty miles east and worked for a farmer at 
twenty-five cents a day. Some time later, return- 
ing to the cit^-, he sawed wood throughout the 
winter, and continued to labor at various pursuits 
for five years. In the spring of 1852 he rented a 
farm eighteen miles east of Buffalo, and cultivated 
the place for nineteen years. In 1861 he bought 
a farm of eleven acres five miles from Buffalo, and 
when not employed on his own land worked for 
neighbors. 

In the fall of 1865 Mr. Martin sold his New 
York farm and went to Toledo, where he remained 
for four weeks and then came to Millbury. He 
bought nineteen acres near tlie village, and after 
living on the place for a year traded it for a Mty- 
acre tract a mile and a-lialf north of Millbury. 
Later he sold this and bought a house adjacent to 
the town, and worked in a staveraill. In 1873 he 
opened a saloon in Millbury, and operated this for 
thirteen years, at the end of which time, in 1886, 
it was destroyed by fire. 

In October of the latter year, Mr. Martin bought 
the building which he owned at his decease, and 
opened a store, which he was conducting at the 
time of his deatii. Up to 1864 he was a Repub- 
lican, but after that time was a Democrat. In 
May, 1844, he was married in his native village to 
Miss Anna Maria Sommers,who was born in Klein, 
.Steinhauser, October 30, 1819. Her father, John 
Sommers, was a stonemason by trade. The fol- 
lowing children were born to our subject and his 
wife: Margueretta, wife of George Kalmback, a 
merchant of this place; Adam, a carpenter at Wil- 
liston, Ohio; one who died in infancy; Fred, who 
was killed in Buffalo at the age of twent3'-two 
years; Jacob, who died at the age of eleven months; 



Henry, who died at Millbury about 1880, leaving 
a family; Kate, wife of Harry Williams, a locomo- 
tive engineer of Allegheny City, Pa.; Jacob, a 
street-car conductor in Toledo; Christian, who is 
in tlie railroad employ at Millbury; Charlie, a 
brakeman on the Lake Shore Railroad; Caroline, 
wife of Lee Davis, a stave-cutter at Williston, 
Ohio; and Peter, formerly a fireman on a locomo- 
tive, and now with his mother in Millbury. 

Mr. M.arlin died March 13, 1895, deeply re- 
gretted by his familj', to whom he was most de- 
voted, and b^' his fellow-citizens, whose esteem he 
had won by his honor and integrity as a business 
man and his kindliness of disposition. Together 
with his wife, he held membership in the Luth- 
eran Church of this place. 



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/^"V EORGE S. BRAILEY. Prominent among 
V^T the capable and eflicient business men of 
Toledo stands Mr. Brailey, who is exten- 
sively engaged in the real-estate business in this 
city, and resides at No. 2613 Cherry Street. A na- 
tive of New York, he was born in Buffalo in 1838, 
being the son of Gideon and Ann (Green) Brailey, 
who were also natives of the Empire State, the 
mother having been born in Genesee County. 
They came to Ohio and located in Erie County, 
and afterward removed to Huron County, where 
they lived until 1860. From Huron County they 
removed to Fulton County, where they spent the 
remainder of their days. The father depaited this 
life at the age of seventy-eight, and the mother 
passed away at the venerable age of seventy-nine 
years. 

The Brailey ancestors were originally from Scot- 
land, and the grandfather was a hero of the Revo- 
lution, fighting bravely for the liberty which the 
present generation now enjoys in peace and pros- 
perity. Gideon, the father of George, was another 
brave and true soldier, and during the War of 
1812, with the brave and valiant men of that day, 
took up arms in defense of his countrj'. 

The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood 
days in Huron Count}', where he received the ru- 



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diraents of an education in the public schools- 
Later lie entered the Milan Union School, and com- 
pleted his studies in the Western Reserve Normal 
School, where he remained two years. After fin- 
ishing his education he joined tiie noble armj- of 
teachers, and for seven years followed that worthy 
profession, teaching in various places with the best 
of success, and becoming widely known. He was 
very popular among his fellow-teachers and highly 
respected by his pupils. At the age of twenty-six 
years he retired from the schoolroom and went to 
Columbus, Ohio, where he accepted the position of 
Chief Clerk in the office of the State Comptroller, 
which latter office was at that time held by his 
brother, Gen. M. R. Brailey. For six years and 
a-half he honorably filled this position, and then 
resigned and went to Kansas City, Mo., and be- 
came proprietor of the Gait House in that place, 
where he remained four years. In 1878 he came 
to Toledo and embarked in the real-estate business, 
negotiating in mortgages, bonds, loans, real estate, 
etc., and this he has conducted successfully to the 
present time, doing a large and extensive business. 
On the 22d of March, 1862, Mr. Brailey was 
united in marriage with Miss Libbie D.Geer, a na- 
tive of Ingham County, Mich., and to this union 
two children were born: Anna, who is the wife of 
Hugh Hall; and BI. R. Brailey, an attorney-at-law, 
residing in Toledo. Mrs. Brailey was called to 
the land beyond December 25, 1891. She was an 
estimable lady, and her death was mourned not 
alone by her family, but also by a large circle of 
friends and acquaintances. Sociallj' Mr. Brailey 
is identified with the Masonic order, and is a mem- 
ber of tlie Royal Arcanum of this city. In his 
political views he is a stanch Republican, and takes 
a deep interest in the success of his party. Heand 
his family are members of the Episcopal Church. 



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(TT^ LEXANDER WIGHT, whose home is in 

r — \ Center Township, Wood County, has a war 

record of which he may be justly proud, 

as he took part in manj- of the leading battles and 

engagements of the Civil War, in the states of 



Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky and Virginia, 
during the campaigns of 1861 and 1862, and was 
always faithful at his post of dut}'. In 1865 he 
put up a sawmill on his farm, and continued to 
operate it until 1893, when he sold out to Messrs. 
Sawyer & Covert. In addition to running his 
mill, he lias been actively engaged in farming dur- 
ing his mature years, and is the proprietor of a 
valuable place, comprising fifty-five acres on sec- 
tion 24. 

The parents of our subject bore the respective 
names of Alexander and Mary (Harvey) Wight. 
They were both born in Scotland, and were married 
ia their native land. Eight ciiildren graced their 
union, namely: Jane, who married Gordon Dun- 
can; John; Mary, who became the wife of Jumes 
Archibald; one who died in infancy; Alexander; 
George and Bessie, deceased; and William. In 
1832 the father came to the United States on a 
sailing-vessel, and at the end of a six-weeks voy- 
age landed in Quebec. He soon made a permanent 
settlement in Ashland Count}', Ohio, where all his 
children were born. 

Our subject's birth occurred September 15, 1838, 
near Savannah, Ashland County, this state. He 
was early inured to the duties of farm life, and 
when scarcely a dozen years old he hired out to a 
neighboring farmer for two years at fifty cents a 
day, after which he worked at the carpenter's trade 
for several years. June 7, 1861, he enlisted in 
Company G, Twenty-third Ohio Infantry, and was 
mustered in at Columbus. He was sent to Wheel- 
ing, W. Va., and ere long took part in the battle of 
Lookout Mountain, Va., after which followed those 
of Bold Mountain, Cotton Mountain, Peck's Ferry, 
Sharpsburg, Red Clay Mountain, Blue Stone, 
Princeton, New River Gap, Bull Run, Frederick 
Cit)', South Mountain, Middletown, Antietara, 
Clarksburg and a great many lesser engagements. 
During his service he was twice wounded, and still 
carries two bullet marks. He was honorably dis- 
charged October 28. 1862, and returned home. 

During the summer of 1863 Mr. Wight worked 
at his trade of carpentering, and in 1865 came to 
this locality, buying one hundred and sixt}' acres 
of land in section 24, Center Township. For a 
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hard at clearing away tlie tliick timber with which 
his pUice was incumbered. Success was ultimatel}' 
his, for he was not one to be easily discouraged, 
and was undaunted by ordinary ditflculties. 

April 14, 1870, Mr. Wight wedded .Jessie Thom, 
by whom he has had four children, three sons and 
a daughter, namely: Stanle}' E.; Mary, who is the 
wife of David Loomis; John C; and Edward. 
The sons are enterprising and energetic j-oung 
business men, highly respected by all who know 
them. They and their father are attiliated with 
the Proliibition part}' in politics. 



eORNELIU.S S. CURTIS, an attorn ey-at-law 
of Toledo, is a native of Chautauqua 
County, N. Y., the date of his birth being 
August 17, 1833. He is a son of Sylvester Curtis, 
a native of Massachusetts, who settled on the Hol- 
land Purchase in New York in an early day, and 
later removed to Boone County, 111., where he fol- 
lowed the occupation of a farmer until his death, 
which occurred in 1893, at the venerable age of 
ninety-three years. The mother of our subject, 
whose maiden name was Sarah Park, is a native 
of Vermont, and a daughter of John Park. She 
still resides in Hlinois, and at the age of ninetj- 
four years cnjo3s the best of health. The Curtis 
family was originally from England, but members 
of it emigrated to America in a very earlj' day and 
settled in Massachusetts. Harvey Curtis, the grand- 
father of our subject, was a soldier in the Revolu- 
tionary War, and took an active part in that great 
struggle for liberty. 

Cornelius S. Curtis, the subject of this sketch, 
was reared and received his early educational 
training in Chautauqua County, N. Y. At the 
age of fourteen years he accompanied his parents 
to Illinois, and remained with them until he had 
reached his twentj'-first year. Previous to that 
time he had decided on a professional career, and 
for some j-ears had spent all Ins evenings and 



spare time in studying to Bt himself for a profes- 
sional life. On bidding farewell to farm life he 
went to the great metropolis of the West, Chicago, 
and entered the law office of Judge Walker. He 
remained there as a student about two years, hav- 
ing every advantage for the study of law, and as 
he was an apt and diligent pupil, at the end of the 
two years had made rapid progress in his studies. 

During his sojourn in Chicago Mr. Curtis met 
and married Miss Louise Spalding, of Waukegan, 
111. Miss Spalding was a native of New Y'ork, but 
came with her parents, Allen and Hannah Spald- 
ing, to Illinois when quite young. After their 
marriage they removed to Decatur, 111., and there 
Mr. Curtis entered into partnership with his 
brother in the Osage orange hedge business, at the 
same time pursuing his studies with Bower Bunn, 
a noted altorne)' of Decatur. He continued in the 
hedge business with his brother until the breaking 
out of the Civil War. About that time he accepted 
a position as assistant general agent under Louis 
A. Cass, in the Illinois Central Insurance f!om- 
pany, and traveled in the interest of that com[)an3' 
for one year, his route being through Illinois, In- 
diana and parts of Kentucky. 

Soon after this Mr. Curtis was elected Vice- 
President of the Farmers and Merchants' Insurance 
Company of Indianapolis, Ind., and occupied that 
position until some time in 1868, when the com- 
pany disorganized. While thus engaged he was 
admitted to the Bar, and commenced the practice 
of his chosen profession April 1, 1865, in Evans- 
ville, Ind. At the expiration of one year he re- 
moved to Hamilton, Ohio, and accepted the position 
of agent for the National Insurance and Invest- 
ment Company, remaining with that concern un- 
til 1858. He then opened an office in that city, 
where he conducted a general practice in the 
county courts. In 1872 he came to Toledo, and 
continued the practice of his profession in the 
courts of this city for six years, after which he was 
admitted to the United States Courts, since which 
time he has devoted his whole time and attention 
to his profession. 

In politics Mr. Curtis is a stanch Republican, 
and has taken a deep interest in political affairs 
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himself. He lias often acted as a delegate to tbe 
various conventions of his parly, and is always 
ready with his influence and ballot to aid in the 
election of its chosen candidates. He is what may 
be styled a self-made man, as the distinction to 
which he has attained is mainly due to his indi- 
vidual efforts. 

Mr. Curtis had the misfortune to lose his first 
wife, who was called to the spirit land in 1865, 
leaving one child, Ida Jane, who is now the wife 
of Henry Ward, of Monticello, 111. She is an ac- 
complished lady and a graduate of the Toledo 
High School. In 1866 Mr. Curtis was again 
married. The lady who became his second wife 
was Miss Eliza Jane Brown, and as a result of this 
union three children have been born, Jennie, 
Charles L., and an infant, deceased. Mrs. Curtis 
is a devoted member of the Presbyterian Church. 
Her husband is not connected with any denomina- 
tion, but is broad and liberal minded in his relig- 
ious views. Their residence is at No. 922 Huron 
Street, and there their many friends find a warm 
and cordial welcome at all times. 



MARION LAWRANCE. From a perusal 
of the life records of successful men 
may be gleaned much that is interesting 
and profitable to readers of mature 3'ears, as well 
as many lessons worthy of emulation by the 
young. Mr. Lawrance is a man who may justly 
be called self-made. He has proved what it is in 
the power of an industrious, energetic and con- 
scientious man to accomplish, though unaided by 
the prestige of wealth or by any fortuitous cir- 
cumstances. The position which he now occupies 
is one of great responsibility, and the able manner 
in which he has discharged its duties proves his 
superior intellectual abilit}' and earnest religious 
spirit. Having made his home in Toledo for more 
than twenty years, he is well known throughout 
the city, and has a large circle of warm personal 



friends whom his noble character has drawn to 
him. 

The parents of Marion Lawrance were Elonson 
and Amanda Malvina (Irvin) Lawrance, the former 
born in Dutchess County, N. Y.. April 24, 1803, and 
the latter a native of Kentucky, born March .3, 
1810. They were united in marriage October 2, 
1828, and by their union became the parents of 
twelve children, one of whom died unnamed in 
infancy. 'J'lie others were named as follows: 
Stephen, Lorain, Eliza Jane, John, Amanda, Jo- 
seph, Annie, Deluna Chauncey, Milo E., Marion 
and William Irvin. At the present time five of 
the sons and one daughter survive. The father 
followed throughout his active years the dual oc- 
cupation of farmer and merchant, and while he 
never accumulated wealth and was unable to give 
his children other than the common-school ad- 
vantages, he accumulated a sufficient amount of 
this world's goods to provide his old age against 
want or care. In politics he was a Whig, but did 
not take an active part in public affairs. He 
passed aw.a}' at Yellow Springs, Ohio, at the age of 
seventy-five years. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Gratis, 
Preble County, Ohio, October 2, 1850. He was 
two and one-half years old when his parents moved 
to Yellow Springs, this state, and there he remained 
until he attained his majority. After completing 
the studies of the common schools, he entered An- 
tioch College, where he remained three and one- 
half years, but did not complete the course of 
instruction. In 1871 he went to Syracuse, N. Y., 
where the two ensuing years were spent, and 
thence, in September, 1873, he came to Toledo. 
At different times he has been variously engaged 
as merchant, traveling salesman and insurance 
agent. 

In 1889 Mr. Lawrance was offered the position 
of General Secretary of the Ohio Sunday-school 
Association, which he accepted and still holds. 
His entire attention is devoted to the duties of 
this place, and the able manner in which his work 
is performed proves his fitness for the position. 
In connection with his other duties, he publishes a 
full line of Sunda3'-school supplies, which have an 
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In 1889 he was a delegate to the World's Sunday- 
school Convention in London, England. His 
membersliip is in tlie Congregational Church, and 
both personally and through his press articles, he 
is well known to the membership of that denomi- 
nation throughout the country. He writes the ex- 
positions of the Sunday-school lessons for the 
Advance, of Chicago, and the International Evangel, 
of St. Louis, and is a frequent contributor to other 
religious papers. 

At Toledo, Ohio, October 15, 1874, Mr. Law- 
rance was united in mai'riage with Miss Flora 
Gaines, whose parents, Joseph and Margaret 
(Keifer) Gaines, were residents of Clark County, 
this state. Her father died thirty years ago; her 
mother, who still survives, is a sister of Gen. J. 
Warren Keifer, of Springfield, Ohio. Three chil- 
dren have blessed this union, of whom two are 
living, Lois and Harold, at present students in the 
Toledo public schools. 

To the great questions of the age Mr. Lawrance 
devotes the attention wiiich every patriotic citizen 
should give, and having carefully studied the prin- 
ciples of both great political organizations, he 
gives his influence and ballot to the Republican 
party. His family is highly esteemed in social 
circles, and its members are honored wherever 
known. 






sp* LBERT G. BLAIR. So far from merely 
/ \ iH'osenting a compilation of statistics and 
condensed facts showing the resources and 
business status of Toledo and the surrounding 
country, it is considered compatible with the na- 
ture of this work to note the enterprises which 
exert especial influence \\\ion the commercial stand- 
ing of the community, and also to review the lives 
of the men most intimately' connected therewith. 
It is a fact so patent as to require no special com- 
ment, that Toledo is not deficient in that distinct- 



ive spirit of enterprise which has done so much 
toward the development of this country. The suc- 
cess with which its industries have met, the pros- 
perity enjoyed by its citizens, tiie magnitude of its 
commercial projects, and the increasing value of 
its realty, are due principally to its railroads. 
Of these, it has a larger number than any other 
city of Ohio, and it is largely through them that 
it has become widely known as a commercial center. 

No citizen of Toledo is more intimately con- 
nected with its railroad interests than the gentle- 
man with whose name this brief biography is 
introduced, and who is at present filling the re- 
sponsible position of General Manager of the 
AVheeling & Lake Erie Railway Company'. Mr. 
Blair is a native of New York, and was borr. in 
the city of Syracuse in January, 1844. He passed 
the years of boyhood and youth in a somewhat 
uneventful manner, attending the public schools 
near his father's home. At an early age he learned 
the habits of industry, perseverance and patience 
which aided him in his business career. 

It was not until he was twenty-six years of age 
that Mr. Blair entered the railway service. In 
September, 1870, he became bill clerk for the To- 
ledo, Wabash & Western Railroad, but served in 
that capacity for a short time only. In March of 
the following year he became chief clerk of the 
east-bound department of the same road, which 
position he filled until September, 1874, rendering 
service that was eminenlly satisfactory to his su- 
perior officials. At the time last named he accepted 
a position as agent for the Diamond Fast Freight 
Line, with headquarters at Toledo. 

In 1875 Mr. Blair became connected with the 
Canada Southern Railroad, which he represented 
as its agent in Toledo for a number of years. Such 
was the ability displayed in the management of 
its interests, that in Januaiy, 1880, the company 
promoted him to the position of General Agent. 
He remained with them until October, 1882, when 
he entered the erhploj' of the Wheeling & Lake 
Erie Railroad Companj-, and has since maintained 
his connection therewith. For a time he officiated 
as General Freight Agent, but on the 1st of July, 
1889, he was promoted to the position of Traffic 
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Manager of the road. His successive promotions 
from tiie time he entered the railroad business 
prove the possession on his part of a superior order 
of ability, the existence of which has been still 
further verified bj' the able manner in which he 
discharges the duties incident to liis present posi- 
tion of trust and honor. 



JOHN A. PRINTUP is engaged in agricultural 
l)ursuits on section 8, Sylvania Township, 
Lucas County. His father was one of the 
pioneers of this section, having preceded his 
family hither in 1834. He bought eighty acres of 
the farm now owned by our subject, and then re- 
turned for his wife and children, who reached 
their new home in the wilderness in 1835. The 
father bore the Christian name of Andrew, and by 
biith was an Empire State man. His wife, who 
was a Miss Angelina Emmons before her marriage, 
was likewise a native of New York. For a num- 
ber of years Andrew Printup was a merchant and 
Justice of the Peace in this vicinit}'. In politics 
he was a Democrat, and was a|)pointed Postmaster 
of Sylvania under Buchanan's administration. He 
was a member of the JMasonic order, and was a 
faithful worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
In April, 1870, he was called to his final rest, at 
the close of a useful and well spent life. 

Andrew Printup lost his first wife in 1846, and 
subsequently he married Sarah Guinn,who died in 
1846. Three years later Mr. Printup wedded Erae- 
line Page. By his first marriage he had nine chil- 
dren. Nancy M., the eldest of these, born May 17, 
1826, married Darius Mills, and died May 18, 
1882; Alida, Mrs. Freeman, born April 9, 1828, 
died April 7, 1889, in Toledo; Cornelia, born .July 
27, 1830, died -January 30, 1849; .Joseph A., born 
November 30, 1832, is a retired farmer of Adrian, 



Mich.; our subject is the next in order of birth; 
Catherine A., born June 25, 1837, is the wife of 
Joseph Skeldon, of Toledo; Joshua E., born April 
30, 1840, died Octol)er 15, 1858; Lavina, born 
April 9, 1843, died August 23, 1853; and Pene- 
lope A., born May 27, 1846, died in infancy. Of 
the two children born to the second marriage, 
Everett, born September 12, 1847, died January 5, 
1849; and Thomas A., born August 6, 1849, died 
in September following. Of the third marriage, 
Caroline, born Jul3- 22, 1850, died August 5 of 
the same year; and Alice, born September 21, 1851, 
also died in infancy. 

At the time of his demise, Andrew Printup 
owned two hundred and forty-six acres, eighty- 
six acres of which are now owned by John A. 
Printup, our subject. April 12, 1858, the latter 
chose as a future companion in life Miss Caroline 
Cassady, daughter of Asa and Sarah (Bliss) Cas- 
sady, natives of New York and Massachusetts, re- 
spectively. At an early day they moved to Mich- 
igan, where they reared a family of six children, 
and resided until summoned to their final rest. 
Their eldest son, Corydon, who died in August, 
1893, served for three years in the late war. He 
was six months a prisoner in Macon, Ga., and re- 
ceived a bullet- wound, from the effects of which 
he suffered until his death. Hiram, the second 
son, is a farmer in Michigan; and Harvey, who 
participated in the last engagements of the war, is 
now living in Ivansas. Eveline married Henry 
Moore, a Union soldier, who lost his life while in 
a sailboat on Calumet Lake, near Chicago, 111., he 
being at the time in the employ of the Pullman 
Palace Car Company'. 

To Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Printup were born seven 
children. John A., Jr., born April 16, 1859, was 
a man of superior education, and at the time of 
his death, which occurred December 7, 1893, he 
was Principal of the Hartonville (Wis.) schools. 
A wife and three children survive him. Lillian 
M., born December 8, 1860, is the wife of Dr. A. 
Lathrop, of Swanton, Ohio; Eva A., born Septem- 
ber 21, 1862, married Alva A. Lath'-op, a farmer 
of Berkey, this county; Emmons, born June 10, 
1864, is engaged with the Appleton Publishing 
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Verne, born April 14, 1866, is the wife of Howard 
Clark, a fanner of Riclifield Township, this coun- 
ty; Daisy Imogcne, born July 27, 1871, died March 
28, 1889; and Hayes, born June 11, 1876, died 
August 26, 1877. 

For several years Mr. Printup has been Town- 
ship Trustee and Assessor, and was also School 
Director for some time. In politics he is a Repub- 
lican, and in religious belief is a Congregational- 
ist. From the effects of rheumatism, which he suf- 
fered from in boyhood, he has always been a crip- 
ple, but in spite of this misfortune has been very 
active, and has accomplished a great deal. 



HENRY W. PARKER is one of the old and 
honored pioneers of Lucas County, and 
has lived for many 3'ears on his home- 
stead, which is situated on section 14, Sylvania 
Township. He is well liked by his large circle of 
friends and neighbors, and is known to be a man 
in whom it is perfectly safe to confide the interests 
of the public. 

A Dative of Massachusetts, Mr. Parker was 
born on his father's homestead. May 7, 1819, and 
there si)ent his early childhood. His father and 
family then removed to New York State, where 
the3- remained four years, and when our subject 
was eleven years of age he removed with his par- 
ents, Levi Simeon and Lucy C. (Gleason) Parker, 
to Ohio, firstsettling on land which now constitutes 
part of the city of Toledo, but which at that time 
was Occupied principally as an Indian reservation. 
In an educational way his advantages were ex- 
tremely limited, and he is largely self-taught. 
The first money which he ever earned was made 
by driving cattle, after which he worked for two 
years on the Erie Canal. 

Mr. Parker early obtained a good knowledge of 
agricultural pursuits, but when about thirty years 



old he began learning the carpenter's trade also. 
In 1840 he became interested in a hotel, which, in 
company with his brother Ellis, he carried on un- 
til 1848. 

The first marriage of our subject took place in 
1844. when Martha M. Huling became his bride. 
Two children came to grace their union, Harris 
E. and Ellis. The first-mentioned, born January 
11, 1846, died in August, 1860, and the younger 
one, born October 21, 1849, died March 7, 1851. 
The mother departed this life October 31, 1849, at 
which time the family were living in Sylvania. 

January 1, 1854, Mr. Parker married Elizabeth 
Gilpin, who bore him three children. Two of them 
died in infancy, and the other, born August 5, 
1867, was called to the better land October 3, 1877. 
Mrs. Parker's birth occurred July 19, 1836, and 
her girlhood was spent in Crawford County, Pa. 

The thrifty and well kept farm owned bj' our 
subject was formerly the property of his father, and 
was retained by his widow until her death, when 
it was deeded to the two heirs. Mr. Parker bought 
out the others interested and became tiie sole pro- 
prietor of the place soon afterward. He has made 
many improvements, which have materially in- 
creased its value, among these being substantial 
buildings. 

For several j'ears Mr. Parker has served his neigh- 
bors as Township Trustee with credit to himself 
and to the satisfaction of all. He is a loyal citi- 
zen, and a supporter of the Republican party. At 
one time be was affiliated with the Odd Fellows' 
society. 



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HENRY C. ELLIS is General Manager of 
the Toledo & Mauraee Valley Railway 
Company, and is also President and Treas- 
urer of the Fox Brick Company of Toledo, an ex- 
tensive and paying concern. He is a business 
man of exceptional ability, wise forethought and 
good judgment, and the enterprises mentioned 
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with them. An active Republican, he was for ten 
years a member of the County Central Committee, 
and from 1890 up to the present time he has been 
a member of the County Board of Elections. He 
is also Vice-President of the Toledo Republican 
Club. 

The parents of Henry C. were .lolin D. and Eliza- 
beth M. (Ellis) Ellis. The father, who was a na- 
tive of Ohio, was the son of Isaac Ellis, who was 
born in 1794, and was of Welsh descent. John D. 
Ellis was a farmer by vocation, and for some years 
was a very successful tobacco-raiser. He died in 
1852, in Griggsville, Pike County, 111. His wife, 
who was a daughter of .Tames Ellis, of Ohio, was a 
native of this state, and died in 189.3, when in her 
eighty-second year. 

Henry C. Ellis was born at Georgetown, Brown 
County, Ohio, Februarj- 27, 1850, being the young- 
est of seven children. His father died when he 
was only two years of .age, and he was consequently 
obliged to start out in the world for himself at an 
early age. He attended the public schools near 
his home, and afterward went to Dayton, Ohio, 
where he took a commercial course in order to fit 
himself for the business world. After that, ob- 
taining a position with the firm of Payne, Uolden 
& Co., of Dayton, he continued to act as their 
bookkeeper for two years. He was next employed 
in the same capacity by John H. Thomas >fe Co., 
dealers in books and stationery. 

It was in the year 1872 that Mr. Ellis came to 
Toledo, and for the next six years he was manager 
for the Grover (fe Baker Sewing-machine Company 
at Toledo. During the years 1879-80 he was Dep- 
uty County Treasurer. In 1881 he was made Sec- 
retary and Treasurer of the Toledo Brick Com- 
pany, and in 1882 became personally interested in 
the manufacture of brick. The same year he be- 
came interested with John B. Fox & Co. in the same 
branch of business, and ultimatelj' became Pres- 
ident and Treasurer of the Fox Brick Company. 
Both of these plants commenced trade in a small 
way, but have built up large and lucrative busi- 
nesses, it being necessary for them to constantly 
enlarge their facilities. 

In February, 1876, Mr. Ellis married Miss filla 
G. Hall, of this citv. To Mr. and Mrs. Ellis were 



born four children, namely: Emma, Ruth, Herbert 
and Florence. The faithful wife and devoted 
mother was called from the family' circle by death 
in 1888, leaving a host of friends who have sin- 
cerely missed her from her place. 

In his social relations Mr. Ellis is identified with 
Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 396, F. <fe A. M. He 
owns a pleasant and commodious residence at No. 
1037 West Woodruff Avenue. 



*<r^ AVID 0. DENNIS became the owner of 
I I the farm on which he lately resided in the 
spring of 1875. This place is located on 
section 32, Spencer Township, Lucas County, and 
comprises eighty acres. For three years he served 
as Township Trustee, and for ten years he was a 
School Director. Formerly a Republican, he is 
now an all}' of the Prohibition party. 

The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was 
a native of Scotland, and emigrated to the United 
States at an early day, settling in New Jersey, 
whence he subsequently removed to Marietta, 
Ohio, where he made his home until his death. 
The grandfather, Isaac Dennis by name, was born 
in New Jersey, and later moved to Seneca County, 
N. Y., and subsequently to Steuben County, in the 
same state, where he died in the spring of 1834. 
He was a soldier during the War of 1812. His son 
Joseph, our subject's father, born in 1802, in Sen- 
eca County, was educated in the common schools. 
About 1823 he married Mary, daughter of Philip 
King, of Steuben County, who had also formerly 
been a resident of New Jersey. In 1834 Joseph 
Dennis, with his family, came to Ohio and took 
up forty acres on section 1, Fulton Township, Ful- 
ton County, then a part of Michigan. Four chil- 
dren were born on this farm, which Mr. Dennis 
sold in 1848, investing the proceeds in eighty acres 
on section 31 in the same township. A part of 




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tliis he sold to our subject, and then bought forty 
acres on section 6, which he afterwards disposed 
of to his son Car). Later he bought twenty acres 
in Aniboy Townsiiip, and in 1871 sold that tract 
and bought forty acres in the northern part of 
Swanton Township. Tliis property he sold in 
1877, and passed the remainder of his days among 
his children, dying at the home of our subject 
April 20, 1885, aged eighty-four j'ears all but four 
daj's. His wife died in 1875, aged about seventy- 
one years. 

The children of Joseph and Mavy (King) Dennis 
were as follows: Isaac, who died while in the army 
near Ft. Powhatan, Va.; Philip, who was liilled by 
a falling ladder on his father's old homestead; 
David O., the next in order of birlh; Sarah, who 
died in 1848, unmarried; Ephraim, who died in 
the service at Mound City Hospital; Jeremiah O., 
an Omaha merchant, who died April 20, 1885; 
Charitj', the wife of Edwin Viers, a farmer of Ful- 
ton County; Charles I., engaged in farming in 
Richfield Township, this county; and Hannah 
Jane, the wife of Russell Bartletle, a retired farm- 
er living in the village of Swanton. 

The subject of this sketch was born June 30, 
1827, in Steuben County, N. Y., and with his par- 
ents came to Ohio. He attended tlie common 
schools and later learned the carpenter's trade, 
which he afterwards followed in Palmyra and 
other towns in Michigan and Ohio. On Now 
Year's Day 1852, he married Nunc}', daughter of 
Jotham Reed, a farmer of Fulton Township, this 
county. The latter's wife, Nancy, was a daughter 
of Peter Barkus, who emigrated from near .Syra- 
cuse, N. Y., to Medina County, Ohio. Mrs. Dennis 
had three sisters: Julia, who married Thomas Gray 
and lives in Michigan; Sarah, who wedded Evan 
Jones, also of Michigan; and Lavinia, wife of Dan- 
iel Russ, who is managing the old Reed iiomestead 
in Michigan. 

Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Dennis have had born to 
them eight children, namely: Philonzo C, who died 
in infancy; Mary Frances, vvidow of Horace Coon, 
and mother of eight children; Norris E., who mar- 
ried Annie Miller, of Dayton, Ohio; Louisa, wife of 
Charles Barnes, a farmer of Spencer Township; 
Charles F., whose wife was formerly Carrie Smith, 
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and who lives on a farm near his father's; Russell 
G., wiio married Rosa Barnes, and is teaching 
school near home; Bert C, who lives with his par- 
ents; and Harriet Ann, who died in infancy. Nor- 
ris E., formerly a school teacher, took a theological 
course in the United Brethren College at Dayton, 
and is now pastor of Ida Misson, near Dundee, 
Mich. When he was twelve years old our subject 
joined the United Brethren denomination, but is 
now a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church 
of Swanton. 



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ROBINSON LOCKE is President of the To- 
ledo Blade Company', to whicli position 
he was elected by the Directors in the 
spring of 1888, on the death of his father. He is a 
member of the Chamber of Commerce and a Direc- 
tor in the Northern National Bank. The Toledo 
Blade, which has a national reputation and is one 
of the representative newspapers of the United 
.States, is too well known to require extended no- 
tice. The Daily Blade is an eight and sixteen page 
paper, ably edited and gotten out in good shape. 
It is the official Republican organ of the northern 
part of Ohio, and has a very extensive circulation. 
The Weekly Blade is of like dimensions, and en- 
joys the largest circulation of any similar publica- 
tion in the United States. 

The birth of Mr. Locke occurred in Plymouth, 
Richland County, Ohio, March 15, 1856. He is 
the eldest son of David R. Locke, whose biogiaphy 
appears in another portion of this work, and who 
was called to his final rest February 15, 1888, in 
this city. His widow, who was in her maiden- 
hood Martha H. Bodine, is still living in the fam- 
ily mansion at No. 1305 Jefferson Street. The 
boyhood of Robinson Locke was spent in this city, 
his education being acquired in the public schools. 
After graduating from the high school, he went to 
Europe and studied in Zurich, Switzerland, and 
subsequently in Paris, Returning home, he was 



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given a position as reporter on tlie Blade, and 
after a time made a second extended journey to 
Europe. On his return to Toledo, lie was imme- 
diately appointed United States Consul to New- 
castle-on-Tync, in England, by President Arthur, 
and remained abroad for two years, at the end of 
that period resigning his position to return to his 
work on the Blade. In 1888 he became editor-in- 
chief and President of the Blade Company. Un- 
der his management the journal has steadily gained 
in tlie favor of the public, and its circulation 
largely increased. 

During his numerous trips to Europe and Japan 
Mr. Locke did a great deal of literary work for his 
paper, mucli of which appeared afterward in book 
form. His letters from Beyreuth on the occasion 
of the first production of Richard Wagner's now 
famous "Parsifal" attracted a great deal of atten- 
tion here and u broad, being translated in several 
German publications. His letters from Norway in 
the fall of 1885 were very favorably received, and 
during the summer of 1893 he published the re- 
sults of the preceding winter's sojourn in .Japan in 
a series of illustrated letters that were widely read 
and quoted. 

Fraternally Mr. Locke is a member of a number 
of leading societies and clubs. He is a Thirty- 
second Degree Mason and a member of the well 
known Union League Club of Chicago, the Lotus 
Club of New York City, and of the Toledo Club. 
He enjoys the friendship of a large circle of ac- 
quaintances, who at all times find him a genial, 
courteous and pleasant companion. 



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WILLIAM M. WOLLAM has been a life- 
long resident of Montgomery Town- 
ship, Wood County, for he was an in- 
fant of only a few weeks old when brought to this 
vicinity by his parents. Ever since attaining 
man's estate he has been engaged in cultivating 
his father's old homestead on section 36, and is 



now the owner of the place. A man who is well 
and favorably known in the community where he 
dwells, he has frequently been called upon to serve 
in a public capacity, and has been Road Supervisor, 
School Director, Town Councilor, juror, etc. 

The paternal great-great-grandfather of our sub- 
ject, Jacob WoUam, a native of Virginia, who was 
born in the early part of the eighteenth century, 
about 1715, leased a t:act of land in Berkeley 
County, Va., for a term of ninety-nine years. The 
family histoiy prior to the time of his birth is 
quite vague, what is known of it having been 
handed down from father to son. The family 
originallj' came from near the Rhine, in Germany, 
but owing to religious persecutions sought a re- 
fuge in America, where the men distinguished 
themselves as Indian fighters and adventurers. 
Jacob's son, Baltzer, born in 1745, tiie next in the 
line of descent, and his wife, Mary M., who before 
iier marriage was a Miss Weaver, were both born 
in the Old Dominion. They removed to Colum- 
biana Count3% Ohio, in 1803, and there reared to 
maturity their six sons and five daughters, all of 
whom married, had families, and, with the excep- 
tion of one who died in his seventeenth year, 
reached a ripe old age. Great-grandfather Baltzer 
WoUam served in the War of the Revolution, and 
his son Henry, grandfather of our subject, was a 
soldier in the War of 1812. On the maternal side 
our subject's great-great-grandparents were na- 
tives of Berkeley County, Va., and there his great- 
grandfather lived and died. 

Heniy, one of the sons of Baltzer and Mary M. 
(Weaver) WoUam, was born in 1777, and died in 
1844. Both he and his wife, whose maiden name 
was Bough, were natives of Berkeley Count}', Va. 
They were the parents of thirteen children, seven 
sons and six daughters, who all married and had 
families. Their son Benjamin, father of our sub- 
ject, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, March 
11, 1807, and continued to reside in that locality 
until his marri,age, which occurred December 25, 
1832. His wife was Miss Susannah Smith, of Co- 
lumbiana County, a daughter of Lewis Smith, a na- 
tive of Lancaster County, Pa. They came to Wood 
County in the spring of 1834, but returned to 
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until the spring of 1838, when tlie}' came to this 
county, where the father took up one hundred 
and sixty acres of Government land on section 36, 
built a log cabin, and in a few yeais had cleared 
away the timber and made many improvements. 
Of the four children born to him and his wife, 
three grew to mature years, Mary having died 
when in her eighth year. Leah, born January' 5, 
1835, married August Crowell. William is the 
next in order of birtli; and Ileiny, born Novem- 
ber 14, 1844, died on the 19th of August, in the 
year 1874, and was buried in the township ceme- 
tery'. He left a wife, Leah, formerly' a Miss Stov- 
er, but no children. Henry WoUam served in 
the late war in the Twenty-first Ohio Infantr}' 
until discharged. He also served in Wheeler's 
Battery, from which he was transferred to the B'if- 
ty-seventh Ohio Infantry, where he remained un- 
til discharged on account of wounds received at 
the battle of Hesaca. Henry B. Wollam, an uncle 
of William M., also served in the late Civil War, 
as a Captain, and died in 1862, from disease con- 
tracted in the army. 

William Wollam was born April 18, 1838, in 
Columbiana County, Ohio, and with his parents 
made the journey to Wood County by ox-team, 
the trip consuming two weeks. He received the 
best schooling tiie times afforded, during the win- 
ter, and worked on a farm dui-ing the summer. At 
the age of eighteen years he left school, and for 
two j-ears gave his time exclusively to farming. 
The winter he was twenty, and also the following 
winter, he attended school again. In 1869 he 
went to Kansas with the intention of remaining 
tliere, and took up one hundred and sixty acres. 
At the end of two years, however, he returned to 
Ohio, as the drought which |)revailed so exten- 
sively in Kansas discouraged him from making 
any further attempt at farming there. He settled 
on eighty acres of his father's old farm, and after 
thelatter's death, which occurred April 8, 1887, at 
the age of eighty years, he became the owner of 
and has since managed the estate. In 1886 he 
leased a tract of land to the Rising Sun Oil Com- 
pany, who sunk six wells on tiiesame. His mother 
died May 14, 1883. 

March 22, 1863, William Wollam and .lulia Bier- 



ly were united in marriage, and three children 
have come to bless their union, namely: Dora H., 
born June 30, 1864, and still living at home; Lo- 
rain M., born May 27, 1865; and Laura, July 22, 
1867. The second daughter married Albert Yam- 
bert, and has two children. Fern and Dale. Laura 
became the wife of Frank Fry, and she and her 
husband are Living with her parents. Mrs. Wollam 
is a member of the United Brethren Church. In 
politics Mr. Wollam is a Republican, and a mem- 
ber of the Disciples Church. 



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< "\ SjILLIAM E. BRIGHAM, one of the 

V/ V/ most enterprising young business men 
of Toledo, is the junior member of 
the firm of W. T. Carrington & Co., with which 
concern he has been thus connected for the past 
three years. This firm is one of the solid compa- 
nies of the city, and has a large trade in grain, 
the dealings being carried on on the commission 
plan. The senior member of the firm is a resident 
of Chicago, and thus much of the responsibility 
of the business devolves on Mr. Brigham. 

The father of the gentleman just mentioned. 
Reed M. Brigham, was a prominent agriculturist 
in Monroe County, Mich. He was a native of 
Massachusetts, born in 1818. The birth of Will- 
iam E., his son, occurred in Erie, Mich., in Oc- 
tober, 1859. He passed his youth on his father's 
old homestead, and was early drilled in various 
kinds of useful work. He attended the district 
school in the neighborhood of his home, and subse- 
quently pursued more advanced studies in the To- 
ledo High School. 

At the age of seventeen years Mr. Brigham en- 
tered the employ of Carrington <fe Casey, dealers 
in grain. With them he remained for some four- 
teen years, a part of which time he was salesman, 
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keeper. Wlien Mr. Casey withdrew from the firm, 
our subject was admitted in his place. He is a 
member of tiie Toledo Produce Excliange and pos- 
sesses good financial and executive ability' in con- 
ducting his business affairs. 

In 1882 occurred the marriage of Wr. Brighani 
and Ida M. Woonscot, of Rhode Island. Mr. Brig- 
ham is actively interested in wiintever pertains to 
the upbuilding and development of this jjlace.and 
is never slow to use his influence and means in the 
proper directions. He possesses tlie confidence of 
all with whom he comes in contact, whether in a 
business or a social way. 



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WILLIAM WEB.STER. The gentleman 
of whose life it is our purpose to give 
a sliort sketch is a successful lawyer of 
Toledo, and has gained an enviable reputation as 
a practitioner throughout tlie county. He pos- 
sesses good judgment and a thorough knowledge 
of law, and is therefore one of the city's repre- 
sentative attorneys. He was born in Oakland 
County, Micii., in 1843, and is the son of James 
Webster, a native of Connecticut. The father re- 
ceived ills early training in his native state, after 
which he went to New York and completed his 
collegiate education. Having resolved to enter 
tlie ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
he commenced the study of theology, and was or- 
dained in the state of New York about fifty-seven 
years ago. 

In a very early day .James Webster moved West 
to Michigan, and, locating in Oakland County, be- 
came one of tlie pioneer ministers of that section, 
and was also actively identified with the educa- 
tional affairs of the state. He was a member of 
tlie first Constitutional Convention of the Wolver- 
ine State, and later, while serving in the Legisla- 
ture, was interested and aided in the framing of 



the Michigan State Constitution. He was elected 
to that honorable position for two terms, and 
during that time was instrumental in advancing 
the welfare of his constituents in a very marked 
degree. 

Prior to the outbreak of the late war, the father 
of our subject returned East for his health, locat- 
ing in Virginia, where he was living when Ft. 
Sumter was fired upon. He was a thorough LTnion- 
ist at heart, and, being fearless in the expression of 
his views, was seized as a citizen and confined in 
Libby Prison, where he died a few months later. 
His father, the grandfather of our subject. Orange 
Webster, was born in Litchfield County, Conn., 
became the head of a family of eight children, who 
were given the opportunity for gaining good edu- 
cations and attained to lives of usefulness. The 
Websters originally came from England, and for 
many years were classed among the representative 
citizens and well-to-do residents of the New Eng- 
land States. 

William Webster attended school in Michigan, 
and later, when his [larents removed to the Old 
Dominion, became a student in the Fairfax Sem- 
inary, whose superintendent was Dr. Baker, a veiy 
eminent and learned man of that day. After com- 
pleting his education, Mr. AVebster was engaged 
for some time in newspaper work on the New York 
Herald, and on the close of the war accepted a 
position as traveling collector and adjuster for a 
large commercial house of the metropolis, in whose 
employ he was retained for some time. 

In 1872 our subject entered the Patent Office 
at Washington, D. C, as Assistant Examiner of 
Patents, and there he remained for a period of 
eight 3'ears. During a part of this time he read law 
in his leisure hours, and became thoroughly con- 
versant with laws governing patents. Desiring to 
further perfect himself in the knowledge of Black- 
stone, in 1879 he entered the National LTniversity 
of Washington, where he took a four-years course, 
and on being graduated in 1883 was admitted to 
practice at the Bar. Three years later we find him 
located in Toledo, where he immediately opened 
up an otflce,aiid has ever since given his attention 
to his profession, making a specialty, however, of 
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a large patronage, extending througliout various 
states of the Union, and lie is considered an au- 
tliority in tliis braneli of the law. 

The lady to whom Mr. Webster was married in 
1869 was Miss Mary A., daughter of Richard and 
Caroline Case, and a native of Michigan. Her 
father, a farmer by oecnpation, was an early settler 
of Oakland County. To Mr. and Mrs. Webster 
there have been born two sous and one daughter. 
Carroll J., a mechanical draftsman, was educated 
in Washington; Floyd R. is at present attending 
the Toledo Medical College; and Carrie E. is at 
home. Both our subject and his wife are members 
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are inter- 
ested in all good works in their neighborhood. 
They occupy a comfortable residence on the corner 
of Bush and Huron Streets, and number among 
their friends the best people in the city. In poli- 
tics Mr. Webster is a stanch Republican, and in 
social affairs is a prominent Mason and also be- 
longs to the Royal Arcanum. 



rj^ R. W. 

I I nati,( 



R. W. C. CHAPMAN was born in Cincin- 
, Ohio, August 15, 1840. He was grad- 
uated from the Miami Medical College 
of that city in the spring of 1873. He imme- 
diately came to Toledo, where he has since been in 
the practice of his profession. 



HON. JACOB ROMEIS. The well known 
truth which has been aptly expressed 
in the saying that "every man is the arch- 
itect <if his own fortune," is nowhere more decid- 
edly manifest than in the business activity and po- 
litical prominence of Mr. Romeis, Vice-President 



of the Toledo City Natural Gas Company, and 
formerly Member of Congress from this district. 
The opportunities which have come to him have, 
perhaps, not been greater than those offered to 
other men, but he possesses the qualities which en- 
abled him to take advantage of the "tide that 
leads on to fortune." 

From his successful career may be gleaned les- 
sons worthy of emulation by the young, and ad- 
miration by the old. Our readers will, therefore, 
be interested in this review of his life, concerning 
wiiich we sketch the following: John and Eliza- 
beth (Engeliiaupt) Romeis, his parents, were born 
in Germany, where the former engaged in farm- 
ing, and also followed the occupation of a linen 
weaver. In 1847 he brought his family to the 
United States and settled at Buffalo, N. Y., where 
he was employed in a quarry. His death occurred 
in 1869. 

While the famil3- resided in Weisenbach, Bavaria, 
the subject of this sketch was born, December 1, 
1835. He accompanied his parents to America, 
having previously attended the village school of 
Weisenbach, as required by law, from his sixth 
year. In Buffalo he was a student in the common 
schools for one year, and in a German Protestant 
school for a time after his first communion. The 
family being poor, he was obliged at an earl}' age 
to become self-supporting, and when fourteen se- 
cured a position as cabin-boy on the propeller 
"Oregon," Capt. Thomas Watts, running between 
Buffalo, Toledo and Detroit, his first visit to To- 
ledo being in August, 1849. In April, 1857, Mr. 
Romeis was married to Catherine Schweiger, daugh- 
ter of Martin Schweiger, of Buffalo, N. Y., and to 
them have been born five children: Henry, who 
died while an infant; Louis; Emma, wife of Al- 
bert Kuhn; Kate, wife of Charles Beahr; and 
Charles J. 

From 1850 to 1856 Mr. Romeis was emploj'ed 
on passenger steamers commanded by Captains 
Watts, Hazard, Perkins, Pheatt, Willoughby and 
Goldsmith. The last-named aided him to a posi- 
tion as train baggageman on the Toledo & Wa- 
bash Railroad in 1856, and for two years he was 
thus emplo3'ed. Afterward he was promoted to 
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trains, but after 1863 was given charge of passen- 
ger trains exclusively-. Owing to sickness, in 1871 
he was obliged to leave the road temporarily, but 
upon regaining his liealth he resumed work, being 
appointed General Baggage Agent. This was a 
position of great responsibility, as the entire force 
of baggagemen and all tiio baggage were under his 
supervision and care. .So successful was lie, that 
he was promoted to tlie position of Depot Master 
at Toledo, and given ciiarge of all passenger train- 
men on the Eastern Division of that road, extend- 
ing from Toledo to Danville, III. In that capa- 
city he continued until his election to Congress. 

From youth Mr. Ronieis has been an advocate 
of Republican principles, which he has sustained 
with vigor and fidelity'. However, he has never 
been a partisan in his preferences, but in local mat- 
ters has given his support lo the candidates whom 
ho has considered best qualiTied for official trusts, 
irrespective of political ties. His first public ofiice 
was that of Alderman from the Seventh Ward of 
Toledo, to which he was elected in 1874. Two 
years later he was re-elected, and in 1877 became 
President of the Board of Aldermen. In 1878 he 
was nominated for a third term, but refused to al- 
low his name to be used. The next year he was 
elected Mayor of Toledo, and under his admin- 
istration many important reforms were instituted 
and improvements introduced. He was successful 
in securing a substantial reduction in expenditures, 
and in other ways promoted the welfare of his fel- 
low-citizens. In 1881 and 1883 he was re-elected, 
serving for six years altogether. 

While gaining the respect of the people of To- 
ledo, Mr. Romeis also secured the confidence and 
esteem of the people of the surrounding country, 
and when, therefore, his name was presented as 
candidate for Congress from the Tenth District, 
he at once had a large and enthusiastic following. 
His ojjponent was Frank H. Hurd, then in the ze- 
nith of his personal power and popularity. Added 
to this fact, the district gave a usual m.ajority of 
twenty-five hundred. The campaign was one of 
the most active the district had ever known, and 
the result was the election of Jlr. Romeis b^' a ma- 
jority of two hundred and thirty-nine votes. Mr. 
Hurd made a bitter and determined contest for the 



seat, doubtless relying for success upon partisan 
support from the large Democratic majority- in the 
House of Representatives, but in this hope he was 
disappointed, for, after complete investigation, the 
Democratic Committee on Elections reported that 
Mr. Romeis had been legally elected, which decis- 
ion was approved by the House with a large ma- 
jority. 

In 1886 the same candidates were again pitted 
against each other, and the results were practically 
the same, Mr. Rouieis receiving a majority of fif- 
teen hundred and eighty-eight votes over Mr. 
Hurd. The vote in Lucas County stood as follows: 
Romeis, eight thousand, eight hundred and eighty- 
seven; Hurd, six thousand, six hundred and fifty- 
three, giving the former a majority of two thou- 
sand, two hundred and thirty-four; while the Re- 
publican majority in the county for the Secretary 
of State, at the same election, was only three hun- 
dred and sixty-eight. 

In the issue of protection or free trade, Mr. 
Romeis recognizes the most important question of 
national policy, and his attachment to the Repub- 
lican party rests chiefly on the position of that or- 
ganization on this issue. His view of the matter 
was clearly given in a speech when the Free Ship- 
ping Bill was under discussion in the House of 
Representatives. He then said: "Mr. Chairman, I 
have been a wage-worker for thirty-five years or 
more as a sailor and railroad man. I laid aside 
the lantern to take a seat in the Halls of Congress, 
and when I leave I expect to take up one of these 
vocations again. But while I have a voice and a 
vote in this House, I shall not give it for a propo- 
sition that will, in my opinion, destroy the capital 
invested in American industries, thereby throwing 
out of employment thousands of workingmen who 
are directly dependent upon that capital. For 
that reason I shall vote against tliat bill." (Ap- 
plause.) 

Mr. Romeis is a tj'pical representative of the 
German race, honest and upright in word and 
deed, energetic and pushing, and of a decidedly 
practical turn of mind. Beginning in life without 
capital or influential friends, beset on every hand 
by obstacles, hampered by poverty and burdened 
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occupation, he has, nevertheless, worked liis way 
forward, until he has attained a position of great 
prominence in this portion of Ohio. Among his 
fellow-citizens he is highly respected, as he posses- 
ses the integrity of character that has enabled him 
to live uprightly and at peace with the world. 
Since resuming the duties of a private citizen, he 
has devoted his attention largely to the interests 
of the Toledo City Natural Gas Company, which 
is one of the principal industries of the place, and 
of whicli he is Vice-President. 



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HON. CHARLES PRATT, Judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas, occupies a posi- 
tion of eminence among the able jurists 
of the state. Duiing the long period of his resi- 
dence in Toledo, covering more than forty years, 
■ he has identified himself intimatel}' with the pro- 
gressive interests of the city, and has gained a po- 
sition of jjrominence in the legal fraternity. His 
attention was devoted closely to his professional 
duties as an attorney until 1894, when he was nom- 
inated for the position of Judge, and on the 6th 
of November following was duly elected. His 
election to this responsible and honored position 
is a just tribute to his legal attainments and supe- 
rior ability, and since assuming the duties of the 
oflice he has discharged the same with a fidelity, 
impartiality and wisdom tliat reflect credit upon 
his own attainments. 

The Pratt family is descended from Puritan an- 
cestors. Alpheus Pratt, father of the Judge, was 
a native of Massachusetts, whence in 1819 he re- 
moved to the state of New York, becoming a pio- 
neer of the locality in which he settled. In 1833 
he came still further West and established his home 
in that portion of Michigan known as the "Bean 



Creek Country," which is within what is now called 
the Maumee Valley, and known as Hudson, Mich. 
At that place his death occurred in March, 1884, 
at the age of ninety-one years. His widow, who 
is also of New England lineage, makes her home 
with her son Charles, and is now (1895) ninet}'- 
one years of age. Both the paternal and maternal 
ancestors attained advanced ages, ranging from 
eighty to nearly one hundred years. 

The subject of this sketch was born near Roch- 
ester, N. Y., January 15, 1828. He was but five 
years old when his parents removed to Michigan, 
and his boyhood years were passed in that then 
undeveloped portion of the country. Neighbors 
were few; in fact, almost the entire population 
was comprised in a tribe of Pottawatomie Indians, 
which had its camping-ground near the Pratt farm. 
However, white people soon began to establish 
homes here; settlements became more numerous, 
and schoolhouses were built. The rudiments of 
his education were obtained at home, but at the 
age of twelve years a schoolhouse was erected at a 
point sulticiently near to permit him to attend, and 
from that time until he was sixteen he enjoyed 
such educational advantages as that primitive tem- 
ple of learning afforded. Although the course of 
instruction was of the crudest nature, he neverthe- 
less obtained a fair knowledge of the fundamental 
branches. At the age of sixteen he entered a se- 
lect school at Adrian, but after a short time there 
he became a student in the seminary at Albion, 
Mich. While continuing his studies there a por- 
tion of each year until he was twenty-one, he spent 
the intervening months in teaching school, thereby 
gaining the money necessarj' to prosecute his lit- 
erary work. 

In 1850 Mr. Pratt became a student in a law 
otlice at Adrian, but soon afterward came to To- 
ledo, where for two years he read law in the office 
of Hill & Perigo. He was then admitted to gen- 
eral practice before the Bar, and at once succeeded 
Mr. Perigo in the firm, which continued as Hill & 
Pratt until 1861. At that time Mr. Hill entered 
the array as Brigadier-General, and although the 
firm name continued as Hill & Pratt until 1870, his 
connection with it was merely nominal. The firm 
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our subject's son, Henrj' S., being the junior part- 
ner. 

The earlier inclinations of Judge Pratt were to- 
ward the legal profession, but, acceding to the 
earnest wishes of his parents, he for a time held 
his ambitions in abeyance. However, being con- 
fident of Ills ultimate success, he adopted the call- 
ing in whicli he has since attained marked success. 
He has conducted a general practice, without any 
specialty. Politically he was first a Whig and later 
a Republican, and made his first political speech 
for Fremont in 1856. In the City Council lie has 
done valuable service, both as a member and Presi- 
dent. 

Since the organization of the Westminster Pres- 
byterian Church, Judge Pratt has been one of its 
Trustees, and for many years served as President 
of the Board. He has also been President of the 
Young Men's Christian Association, and an active 
temiierance and .Sunday-school worker. His first 
marriage occurred in 1853, but his wife died soon 
afterward. In 1857 he was united with Catherine 
Slierring, and they are the parents of seven chil- 
dren, all of whom are living. Though the duties 
of his profession have engrossed the time of Judge 
Pratt to a very large extent, tliey have not done 
so to the exclusion of his duties as a citizen, friend 
and neighbor. In societ3' he is known and appre- 
ciated as a gentleman of liberal views, generous 
impulses and social qualities of a high order, and 
no man has ever called into question his honesty 
of purpose and liigh character. 



JAMES CARL, a well known fanner of Syl- 
van ia Township, Lucas County, is of German 
extraction on the paternal side. For several 
years he has made his home on section 11, 
where he owns a well improved place of fifty acres. 
He is a native of New Jersey, liaving been born in 



Morris County. July 14, 1824. His parents, Will- 
iam and Betsey (King) Carl, died when he was 
only a child, and he was brought up by his grand- 
father King. His father followed farming during 
his lifetime and w.as an industrious, honest and re- 
spected man. His wife was of Scotcli descent. 

James Carl received only a limited education, 
and when twenty 3'ears of age began working in 
an iron foundiy, receiving $1 per day for four 
years. At the end of that time he moved to New 
York .State, and for the next four years worked as 
a farm liand. About 1850 he emigrated to Madi- 
son, Midi., and after remaining in that locality 
for a 3'ear, settled in Fairfield, wliere he was inter- 
ested in farming for some two years. About 1850 
he purchased eighty acres of land near Chesterfield, 
Oliio, and cleared and improved the place. Eight 
years later he returned to Micliigan, where he pur- 
chased land and lived for sixteen years. He then, 
in 1882, sold a part of this property and traded 
the remainder for his present homestead, on which 
he has resided ever since. 

Before leaving his native state, Mr. Carl was 
married, December 5, 1845, to Sarah A., daughter 
of Jacob and Hannah (Willis) Winget. The other 
children of the latter are Manning, of New Jersey'; 
William, who was living in Rockaway, N. J., when 
last heard from; and f^dward, Caleb, Charles and 
Caroline. 

To ISIr. and Mrs. Carl have been born nine chil- 
dren, as follows: George W., born August 6, 1848, 
and now a resident of this county; Charles A., who 
was born November 1, 1850, and is a blacksmith 
of Sylvania; Marven, born November 2. 1852, now- 
living in Toledo; Milton, who was born October 7, 
1854, and is engaged in farming in Michigan; Ella, 
born P'ebruary 5, 1856, the wife of Horace DeLong, 
of Greenville, Mich.; Estella, whose birth occurred 
March 5, 1858, and who died February 1, 1875; 
Bennett J., a ranchman in Idaho, who was born 
July 24, 1861; Esther M., born May 11, 1866, and 
who died June 22, 1893, while attending the 
World's Fair in Chicago; and Edith L., born Au- 
gust 3, 1868, and now the wife of Jason Wilson, 
of Detroit, Mich. !\Irs. James Carl was born Feb- 
ruary 8, 1827. She is a member of the Baptist 
Church, while her husband is identified with the 




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Methodist Episcopal denomination. .Several of 
the children are also church members. 

The two eldest brotliers of our subject, John and 
Adam, are residents of New Jersey. His youngest 
brother, David, died in infancy; and his only sis- 
ter, Mary, who married Wesley Denson, is also de- 
ceased. On several occasions Mr. Carl has served 
as School Director of his home district, and in 
manj' ways has shown his interest in educational 
matters. It has been one of his main aims in life 
to fit his children for the battles before them by 
equipping them well in this direction. 



JOHN A. ROYER, M. D., has been engaged in 
practice in Toledo scarcely three years, but 
numbers among his clients many of her lead- 
ing families. He has had a wide experience, 
and is a master in his profession. For a quarter 
of a century his field of work was at Carey, Ohio, 
from which place he removed only in order that 
he could have greater scope for his recognized 
ability. 

Dr. Royer was born in Franklin County, Pa., 
February 15, 1840, and is a son of Daniel W. 
Royer, a farmer by occupation. The latter's fa- 
ther, George Royer, was a native of Pennsylvania, 
and his father in turn was born in France, whence 
he emigrated to the United States in 1767, settling 
in South Carolina. After remaining there for four 
years, he removed to Lancaster County, Pa., where 
his son George was born, and when the latter was 
a lad of seven years the family settled in Frank- 
lin County, Pa. Daniel W. Royer wedded Mary 
Adams, who was born in Franklin County, Pa., 
and in her girlhood removed with her father, Ja- 
cob Adams, to Seneca, Ohio. Her mother bore the 
maiden name of Nicademus, and her grandfather 
was a General on the staff of Napoleon. 

Dr. Royer is the third in a family of five chil- 
dren, three sons and two daughters, all of whom 



are living but one. He obtained his elementary 
schooling in his native countj', and later attended 
the academy at Fayetteville, after which he taught 
school f(ir four years successfully. During this 
time he turned his attention toward the medical 
profession, pursuing his studies with Dr. John Oel- 
lig, of Waynesboro. He then entered Bellevue 
Hospital Medical College in New York City, grad- 
uating therefrom in the spring of 1864. 

Having been appointed Suigeon in the Hamp- 
ton Hospital in Virginia, Dr. Royer was thus em- 
ployed for a short time, but while there received a 
sunstroke, causing sickness, for which reason he 
was discharged. Next going to Waynesboro, he 
engaged in practice until the spring of 1866, after 
which he returned to Bellevue College and de- 
voted himself to special branches, receiving the 
degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1867. Soon after 
he located in Tiffin, Ohio, where he conducted a 
general practice for one year, and then, as previ- 
ously related, he entered upon a twenty-five-year 
term of practice in Carey, Ohio, and three years 
ago came to Toledo. While in Carey he was a 
member of the School Board for four 3'ears, and 
took an active part in its proceedings. 

In 1859 Dr. Royer married Miss Emma Bone- 
brake, of Franklin County, Pa., and their five liv- 
ing childi'en are as follows: Daniel B., who is a 
practical machinist; Ida, who married Jesse R. 
Oiler, and lives in Waynesboro, Pa.; Walter, a res- 
ident of Washington, D. C, in the employ of the 
Western Union Telegraph Company; Grace, who 
is at home; and Carl. 

Dr. Royer was F^xamining Pension Surgeon at 
Upper Sandusky, Ohio, for four years, under Presi- 
dent Harrison's administration, but resigned the 
position in order to come to this city. He is a 
member of Friendship Lodge No. 84, A. F. & A. M., 
at Hagerstown, Md., and also holds membership in 
the Lincoln and Manitou Clubs of Toledo. In 
politics he is a stanch defender of the principles 
set forth by the Republican party. 

In tlie fall of 1862 the Doctor was drafted for 
the Civil War, and furnished a substitute at a cost 
of 1300, but in the fall of 1863 volunteered and 
helped to raise a cavalry company, of which he 
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however, be resigned in order to finish his medical 
studies, and took a course of lectures in the Belle- 
vue Medical College of New York Citj', after which, 
in the spring of 1864, lie went into the service 
again as surgeon. 



T7> LLIS PARKER, one of the sturdy old set- 
r^ Cy tiers of Lucas Count_y, has lived a retired 
life at his beautiful iiome in Sylvania for 
the past fifteen years. For several decades in the 
early liistory of this region he was known far and 
near as a genial and hospitable landlord, having for 
years run the old Sylvania Hotel, which he rented. 
He afterward built the one now known as the Vic- 
tor House, and though this structure was put up in 
1848, it is still in good condition, and the shingles 
with which it was crowned over forty years ago 
are apparently as good as ever. 

The parents of Ellis Parker were Simon and 
Lucy (Gleason) Parker, natives of Massachusetts. 
They were the parents of eight children, all but 
two of whom are still living. Hiram, born Octo- 
ber 26, 1806, lives in Sylvania; Louisa, Mrs. Corn- 
stock, was born January 2.'5, 1809; Ellis is the next 
in order of birth; Alonzo, born December 20, 1817, 
died July 3, 1854; Henry W., born May 7, 1819, 
is still living in this county; Mary, born Septem- 
ber 21, 1821, and a resident of this county, is the 
widow of William Comstock; John B., born July 
27, 1825, married Polly Cooper, who died in 1882, 
leaving two sons, William S. and Charles A., who, 
with their father, are residents of Adrian, Mich.; 
and Ambrose, born July 23, 1828, died in infancy. 
Ellis Parker is a native of Weston, Worcester 
County, Mass., born January 25, 1812. In 1830 
he emigrated to this county, settling first in To- 
ledo, then known as Port Lawrence, and afterward 
Vistula. At the time of his arrival there was but 
one log warehouse and store in the place. It was 



owned by John Baldwin, whose family lived under 
the same roof. Mr. Parker made a lake trip from 
Buffalo, N. Y., on the schooner "Eagle," owned 
by Capt. David Wilkinson. When he was nine- 
teen years of age he went to make his home with 
Ira Smith, afterward his father-in-law, who was 
one of the pioneer settlers of this county. About 
this time (1832) Mr. Parker assisted in prospect- 
ing for rock in the neighborhood of Turkey-foot 
Rock, eighteen miles up the Maumee River. The 
rock was for building the first cellar constructed 
in Toledo, in the building of which Mr. Parker 
assisted. He and his father also built the first 
brick chimney erected in the city. There were at 
this time but three families living within two 
miles of where Toledo now stands. 

November 19, 1835, Mr. Parker wedded Alice, 
daughter of Ira and Jane (Cliapin) Smith, of New 
York. Mrs. Parker, who was the third of seven 
children, was born January 18, 1818, and was 
called to her final rest December 14, 1865. As 
his health was very poor, Mr. Parker continued to 
reside for nearly a year after his marriage with 
his wife's people. His next venture was to en- 
gage in farming on a place north of Toledo, but 
at the end of a year he moved to Vienna, Ohio, 
and for a time teamed to some extent and also 
kept boarders, men who were employed by Ira 
Smith. His health improving, he built a three- 
story brick hotel, and operated the same for three 
years. He managed to do pretty well financially, 
and then bought eighty acres of land, on which 
he made his home for three years. Returning to 
Toledo, he leased the Eagle Tavern, on the corner 
of Summit and Elm Streets, for some three or 
four 3'ears, when it became necessary for him to 
lead an outdoor life once more, on account of his 
health, and for two years he rented a farm two 
miles east of Sylvania. Succeeding this, he was 
interested in running the hotel to which allusion 
is made in the first of this article. When a good 
opportunity offered he traded the hotel for a 
farm, which he sold at the end of twenty years, in 
1880. For nearly ten years he has been a great 
sufferer, and has been unable to engage in active 
business. 

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second wife Elida M., daughter of Henry J. and 
Polly (Sperling) Hare. They were natives of 
Syracuse. N. Y., and in 1835 settled near Toledo, 
on what is now known as the Marsh Farm. Later 
they moved to Amboy, Fulton Count}', Ohio, and 
there bought a tract of land. Mrs. Parker is the 
only survivor of five children. The eldest was 
Maria, who died in New York; Jane and Lucy F. 
also died in childhood; and Charles S., born Sep- 
tember 9, 1835, died while in the Union serv- 
ice, November 4, 1864. He was a member of Com- 
pany C, Twelfth Regiment Michigan Volunteers. 
Mrs. Parker was born Februa?-y 11, 1831, and in 
1841, at the time of iier father's death, inherited 
a portion of his estate. 

In his political attiliations Mr. Parker is a Dem- 
ocrat. For many years he has been identified with 
the Masonic fraternit}', and is a member of Lodge 
No. 237, F. & A. M., of Sylvan ia. 



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NOAH C. SCOTT, now residing on section 5, 
Sylvania Township, Lucas County, is one 
of the well-to-do agriculturists of this sec- 
tion. He is a native of this state, and was born in 
Wayne Count}', November 5, 1828, to Robert and 
Lottie (Cunningham) Scott, also natives of the 
Buckeye State, the former's birth having occurred 
November 15, 1802. The father was a life-long 
farmer, and although he started out in life poor 
in this world's goods, he left at his death a valu- 
able estate. 

The parental family numbered eight children, 
of whom four are now living. Of these children, 
William, the eldest, was born January 23, 1825, 
and is now deceased; James, born August 26. 1826, 
is engaged in farming near Wauseon, in Fulton 
County, this state; Noah C. was the next-born; 
John, whose birth occurred August 22, 1830, is a 
resident of Wayne County, this state; Cunning- 



ham, born October 22, 1832, is residing in Omaha 
Neb., where he is District Judge; Elizabeth, born 
October 3, 1835, married Milton Emberson. and 
is residing in South Whitley, Ind.; Mary, born 
May 19, 1838, married Daniel Bailes, and departed 
this life in Wayne County, in 1894; and Oliver, 
born July 19, 1842, died in infancy. The parents 
of this family were devoted members of the Meth- 
odist Episcopal Church. In politics the father was 
a stanch Republican. He possessed fine business 
qualities, which he made good use of, both in his 
own interest and that of the communit}'. 

Our subject remained with his father until 
twenty-one years old, when he left home, and, go- 
ing to sea, was engaged in the whaling service for 
five years, cruising in the Indian Ocean. On again 
becoming a permanent resident of terra finna, he 
was married, March 4, 1857, to Helen M. Brilton, 
who was born January 27, 1839, and was the 
daughter of Madison and LucindaBritton, natives 
of Wayne County, this state. Her father, who 
was a carpenter and builder, reared a family of 
six children: John, Amos, Milford, Rosetta, Helen 
and Lucinda. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Scott there have been born five 
children, of whom the eldest, Lottie, was born July 
1, 1858, and is now the wife of Hiram Palen, a 
resident of Fountain County, Ind.; Leander, born 
September 8, 1860, is now located at Detroit, being 
agent for the Lake Shore Road at that place; Mary 
Inezy was born April 16, 1863, and married Harry 
Johanning, a resident of Toledo; Charles B. was 
born February 18, 1874, and is at home with his 
parents. 

While on the sea Mr. Scott was enabled to save 
quite a sum of money, and thus was able to make 
a good start when read}' to invest his earnings. 
After locating in this county he began running a 
sawmill, which he operated for two years, then 
traded it for a farm in Williams County. In 1872 
he became a resident of Lucas Count}', where he 
purchased eighty acres of land, on which he has 
resided ever since. Although our subject's ad- 
vantages for obtaining a good education were 
very limited, he is to-day one of the best financiers 
in this section ; and, realizing the value which a 
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that bis cliildren have attended school, and for 
one year he hired a tutor for them. 

Mr. Scott has been both ISciiool Director of his 
district and Supervisor of his township. Socially 
he is a Mason of high standing, and takes great 
interest in the workings of that order. In politics 
he never fails to casta vote in favor of Republi- 
can candidates, and when first given the right to 
vote cast a ballot for John C. Fremont. He is 
Government Weather Reporter for his township, 
making monthly repoits to the Bureau at Wash- 
in 2;ton. 



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JOHN SHULL, now deceased, who cast in his 
fortunes with the inhabitants of Lucas Coun- 
ty in 1843, lived within its boundaries for 
over half a century. He was called from 
the shores of time January 19, 1895, and his loss 
was felt not only by his family and friends, but 
by the public at large. He was a good financier, 
and accumulated a large estate in the legitimate 
channels of business, at the same time winning 
the confidence of his fellow-citizens, who often 
called upon him to serve them in public capacities 
of honor and trust. In 1860 he was appointed 
Superintendent of the County Poor Farm, a posi- 
tion which he retained for ten years. Then, after 
an interval of perhaps a year, he was again chosen 
to fill the jjlace, and did so for five years more. 
He also served as Trustee of Sylvania Township 
for three years. In politics he was an unswerving 
Republican. 

A native of Pennsylvania, Mr. ShuU was born 
in Perry County, October 15, 1818. His father 
died when John was a mere lad, and upon his 
shoulders the care of his mother and his younger 
brothers and sisters devolved at an early age, but 
he met the responsibility bravely. On coming 
to this county in 1843, he settled in Richfield 
Township, where he engaged in farming and in 



carpentering. For a time he was employed by a 
Mr. Wolflnger, whose daughter, Matilda, he sub- 
sequently married. The wedding ceremony was 
performed August 22, 1844, and for eighteen 
years Mrs. ShuU proved a faithful and devoted 
heljiinate. She departed this life in May, 1862, 
leaving two children, one of whom has since been 
summoned to the silent land. 

November 24, 1864, John Shull married Jeanette 
Washburn, who was born February 23, 1839, and 
who survives him. Their twin sons, born Febru- 
ary 15, 1875, and who bear the names of Deo D. 
and Leo W., are now the mainstay and sup- 
port of their mother. They are promising and 
enterprising young men, and are justly respected 
and liked by all who know them. 

About 1865 our subject purchased the farm on 
section 4, Sylvania Township, where his widow 
still resides. He erected a handsome two-story 
house, and made many other improvements which 
increased the value of the homestead. For several 
years he was a member of the Masonic order, be- 
longing to Northern Light Lodge of Maumee. 
He was a member ot the Presbyterian Church, but 
his wife adheres to the Baptist denomination. 
Mrs. Shull is a lady of lovely Cliristian character, 
and has the rare gift of making and retaining 
friends. 



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BEEBE COMSTOCK, who was one of the 
sturdy old pioneers of Lucas County, was 
born November 5, 1799, and died August 
17, 1869. His widow is still living, and is active 
in body and mind, though she is now in her eigh- 
ty-seventh year, her birth having occurred Janu- 
ary 25, 1809. 

The parents of Heebe Corastock were Solomon 
and Abigail Comstock, natives of Connecticut, 
the former born May 10, 1760, and the latter July 
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children, wlio are all dead, with the exception of 
Giles, who was born August 5, 1817. Beebe Corn- 
stock was married, December 20, 1828, to Louisa 
Parker, who was born in Massachusetts, and who 
remained at home wit!) her parents until her 
marriage. For six \-ears after their marriage the 
young couple continued to live next-door neigh- 
bors to Mrs. Comstock's parents. In 1834 they 
made the trip to Toledo in the boat known as "Old 
Perry," which was afterwards burned on the lake. 
At the time of their arrival Toledo consisted of an 
old log warehouse and a log-cabin store. After a 
year's stay in the village Mr. Comstock purchased 
eighty acres of land in Sylvania Township, on sec- 
tion 4, and continued to add to this place, until at 
his death it comprised two hundred and sixty acres. 
During his stay in this county, in 1834-35, he car- 
ried the chain in assisting to survey and lay out 
tiie city of Toledo. He cleared more land than 
any other man in this section, and was very suc- 
cessful as a general farmer. 

The union of Beebe Comstock and wife was 
blessed with four children. Elizabeth, born Octo- 
ber 11, 1829, died in childhood. Ambrose B., 
born October 23, 1830, is now living on the old 
homestead with his mother, his wife, formerly Ca- 
delia Keeler, having died in 1892. Levi S., born 
August 27, 1832, is a farmerof this township; and 
Sarah, born January 11, 1834, is the wife of W. D. 
Moore, now of Kelly, N. M.,and owner of several 
rich mines in that territory. Ambrose Comstock en- 
listed in the one-hundred-days service during the 
late war, in Company G, One Hundred and Thir- 
tieth Ohio Volunteers, being under the command 
of General Grant. He took part in numerous 
skirmishes along the Shenandoah Valle}',the James 
River, around Petersburg and Richmond, Monoc- 
acy and in the intrenchment of Washington. 

The advantages for obtaining an education were 
extremely meager in the days of Mr. and Mrs. 
Comstock's youth, and they were mainly self-edu- 
cated. In politics Mr. Comstock was a strong Re- 
publican and a true patriot on all occasions. 
Thursday, January 25, 1894, Mrs. Louisa Comstock 
and her brotiier, Ellis G. Parker, celebrated their 
birthday anniversaries in a very happy and social 
way. There are six brothers and sisters of the 



Parker family living, their names and the dates of 
their births being as follows: Hiram, born October 
26, 1806; Lousia, January 25, 1809; Ellis G., Jan- 
uary 25, 1812; Henry W., May 7, 1819; Mary, Sep- 
tember 21, 1821; and John B., July 27, 1825. The 
sum of their ages January 25, 1895, was four hun- 
dred and seventy years and one day, or an aver- 
age of seventy-eight years and four months. 



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JOHN M. HOPKINS was a well known citizen 
of Sylvania, and a Justice of the Peace, hav- 
ing served as such for six years, and in 1894 
he was re-elected to the place. He was a 
member of the City Council, was Clerk of the vil- 
lage for thirteen years, and Treasurer and Presi- 
dent of the Board of Education. After a very- 
brief illness he was called awa3' to the better land, 
on tiie 17th of March, 1895. 

The birth of our subject occurred in Sherburne, 
Chenango County, N. Y., September 17, 1815, his 
parents being Moses and Diantlia ( Pixley) Hopkins. 
The former was born in Massachusetts, January 
22, 1775, and the latter June 29, 1776, in Con- 
necticut. By occupation Moses Hopkins was a 
carpenter, and he also taught school successfully. 
For some years he conducted a wagon-shop, and 
after coming to Ohio, in 1833, devoted himself to 
farming. He owned a homestead in Erie County, 
and gave a good education and start in life to 
each of his children. 

Moses and Diantha Hopkins reared a family of 
nine children. Heniy, who was born August 6, 
1797, died in 1847, in Tennessee. Maria, who 
married Gideon King, was born June 10, 1790, 
and died May 10, 1887, in Erie County, leaving 
three children. Amanda A., the wife of Marcus 
Lathrop, was born July 13, 1801, and died Janu- 
ary 11, 1874, in Clinton, N. Y. She left only two 



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children, one of her sons, Col. William H., having 
been killed in the late war. George W., horn June 

27, 1803, died in 1864, in Henry County, Ohio, 
leaving a wife and five children. Abbie, born Oc- 
tober 1, 1805, married Alvin Newton, and at the 
time of her death, which occurred September 14, 
1828, in Bethlehem, Pa., she left one child, who 
died soon afterwards. Charles L., born July 20, 
1807, died M.ay 17, 1845, in Berlinville, Ohio, 
leaving his wife and a son, who have since died. 
Norman N., born August 22, 1810, died October 

28, 1875, in Calhoun County, Mich., leaving four 
children and a second wife. His only surviving 
child is the wife of Bert Crandall, of Homer, 
Mich. Our subject was the next in order of birth. 
William H., born September 27, 1819, was living 
in Cincinnati at the time of his death, October 2, 
1851. One daughter survived him, l)ut she has 
since passed away. 

When a lad of twelve and a-half years J. M. 
Hopkins left home, living with a brother-in-law 
on a farm until reaching his majority. At that 
time he was given a horse and saddle and enough 
money to make the amount equal to $100. He 
taught school for two terms, and gave his earnings 
to his brother-in-law, to whom he felt indebted for 
his support. In 1836 the j'oung man came to Ohio, 
visiting his parents, who had removed hither a few 
years before. Then, going to Michigan, he entered 
a tract of land, bought a yoke of oxen and began 
life in earnest. He remained in that state but a 
year, when he sold out and settled in Erie County. 
Vov a few years he woiked for farmers liy the 
month, and during this time managed to save a 
large share of his earnings. 

November 5, 1839, Mr. Hopkins married Rachel 
Henrietta Hill, who died September 23, 1866, leav- 
ing three children. The eldest, Marcus S., born 
November 15, 1840, a wealth^' retired capitalist of 
Washington, D. C, is president of a comi)any, and 
in former years was a patent lawyer. Mary, who 
was born July 5, 1842, became the wife of Henrj', E. 
Burnham, and died April 8, 1894. Ella A. is the 
widow of Benjamin Ittner, a very successful busi- 
ness man of Omaha, Neb. She was born Novem- 
ber 8, 1848, and is the mother of four children. 
Nearlj- three years after the death of his first wife. 



Mr. Hopkins married Ariadne, daughter of Luman 
Andrews, of New York. 

Mr. Hopkins, soon after his first marriage, en- 
gaged in farming on his father's old homestead in 
Erie Count}', and remained there a few years, when 
he sold the place to its former owner. After work- 
ing a year he bought sixty-five acres of improved 
land, running into debt to a certain extent, but at 
the end of six years had it all paid for. An op- 
portunity offering, he sold the farm, but re-invest- 
ed the sum realized in another tract of seventy- 
five acres, receiving some help from the proceeds 
of his father's estate. For twelve years he made 
his home in Michigan, two miles from this city, 
and for the past thirteen years resided in Sylvania. 
During his life he filled the important offices of 
Treasurer and Clerk of the Board of Health, and 
for seven years acted as Justice of the Peace. In 
his early days he was associated with the Odd Fel- 
lows' society. Politically he was indentified with 
the Republican party. 



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FRANCIS T. BOWER, former President of 
the Ohio State Board of Pharmacy, is one 
of the prominent and popular men of his 
profession in this state. In business circles of To- 
ledo he commands the esteem of all those with 
whom he is brought in contact, and is regarded as 
an intelligent and enterprising citizen, whom to 
know is to honor. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Hamilton, 
Ohio, January 23, 1853, and is the son of Joseph A., 
and Julia A. (Hopper) Bower, natives of Germany 
and Virginia, respectively. The father, who was 
born in Bavaria, during his boyhood accompanied 
his parents to this country. Landing in New York 
City, they proceeded westward to Cincinnati, Ohio, 
but remained there only a short time, however, 
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and where Joseph A. learned the saddler and har- 
ness-maker's trade. His niarri.agc occurred in Ham- 
ilton, and here he remained until 1877, at which 
time he removed to Toledo, and later to West- 
moreland County, Pa., where he and his wife are 
spending the remainder of their days. 

Francis T. Bower passed his boyhood in the 
states of Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, and re- 
ceived such an education as could be obtained in 
the district schools. He later attended a school at 
Latrobe, Westmoreland County, Pa., and in 1873 
entered the pharmaceutical department of the State 
University of Ann Arbor, Mich., graduating in 
1876. Immediately upon concluding his univer- 
sity course, he came to Toledo, and embarked in the 
drug business in August of that year, stocking an 
establishment on the corner of Cherry and Michi- 
gan Streets. His present store is in the new Lib- 
erty Hall brick block, recently erected at the corner 
of Cherry and Ontario Streets, and here he has one 
of the neatest and best-arranged stores in the city 
of Toledo. 

September 1, 1881, occurred the marriage of our 
subject and Miss Martha J. Harris, formerly of 
Detroit, Mich., and a daughter of John Harris. 
To Mr. and Mrs. Bower have been born five chil- 
dren, two sons and three daughters. Mr. Bower 
has filled man}' offices of public trust. Secretary of 
the Pharmaceutical Association until 1883, he was 
appointed the followingyear by Governor Hoadley, 
of Ohio, as a member of the Board of Pharmacy; in 
1885 was re-appointed bj- the same Governor, and 
in 1890 received another re-appointment, this time 
by Governor Campbell, for the term expiring 
April 1, 1895. During this time he served as 
Vice-President, and during three years as Presi- 
dent, of the board. 

Since the year 1883 Mr. Bower has been a mem- 
ber of the Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association, 
and for the past four years has been the Lucas 
County correspondent for the association. He was 
at one time an instructor in the chemical labora- 
tory of Toledo Medical College, ami is on the 
medical staff of St. Vincent's Hospital of Toledo. 
He is also a member of the Board of Directors of 
the Retail Druggists' Fire Insurance Association 
of Ohio, the main oflice of which is located at Cin- 



cinnati, and a Director of the Universal Trade 
Association, with home office at Detroit. He leads 
a very busy and useful life, but his duties are al- 
ways discharged with that carefulness and fidel- 
ity which have ever characterized the man. 



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WILLIAM ACERS is a well-to-do farmer 
of Sylvania Township, Lucas County. 
He owns a place comprising forty-seven 
acres on section 11, and this he has improved by 
erecting good buildings and a i)leasant and com- 
modious residence. He has been the owner of this 
property since 1866, and is therefore numbeied 
among the old settlers of Sylvania Township. For 
several years he served as School Director, and in 
many other ways has manifested his interest in 
public affairs. 

The birth of William Acers occurred August 31, 
1834, in the state of New York. He received a 
good education for those days, and remained at 
home until about 1858, when he started for Cali- 
fornia in search of a fortune. For eight years he 
worked industriously on the Pacific Slope, and 
managed to clear a fair amount. On returning to 
Ohio in 1866, he bought the land which he still 
cultivates. 

In December, 1866, Mr. Acers and Lucilla Cor- 
bett Green were united in marriage. Her parents 
were Dr. Horace and Catherine (Tucker) Green, 
natives of Massachusetts. They emigrated to the 
Buckeye State at a very early day, but after stay- 
ing here for two years removed to Buffalo, N. Y. 
Of their five children, only three are yet living, 
namely: Mrs. Acers; Charles, born February 22, 
1845, and now a member of the Toledo Produce 
Exchange; and Estella, bora October 25, 1847. the 
wife of Dallas Randall. Horace, the twin brother 
of Mrs. Acers, born March 28, 1843, in Sylvania, 
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our subject and wife died in infancy; Elliott, their 
only surviving child, born July 1, 1869, lives at 
home; Archie, born September 6, 1871, died Octo- 
ber 6, 1881. The next died in infancy unnamed; 
and Stella, born Jul)- 25, 1883, died when six 
weeks old. 

Tlie parents of William Acers were Elliott and 
Rosanna (House) Acers. The former was born 
May 1, 1809, and died May 11, 1885, his remains 
being placed in the Sylvania Cemetery. His wid- 
ow, who is still living, was born Decembers, 1807, 
in New York State, and is a daughter of Isaac and 
Katie (Ackley) House, natives of Germany. The 
father was killed by the caving-in of a gravel bank, 
when Mrs. Acers was a mere child, and afterward 
his widow married again. He was the father of 
six children, namely: Mrs. Katie Wright, who died 
leaving three children; Mrs. Margaret Muckey, 
also deceased; Mrs. Betsy Cassady, of New York 
State; James and Benjamin, twins, and also resi- 
dents of the Empire State; and Mrs. Acers. The 
latter was hist married to John Randolph, who 
died a short time subsequently, leaving two chil- 
dren: Catherine, who married David Stout, and 
died in August, 1880; and Henry, born February 
16, 1832. He lives with his mother, as he has 
never married, and has traveled extensively dur- 
ing his life. To the union of Elliott Acers and 
wife four children were born: William, whose his- 
tory is here given; Margaret, born January 26, 
1837; Electa, who was born July 15, 1839, and 
married Washington Leonard.son,of Britton, Mich.; 
and Mary J., born January 7, 1844, the wife of 
Welter Shaffer, of North Baltimore. Margaret 
married Howard Shaffer, who died March 5, 1894, 
and she is now living on the old homestead with 
her mother. 

In August, 1844, P>lliott Acers moved to Ohio, 
locating on the tract of land now managed by his 
widow. There were no buildings on the farm, and 
but little of it had been cleared. He industriously 
set to work and brought it into its present condi- 
tion of fertility and thrift. For five years he was 
absent in California, during the craze for gold, 
but after paying his expenses had little left with 
which to return home. Like his son William, he 
was a good Republican, and served as School Di- 



rector. He was a great worker in the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and fraternally was a member 
of the Sons of Temperance. The maternal grand- 
father of Mrs. Rosanna Acers, Henry Ackley, was 
a Captain in the War of the Revolution. At one 
time his wife, with her three children, was hidden 
by a friendly Indian in the woods for three days, 
during a massacre of the white settlers, but two of 
the children, notwithstanding, were scalped by the 
redmen. A son, J.acob, was stolen by the Indians 
at the age of five years, and was kept a captive for 
eight years. When the boy was found by his fa- 
ther he was as wild and uncivilized as any of the 
savages. He had been marked by his captors, who 
cut the tops of his ears, letting them hang down. 
Mrs. Rosanna Acers is one of the pioneer women 
of this county, and well remembers when the In- 
dians were very numerous here. Among her tro- 
phies of old days she has some blankets which she 
wove herself, and which are seventy-two years old. 
She iias been a life-long member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church, and an active worker in the 
same, as was also her late liusband from early I'oy- 
hood to the time of his dealli. 



WILLIAM DUNIPACE, one of the hon- 
ored old pioneers of Wooster Town- 
ship, Wood County, has dwelt on his 
present homestead for the past flftj'-cight years. In 
his early manhood he took up a tract of Govern- 
ment land, paying therefor $1.25 per acre, and 
from that time forward devoted his energies to its 
improvement and development. The pl.ace was 
heavily timbered, and bare!}' five acres a j'ear 
could be cleared by the most industrious efforts. 
Mr. Dunipace helped to lay out the roads, to erect 
schoolhouses, and in other ways to advance the 
interests of the community. 

The birth of our subject occurred in the parish 
of Liberton, Edinburghshire, Scotland, January 
19, 1816, his parents, William and Margaret (Gill) 




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Dunipace, being likewise natives of that country. 
Their cliildren were as follows: Robert, Margaret, 
Jeanette, Isabella, Mary (Mrs. James Muir), James, 
Annie and Charles. Margaret was born January 
4, 1813, and January 10, 1836, married William 
Weddell, a mechanic, who died in 1843, aged thir- 
ty-two years. His son George is deceased, but 
another son, William, is a farmer of this township. 
His only daughter was named Margaret, in honor 
of her mother. Jeanette, the second sister of our 
subject, died in infancy; and the next sister, Isa- 
bella, was born July 24, 1814. Robert and James 
are deceased. 

Marcli 28, 1834, William Dunipace, Sr., and his 
family started for the United States on a sailing- 
vessel, and for eight weeks were tossed to and fro 
on the Atlantic. Finally landing in New York 
City, the}' proceeded by way of the canal and the 
Great Lakes to Perrysburg, Ohio, arriving there 
July 3. In that place tiie father died about one 
month later, in his fifty-fourth year. His wife, 
after surviving him many years, died in 1878, at 
the ripe old age of ninety-three years. 

William Dunipace, of this sketch, came to Amer- 
ica at the same time as his parents and brothers and 
sisters, and by the death of his father was early 
obliged to make his own livelihood. He obtained 
a position as a farm hand near Perrj'sburg, and 
worked for $13 a month. In 1837 he removed to 
the homestead, which he has since cultivated, and 
which was situated in what was formerly known 
as Freedom Township. As the years passed he 
added to his possessions until he now has over five 
hundred acres of valuable and im))roved land. 
He experienced all the hardships which fall to the 
lot of a pioneer, and for years his humble abode was 
in a log cabin 18x24 feet in dimensions. Though 
those years were full of toil and difficulties, yet 
they were not unhappy, as he was full of hope and 
ambition, and could not but feel pride in the suc- 
cess which he was achieving. 

Mr. Dunipace received but a limited education, 
as he was able to attend school only until he was 
thifteen years of age, and he has had to rely upon 
his own private study and observation for the 
practical knowledge which he possesses. In poli- 
tics he is a Republican, and religiously is identi- 
10 



fied with the Presbyterian Church. He can look 
back upon life well spent in doing good to his fel- 
lows, and is now passing his declining years sur- 
rounded with comforts which his toil has provided, 
and in the secure enjoyment of the confidence and 
respect of his many friends and neighbors. 



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T7> DWIN REED. As a notable example of 

I Cy what may be accomplished by energj', de- 
termination and force of character, we 
may point to the career of Mr. Reed, one of To- 
ledo's well known citizens. His banking and real- 
estate interests are extensive and important, and 
he is recognized as one of the most shrewd and 
successful financiers of the city. When he began 
his career he had about $4,000, which he inherited 
from his father, and by energy and perseverance, 
united with economy and business qualifications, 
he has added to his original fortune, and is now 
living in the enjoyment of the luxuries wealth 
affords. 

Mr. Reed is a native of Ohio, and was born in 
Huron County, March 5, 1818, being the son of 
Samuel and Hannah (Brown) Reed. His father, 
who was born in Tolland, Conn., was a son of 
Samuel Reed, Sr.,a native of Rhode Island, and a 
descendant of Scotch ancestors. Edwin was the 
second among six children, there being three sons 
and three daughters. Of that number, all the 
sons and one of the daughters are still living. His 
boyhood days were spent in Huron County, and 
he was early trained to habits of industry and per- 
severance, which qualities were the secret of the 
success he afterward gained. His education was 
meager, as the schools of the early half of this cen- 
tury were inferior in the quality of instruction af- 
forded. However, he availed himself to the ut- 
most of such advantages as he could obtain, and 
through diligent effort and thoughtful reading he 
has acquired a reasonable fund of historical and 
general information. 

Arriving at man's estate, Mr. Reed chose the oc- 
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twenty-seven years, meeting with excellent success 
in his various undertakings. In 1869 he removed 
to Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, where he 
opened an Exchange Bank, and for the four ensu- 
ing years he remained at the head of that financial 
concern. In 1873 he came to Toledo, where he 
lias since made his home, but still retains his inter- 
est in the banking business, as the senior member 
of the firm of Reed, Merry & Co. 

A half-century has passed since Mr. Reed estab- 
lished domestic ties and united Ms destiny with 
that of Miss Rosamond Hubbell, an estimable and 
amiable lady, who was born in Lanesboro, Mass. 
She removed to Huron County, Ohio, with her 
parents when a child, and continued to reside 
there until her marriage in 1844. During the 
years that have since followed, she has been the 
faithful helpmate and devoted counselor of her 
husband, aiding him as far as possible in all his 
undertakings. Mr. and Mrs. Reed became the 
parents of seven children, namely: Hattie, who be- 
came the wife of Frank Beverstock, and died at 
Bowling Green, Ohio, in 1874, leaving no children; 
Dell, who died in Toledo in 1878; Laura, who died 
in this city in 1880; Mattie, who is unmarried and 
resides with her parents; John, who was engaged in 
farming, and married Ada Rodgers, but died in 
March, 1894, leaving no children; Jennie, who 
married George H. Ketcham,and resides in Toledo 
with her husband and one daughter; and Mary, 
who became the wife of James G. Hickox, and 
died March 3, 1893. 

In politics Mr. Reed is, and always has been, a 
stanch Democrat. 



JAMES FACER, a retired farmer now living 
at Millbury, is a hero of the late civil con- 
flict, and was one of the unfortunate prison- 
ers at Anderson ville, where he was confined 
for fourteen months and seven days. From the 
effects of the hardships and exposure which he en- 
dured there he has since been a cripple; for five 



or six months while in captivity he could not 
stand erect, but had to crawl on his hands and 
knees. 

Born in West Haden, Northamptonshire, Eng- 
land, July 2, 1830, James Facer is a son of George 
and Mary (Hall) Facer. The former, who was 
born in the same part of England in 1810, died 
January 31, 1885, in his native land. He was a 
son of George Facer, who died in England in the 
'30s, when nearly one hundred years of age. Mary 
(Hall) Facer was a daughter of Joseph and Mary 
(Gilbert) Hall, who both died in England at an 
advanced age. George Facer and his wife, Mary, 
were the parents of six children, of whom James 
is the eldest. Mary married William Foster, a 
shoe dealer in Dunchurcli, Warwickshire; Betsey 
became the wife of William Shaw, a dyer in a 
woolen factory at Dunchurch; Sarah's husband, 
Joseph Gurney, is a farm overseer for a nobleman 
at Buckley Lodge; William, who came to the 
United States about 1859, is the next; and Emma 
married William Harris, of England. William, the 
youngest son, resided with our subject until the 
war broke out, when he entered the service and, 
being captured, was taken to Anderson ville, where 
he died April 20, 1864, from exposure and starva- 
tion. 

It was in the spring of 1847 that James Facer 
left Liverpool in the sailing-vessel "Weston," and 
after a voyage of thirty-nine days landed in New 
York City. He at once went to Ridgeville, Lo- 
rain County, and that summer worked for Samuel 
Burk, with whom he remained for many years 
during the winter seasons, the remainder of his 
time being spent as an engineer on lake steamers. 
August 16, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, One 
Hundred and Eleventh Ohio Infantry, and among 
others took part in the battles of Campbell Station, 
Crab Orchard, Strawberry Plains and Hough's 
Ferry. At the siege af Knoxville he was under 
Burnside, who was pinned in by Longstreet. 
Provisions grew very scarce, and the garrison had 
a hard time to hold out, but Sherman finally came 
to their relief. At Strawberry Plains James Facer, 
his brother and the two Meeks brothers were cap- 
tured, and spent one night at Castle Thunder, 
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Belle Isle, where tliey remained for two weeks, 
finally arriving at Andersonville, where our sub- 
ject remained until the close of the war. He was 
paroled at Vieksburg, then went to Camp Den- 
nison, where he remained for a few weeks, and was 
discharged June 27, 1865, having been in the serv- 
ice three years all but two months. He had been 
reported dead, and had to identify himself before 
receiving his pay. 

In August, 1865, Mr. Facer bought a wooded 
tract in this county. This he cleared and brought 
under good cultivation, but has since sold the 
farm to his son. December 25, 1851, he married 
Lydia M. Davenport, who was born in Cattaraugus 
County, N. Y., December 15, 1830. Her father, 
Thompson Tabor Davenport, was born in New 
York, May 9, 1803, and died March 12, 1837. His 
wife, Hannah, formerly a Miss Peters, born Sep- 
tember 26, 1807, died March 9, 1850. Mrs. Facer 
was the fourth in a famil3' of eight children, and 
was brought to Ohio when two years of age. By 
her marriage she has become the mother of seven 
children, as follows: George, who is engaged in 
milling near Latchie; Dora, who died at the age of 
six 3'ears; Eva, who died when in her fourth year; 
AValter, who owns his father's old homestead; 
Wallace, who is represented elsewhere in this 
volume; Cora, who became the wife of Charles 
Facer, a distant cousin and a resident of Millbury; 
and Ertie, who lives with her parents. Mrs. Facer 
and her youngest daughter are members of the Mill- 
bury Evangelical Church. The former's brother, 
Thompson Davenport, was killed on the third 
day's battle of the Wilderness, and her brother 
Francis M. was wounded at Franklin, Tenn. 

Fraternally Mr. Facer is a member of George 
Douglas Post No. 183, G. A. R., of Millbury, and 
his wife belongs to the Woman's Relief Corp No. 
309. He has held nearly all of the official posi- 
tions in the local post, and has had the honor of hav- 
ing a Grand Army post at Lansing, Mich., where 
he enlisted, named for him. In politics he is a 
stanch Republican, has been Councilman for two 
terms, and has served as School Director. He 
comes from a military family, one of his uncles 
having been an officer on the field of Waterloo. 
His life has frequently been endangered, and, in 



addition to his Andersonville experience, he has 
had several thrilling escapes from death. He was 
once on a vessel that was wrecked; at another 
time was on a ship that burned to the water's 
edge; and on still another occasion fell overboard 
in the night into an icy sea, but managed to keep 
afloat until a small boat was sent to his rescue. In 
the summer of 1884 he and his good wife visited 
the land of their birth, and passed three months 
very pleasantly with old friends and relatives, 
Mr. Facer seeing his father, who was then in his 
eighty-fifth year, for the last time. 



JOHN H. SCHRODER. The success which has 
attended the efforts of Mr. Schroder entitles 
him to mention in this volume. As a busi- 
ness man he is progressive, and as a citizen 
he has long ranked among the most public-spirited 
of Pemberville's residents. In addition to tiie 
management of his boot and shoe business, he has 
at various times been selected to represent his fel- 
low-citizens in official capacities, and has invari- 
ably rendered efficient and able service. 

Born in Prussia, German}-, near the village of 
Buende, November 10, 1833, the subject of this 
notice is the son of .John H. Schroder, Sr., a man 
of some means, and a carpenter and wagon-maker 
by occupation. The family being well-to-do, the 
son was given excellent opportunities for obtain- 
ing an education, and during boyhood spent his 
time principally in school. At the age of fifteen 
he commenced to learn bis father's trade, which 
he followed until he came to America, in 1851. 
After crossing the Atlantic he came direct to 
Cleveland, where he served an apprenticeship to 
tlie trade of a cabinet-maker, meantime attending 
night school whenever it was possible. For six 
years he followed that trade, two 3'ears being spent 
in Cleveland and four in Toledo. 

A year and a-half after our subject came to the 
United States, his parents, with his three brothers 



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and one sister, came to this country and settled in 
Pemberville, where his father, mother and sister all 
(lied of cholera in 1854. He, being the eldest of 
the family, was therefore obliged to look after his 
brothers. Of these we note the following: C. H. 
is an extensive dealer in sash, doors and blinds in 
Toledo. J. F., who enlisted in the Union army 
during the Civil War, was a member of tlie Fifth 
United States Regulars, and was taken prisoner at 
Chiokamauga, whence he was sent to the prison 
at Anderson ville, and tliere lie died. William H. 
was in the undertaking business in Toledo, and 
being a shrewd financier, lie accumulated consid- 
erable property, and was in comfortable circum- 
stances at the time of his death, wiien thirty-four 
years of age. 

Believing tl'iit farm work would aid in restor- 
ing his health, which had become somewhat im- 
paired, our subject in 1857 purchased a farm near 
Pemberville, wjiere for a time he engaged in agri- 
cultural operations. Later he disposed of the 
tract and purchased a farm in Webster Township. 
Agriculture, however, was not a congenial occu- 
pation, and he soon retired from it and went to 
Toledo, where he worked at his trade until a year 
later, when failing health again obliged him to 
abandon it. Purchasing a farm near Pemberville, 
he resumed the tilling of the soil, and for the fol- 
lowing seven years was thus engaged. He then 
embarked in the mercantile business at Pember- 
ville, but after some years with different partners, 
the business proved a failure, and he was compelled 
to make an assignment. Under the first adminis- 
tration of President Cleveland, he received the 
appointment of Postmaster, which he filled for 
several years. On retiring from that office, he em- 
barked in the boot and shoe business, in which he 
has since engaged. 

Mr. Schroder married Eliza, daughter of Casper 
Kohring, a native of Germany and one of the 
pioneer farmers of Wood Count}'. Plight of their 
eleven children are living. Henry W. is the man- 
ager of the Pemberville Creamery Company; Louis 
F. is an operator on the Columbus, Hocking Valley 
& Toledo Railroad; Fred H. is the station agent 
for the same road at Pemberville; Edward is in 
school; George is a student in the law department 



of the Ohio Normal University, at Ada; Anna is 
the wife of E. H. Smith, a merchant of Pember- 
ville; Lizzie is the wife of Edward Hebler, a farmer 
b}' occupation; Minnie was for several years a 
teacher in the Pemberville High School, but now 
devotes her attention exclusively to the teaching 
of music. 

The first office held by Mr. Schroder was that 
of Township Trustee, and afterward he was Town- 
ship Treasurer for several years. He has been 
Justice of the Peace for the past twenty-six years 
with the exception of one terra. While the new 
schoolhouse was being built, he served as a mem- 
ber of the Board of Education. For three years he 
was Ma3-or of Pemberville. During his services 
in the City Council the new city hall was erected. 
At one time he was elected Probate Judge of Wood 
County b}' four hundred majority, but was count- 
ed out. Two years later he was a candidate for 
the office of County Treasurer, and while the Re- 
publican majority in the county was nine hundred, 
he came within one hundred and fifty votes of 
being elected. In religious views he is a Lutheran 
and for many years he was an officer in the 
church. 



Cpr L. BORDNER, one of the leading business 
/ — \ men of Bradner, was born on a farm near 
Prairie Depot, Wood Count}', Ohio, Jan- 
uary 28, 185L He is a son of Michael Bordner, 
who was born in Licking Township, Dauphin 
County, Pa., February 28, 1812. His grandpar- 
ents on the paternal side, Peter and Catherine 
(Godman) Bordner, were natives of Pennsylvania, 
the former having been born in Lebanon County. 
Both were descendants of German ancestry. 

Thrown upon his own resources at the age of 
eleven years, our subject's father began to work 
upon a farm, receiving bis board and clothes in 
compensation for his labor. When fifteen years 
old he commenced to learn the shoemaker's trade, 
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hope of improving his chances for making his way 
in life. He worked at his trade in Stark County, 
receiving $27.50 and a pair of fine boots for a 
j-ear's labor. After four j-ears in Stark, he came 
to Wood County', and purchased a tract of land on 
the west side of the middle branch of the Porttige 
River, near the present site of the village of Port- 
age. Returning a short time afterward to Stark 
County, he married Miss Leah Buchtel, and, ac- 
companied b3' his young wife, started for his pros- 
pective home in Wood County. 

The place was then a wilderness, and on account 
of high water it was impossible to reach the land 
upon which Mr. Bordner had intended to settle. 
However, he soon succeeded in disposing of the 
property', and purchased eighty acres near Free- 
port, in Wood County, upon wliich he constructed 
a small house of round poles, covered with clap- 
boards, and with a floor and door of puncheon. 
The nearest mill at that time was at Fremont or 
Perrysburg, and to reach either of these points it 
was necessary' to make a long and tedious trip. 
The journey hither was made with an ox-team, 
and as the roads were very muddy, considerable 
trouble was had in preventing the oxen from get- 
ting stuck in the mud. The family subsisted 
mainly upon the game brought down by Mr. 
Bordner's unerring rifle. Animals were numerous, 
and at one time, when going home after dark, lie 
was followed by a pack of wolves to his very door, 
and in order to keep them from entering the house 
by way of the chimney (the top of which was but 
a few feet from the ground) he was compelled to 
build a fire in the fireplace. In those frontier 
times, surrounded by all the hardships of pioneer 
life, many were the hardships endured by this 
brave man, but in spite of all the drawbacks he 
now looks back upon those days as tiie happiest 
of his life. In 1854 he lost his first wife, and 
three years later he married Polly Yoey, of De 
Kalb County, Ind. 

For twent}' years Michael Bordner lived on the 
farm, after which he spent two years in Freeport, 
and then came to Bradner, where he bought a small 
tract of land. Here his second wife died, since 
which time some of his children have resided with 
him in order to make his remaining days as happy 



and comfortable as possible. In many respects he 
has been a remarkable man. Starting in life a poor 
boy, settling in the swamps of Wood County with- 
out means, he nevertheless made a fortune. His 
generosit_y has been unlimited, and while he still 
has an ample fortune left, much has gone to benefit 
others. In all his dealings with his fellow-men 
his character has never been stained by deceit or 
shadowed by dishonesty. In fact, he lias been 
known for the uprightness of his life and the 
kindness of his heart. No appeal to him from a 
worthy person has ever been made in vain. He 
is known and honored as one of the most enter- 
prising, generous and kind-hearted citizens of the 
county. 

In the family of Michael Bordner tliere were 
eight children. Henry, who enlisted in the Union 
army during the Civil War, was a member of tiie 
Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, belonging to Com- 
pany D; he died during his service. Calvin, also 
a member of the Seventy-second Regiment, lost his 
life in service. Mary is the wife of George Bower. 
Lucy is married to Levi Brook. Rachel is the 
wife of Michael Bowe, of Rising Sun. Ellen, Mrs. 
Jasper Weller, lives in Michigan. Sarah, wife of 
M. Fairbanks, resides in Deshler, Wood County, 
Ohio. 

The only surviving son of the family is the 
subject of this biographical sketch. He spent his 
early life upon the home farm and was educated 
in the country schools. After a short time de- 
voted to farm work he came to Bradner, in 1889, 
and opened a mercantile establishment, which he 
has since conducted. He is an extensive dealer in 
stock and poultry, and also has a large grocery 
trade, having met with gratifying success in these 
various lines of work. He owns a farm upon 
which there are five oil wells, and also has consid- 
erable valuable property in Bradner. His ability 
as a financier is recognized bj' all who know him, 
and he is considered one of the shrewdest business 
men of the county. 

In 1871 Mr. Bordner was married to Miss Mary 
Shinew, the daughter of a farmer living near Port- 
age, Wood County. They have three children 
living, and lost one in infancy. The surviving 
sons are Edwin L., Harvey N. and Floyd W., in- 



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telligent young men, whose prospects for success- 
ful careers are the brightest. Socially Mr. Bord- 
ner is an Odd Fellow. In his religious views he is 
connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
of which he is Trustee, and for two years he has 
filled the position of Superintendent of the Sun- 
day-school. 



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DANIEL DENNIS DOWNING, a prosper- 
ous farmer of Wood County, farms a 
ninety-acre tract of land on the outskirts 
of Millbury. He is one of England's native sons, 
his birth having occurred in Cornwall, near the 
village of Stratton, August 29, 1855, but since his 
youth his fortunes have been interwoven with 
those of the United States. 

John Bailey and Jane (Bicklye) Downing, the 
parents of the gentleman of whom we write, were 
both natives of Cornwall, and born in 1823, their 
marriage occurring twenty years later. John B. 
Downing was a farmer in the mother counUy un- 
til 1869, when he embarked at Liverpool on the 
steamship "Siberia," and after a voyage of eleven 
daj's reached Boston, Mass., October 26. On the 
passage a dreadful storm was encountered, the 
main shaft broke, and for eight hours the vessel 
was driven before the furj' of the gale. The Cap- 
tain gave the ship up for lost and had an account 
of the disaster written and placed in a bottle, which 
he was about to throw overboard, when the shaft 
was patched up in some way, and they managed 
to continue the journey slowly-. From Boston 
Mr. Downing and his family came direct to Mill- 
bury, where a nephew was a resident. For some 
six years Mr. Downing engaged in farming near 
this place, after which he was station agent at 
Latchie for seven years. In 1882 he returned to 
England, and for ten years engaged in market 
gardening and fruit raising. Since 1892 he has 
made his home with his daughter in Gibsonburg, 
Sandusk}' County. His father, John Downing, was 



born about 1785, and lived to he ninety-eight 
years of age. He was well educated, and was un- 
usually successful in his chosen vocation, that of 
farming. His last years were spent in Boynton, 
Cornwall, where he owned a number of houses, 
which he rented. 

John Bailey Downing and his wife, Jane, had the 
following children: John, who was killed on the 
railroad at Millbury about 1882; William, a mer- 
chant of Trorale^', Wood County; Arabella, who 
married Alfred Deacon, a mason of Elmore, Ottawa 
County, Ohio; Daniel D., our subject; Richard 
Rogers, who is unmarried and lives with the former; 
Emily Ann, wife of Abraham Kimmerlin, a <\vy- 
goods merchant of Gibsonburg, Ohio; and Louisa, 
who died at the age of twenty years. The mother 
of these children departed this life in June, 1871. 
She was the fourtli of six children horn to William 
Bickle. 

Daniel D. Downing was born on the Lezant 
Farm, near Stratton, and when two years old his 
parents removed to the Smorm Farm, in St. Gen- 
uy's Parish, where the boy attended school up to 
the time of the family's emigration, his last teacher 
being Walter Gros, an old soldier. Until he was 
nineteen years old he worked for his father, and 
then obtained a position in A. J. Miller's sawmill 
at Millbury. He then became his assistant in the 
postoffice. The following winter he worked in the 
woods, and hauled logs for a year at Webb's Sta- 
tion. For the succeeding four years he was em- 
plo3'ed on a farm six miles south of Toledo, after 
which he came to this vicinity and entered the 
employ of Mr. Chapman on the farm where he now 
resides. His next move was to become an en- 
gineer in a stave factory, but since 1888, when he 
rented this farm, he has engaged in its cultivation. 
He is a loyal Republican on all questions of n.a- 
tional importance, but in local elections supports 
the best man. 

On the 2d of July, 1882, Mr. Downing married 
Miss Ella Monroe, who was born in New Rochester, 
this count3', September 17, 1862. Her parents, 
James and Etta (Knolll Monroe, were married in 
New Rochester about 1858. The former was born 
in 1832, to James and Lydia (Campbell) Monroe, 
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Ohio, as earlj' as 1835. There the mother died in 
tiie year 1840, and nine years later the fatlier was 
stricken with cholera, from the effects of which his 
death resulted. Mrs. Etta Monroe died in Mau- 
mee County in the fall of 1867, at the age of about 
thirty-one years. Her eldest daughter, Carrie, who 
was born in 1859, married William Leuce, now of 
Tennessee. Mrs. Downing was about five years old 
when her mother died, and she went to make her 
home with a Mrs. Dale, of Maumee City. When she 
was in her fourteenth year she came to Millbury 
and lived with the famil>- of Charles F. Chapman, 
where she was living at the time of her marriage. 
Three children have been born to our subject and 
his estimable wife: Ralph, October 4, 1883; Roy, 
December 2, 1886; and Zella, June 10, 1889. Mrs. 
Downing has been a faithful member of the Evan- 
gelical Church for seventeen years, and both she 
and her husband enj03' the confidence of a large 
circle of acquaintances. 



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WALTER W. BRIM, who purchased his 
residence in Millbury in 1884 and rents 
a farm near the village, is one of the 
native sons of Wood Countj', having been born 
in Troy Township, December 9, 1843. During the 
late war he fought in defense of the Union, and 
has a record of which he may well be proud. 

The parents of our subject were George and 
Betsy M. (Loop) Brim, the former of whom was 
born September 20, 1807, in Devonshire, England, 
and came to the United States in the spring of 
1835, settling near Stony Ridge, Wood Count^'. 
At first he worked in a brickyard, then was em- 
ployed in lutnbering on the Maumee River, and 
from 1837 to 1840 assisted in building the Western 
Reserve and the Mnumee Turnpikes. He then 
rented land, and in 1848 bought forty acres in 
Sandusky County, where he lived until his death, 
which occurred December 7, 1873, at which time 
he was the owner of about two hundred acres of 



land. He was bound out when only nine years 
of age, and served until reaching his majority, and 
from that time until his emigration worked on 
farms. He came all the way from England to To- 
ledo by water, and was accompanied by his brother, 
John W., who shortly afterward moved to Illinois, 
and all trace of him has been lost. George Brim 
was a son of George Brim, Sr., who died in Dev- 
onshire, England, prior to 1835, leaving a large 
family. 

The marriage of George Brim, Jr., to Miss Betsy 
M. Loop was celebrated October 1, 1840. The 
lady was born in New York State, March 13, 1813. 
being a daughter of Peter and Rebecca (Gilbert) 
Loop. The former died June 9, 1855, and the 
latter April 9, 1841, aged, respective!}', eight^'- 
eight and sixty-eight years. George and Betsy 
Brim became the parents of nine children, as fol- 
lows; James J., who is operating the old home- 
stead in Sanduskj- County; Walter W., our sub- 
ject; Emeline and Emily, twins, the former of 
whom is the wife of William Duke, a farmer near 
Lamont, Pettis County, Mo., and the latter of 
whom died in infancy; George, who was a farmer 
in Johnson County, Mo., and is now deceased; 
Laney M., who is the wife of J. Christian Recker, 
a farmer of Troy Township; Gilbert B., who owns 
a farm in Lake Township; Betsy M., wife of George 
Ash, a furniture dealer of Logansport, Ind.; and 
Clara E., wife of W. F,. Gardner, of Lake Town- 
ship. The mother of these children died March 
12, 1895, aged eighty-two years. 

The early years of Walter W. Brim were quietly 
passed in Sandusky County. When only four years 
of age he commenced going to school, this being 
before his parents removed from Wood County. 
Later he attended the seminary at Maumee, a 
Methodist Episcopal denominational school, leav- 
ing there in the spring of 1863, after having pur- 
sued three terms of study. September 24, 1863, 
he enlisted in Company L, Third Ohio Cavalry, 
under Col. Charles Seidell and Colonel Howland. 
He served in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Geor- 
gia, Mississippi and North Carolina, taking part 
in the battle of Mission Ridge and the siege of 
Knoxville (in which he was among the advance 
forces), and was among the first to break through 



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the lines and communicate willi Burnside. After 
following Lougstreet into Noilti Carolina, he went 
with his regiment into winter quarters on tlie 
Hiawassee River, and in the spring of 1864 fol- 
lowed Bragg into Georgia, cliarging the enemy at 
Dalton. In the Atlanta camjjaign he was in many 
skirmishes, and just before the march to the sea, in 
the fall of 1864, when the cavalr3' force was di- 
vided, he returned to Louisville under Wilson. 
The next spring he took part in the AVilson raid 
tlirough Selma and Montgomer}', Ala., also to 
Columbus and Macon, Ga. At Columbus, Wilson's 
command captured twelve hundred Confederates, 
with a loss of only thirty men. Mr. Brim's com- 
pany was a portion of the force detailed to capture 
Jeff Davis, and though he was not with the party 
that took possession of that noted leader, he rode 
over one hundred and sevent3'-five miles in pur- 
suit of him. At the close of the war he held the 
rank of First Corporal, and was finally discharged 
at Edgefield, Tenn., August 4, 1865. 

For four years after returning from the Soulli 
Mr. Brim engaged in farming during the summer 
and teaching in the wiuter,after which he devoted 
himself entirely to the management of his father's 
homestead. In 1876 he moved to a farm in Mill- 
bury, and has since devoted himself exclusively' to 
agriculture. He first purchased one hundred and 
sixty acres south of the village, but later disposed 
of that land. In politics he is a lo^al Republican, 
and fraternally is a member of George Douglas 
Post No. 183, G. A. R.,of Millbuiy. He has been 
Mayor and Councilman of this place, and has 
served as School Director. 

February 4, 1875, Mr. Brim and Harriet S. 
Brahm were united in marriage. The lady was 
born in Loudon, Pa., January 18, 1847, and is a 
daughter of David and Sarah (Lookinbill) Brahm, 
natives of Rockland and Berks County, Pa., re- 
spectively. The former was a son of Abraham 
Brahm, a native of the Ke3'stone State, and of 
Dutch descent. Mrs. Brim removed to Fremont, 
Ohio, with her parents when she was about four- 
teen years of age. By her marriage she has be- 
come the mother of four children. Mary E., born 
July 12, 1876, was married November 28, 1894, to 
E. E. Dancer, Superintendent of Schools at Milton 



Center, Ohio. Thomas Earl, born February 4, 
1879, and Walter Rolla, born October 19, 1881, 
are attending the local schools; and David Ray- 
mond, born June 1, 1891, com|)letes the family. 
Mrs. Brim is a member of the Reformed Church, 
while her husband holds membership with the 
Christian Church. The father of the former was 
a resident of that part of Pennsylvania which was 
devastated by Lee in his raid, when the rebels took 
possession of his house, stole his horses, and oth- 
erwise made themselves free with his possessions. 

Among man>' interesting incidents of Mr. Brim's 
army career may be mentioned the following: He 
was one of a party sent out to reconnoitre in the 
vicinity of Dalton, Ga. They were instructed to 
emerge from a small wood and deploy across a 
field in the f.ace of the enem3'. As Mr. Brim was 
in the advance, he was naturally last when the 
enem3' turned upon them, but while retreating he 
noticed that a comrade, Sylvester Slump, had re- 
ceived a shot through the ear and along the side 
of the head. He was stunned and his horse had 
escaped. Although Mr. Brim was in the face of a 
deadly fire, he dismounted, helped the wounded 
man onto his own horse, and safely conveyed him 
to the ambulance that was concealed in the timber 
from which the dash was made. Again, in the 
operations around Selma, Ala., Mr. Brim was sent 
out as a scout to discover the position of the en- 
emy, and when about twent3' miles from the main 
force he and his companions crossed an almost im- 
passable swamp and found themselves confronting 
the main body of a Confederate brigade which was 
on the way to reinforce Selma. To the left were 
the outposts of the garrison; to the right, along 
an unused road, was a small bod3- of cavalr3- guard- 
ing the left flank of the Confederates. They were 
apparentl3' hemmed in on all sides, but they made 
a dash for the cavaliy outriders and drove them 
back far enough to pass the swamp and escape to 
their command. Knowing of the reinforcements 
on the wa3', the latter assaulted the works at Selma 
that night and captured the place. 

Unfortunately for Mr. Brim,whea his command 
left the Tennessee River on the Wilson raid, he 
was just convalescing from an attack of camp fever, 
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which he was subjected. At Flint River Bridge, 
liaving ridden forty-five miles during the previous 
nigiit, he succumbed and was left by the roadside, 
unable to proceed further. He has suffered almost 
constantly since liis discharge, but has never re- 
ceived financial recognition of his injuries at tlie 
hands of the Government. 



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DORIA TRACY, a retired capitalist and 
prominent citizen of Toledo, has made his 
abode here for about thirty years, and has 
witnessed much of the growth of this enterprising 
city. Soon after his arrival he began dealing in 
real estate, and carried to success nearly every one 
of his numerous ventures. He has built eight bus- 
iness blocks in Toledo, and among others erected 
the Tracy Block, on Madison Street, and the Aldine 
Hotel, on the corner of Ontario and Madison Streets. 
He still has in his possession valuable business prop- 
ertj' on Summit Street, which he leases to responsi- 
ble tenants. He is a notable example of what may 
be accomplished in this fair land by men of intelli- 
gence, upright principles and industrious quali- 
ties. He began at the bottom and gradually 
worked his way upward until he is to-day a very 
wealthy man. 

The ancestors of Doria Tracy were among the 
earliest settlers of New England. On the paternal 
side his progenitors settled in the United States as 
early as 1640. and members of the family were 
true and loyal patriots during her different strug- 
gles for liberty. The grandfather and father of 
our subject both bore the Christian name of Simeon. 
The latter, who was born in Berkshire County, 
Mass., was an agriculturist and a mechanic as well, 
and helped to build some of the first machinery 
for the manufacture of broadcloth. His wife, 
whose name before her marriage was Lucy Reed, 
was also a native of Berkshire County, and was 
one of thirteen children. By her marriage, she 
became the mother of seven children, all of whom 
survived to maturity, but our subject is now the 
only survivor of the family. 

Doria Tracy was born in Berkshire County, May 
18, 1808, and was next to the youngest of his par- 



ents' children. On leaving the common schools he 
entered the home academy, where he pursued his 
studies for two years. Until he was eighteen years 
of age he remained on the old homestead, his time 
being employed in agricultural duties. Later he 
learned the spinner's and weaver's trade, at which 
he worked for about five years. He next embarked 
in merchandising in the town of his birth, but 
eventually sold out and drifted west to New York 
State. There he engaged in operating a farm from 
1844 until 1850. While on the farm he built a 
plaster-mill, and about IS.'iO built a sawmill in 
Allegany County, N. Y., on the Genesee Valley 
and Canal, and there engaged in lumbering. He 
found a ready sale for all the shingles, staves and 
lumber that could be manufactured in the mill, its 
products being shipped to Rochester, Troy and 
New Y'ork City. Subsequently he built another 
sawmill for pine lumber, and had a prosperous bus- 
iness until the plant was burned down. After this 
misfortune he built another mill, which he operat- 
ed until the close of 1866, when, as previously 
stated, he came to this city, in 1867, and has since 
been interested in real-estate affairs. 

In his twenty-fourth year Mr. Tracy married 
Lucretia K. Hatch, who died in 1836, leaving one 
son, Henry, a well known and enterprising business 
man of this place. The second marriage of Mr. 
Tracy was with Miss Ahnaria Nichols. She died 
in 1879, leaving a daughter and two sons, Frank 
E., William N., and Catharine, wife of J. G. Lamson. 

Though now in his eighty -seventh year, Mr. 
Tracy is still active and very energetic and has not 
yet relegated to others the management of his es- 
tates and still extensive business interests. Since 
the formation of the Republican party he has been 
one of its truest supporters, and never fails to cast 
his ballot in favor of its nominees. He enjoys 
the respect and esteem of all who know him, 
whether in a public or private capacity. 



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/^ EORGE W. AULTMAN, a farmer of Web- 

Vt[ ster Township, Wood County, is one of 

the native sons of the Buckeye Slate, his 

birth having occurred in Stark County, October 



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30, 1842. He is much interested in the success of 
the Repiiblicau party, and has held the office of 
Constable. A veteran of the late war, he has since 
become a member of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public, and in days of peace as well as war has 
been a loyal and faithful citizen. 

Peter Aultman, the father of the gentleman 
whose name heads this sketch, was born in 1813, 
in Pennsylvania, and on arriving at man's estate 
married Miss Mary Martin, who was also born in 
tlie Keystone State. Peter Aultman was a stone- 
mason by trade, but much of his life was devoted 
to farming. About 1854 he emigrated to Wood 
County, and having settled on a farm of one hun- 
dred acres in Webster Township, proceeded to 
clear it of the thick forest with which it was en- 
cumbered. Here he ])assed the remaining years 
of his life, and was finally placed to rest in the 
Zimmerman Cemetery. He died at the age of fif- 
ty-flve years, but his wife is still living, being now 
in her seventy-eighth year. They were the par- 
ents of thirteen children, six sons and seven 
daughters, eight of the number yet living. Three 
of the sons fought for the Stars and Stripes in the 
War of the Rebellion. 

George W. Aultman was only two years of age 
when he was brought b}' his parents to this coun- 
ty, and here lie was reared to manhood. He re- 
ceived practical instruction in the proper manage- 
ment of the farm, and learned habits of thrift and 
industry which have served him in good stead. 
February 28, 1865, he enlisted as a private in 
Companj' G, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio 
Infantry, and was mustered into the service at 
Columbia. He took part in the campaigns in Ten- 
nessee and Alabama, and on serving his term of 
enlistment received an honorable discharge, Sep- 
tember 28, 1865. 

October 26, 1879, Mr. Aultman was united in 
marriage with Ella Kelly, who was born in Free- 
dom Township, this county. Seven children have 
been born to this worthy couple, and the family 
circle is yet unbroken by death. In order of birth 
they are as follows: Ralph, Grace, Blanche R., 
Blaine, Leora, Eva and Urban S. Mr. and Mrs. 
Aultman are members of the Presbyterian Church, 
and enjoy the affection and esteem of a large cir- 



cle of friends and acquaintances. Since his fa- 
ther's death the management of the old homestead 
has rested upon Mr. Aultman, who has conducted 
it up to the present time. The farm comprises 
fort3'-two acres and is improved with good build- 
ings and fences. 



JAMES P. EVANS, the popular druggist of 
Bradner, was born on a farm four miles from 
this city, December 16, 1861. The first rep- 
resentative of the family in Oiiio was his 
grandfather, James Evans, a native of Massaciiu- 
setts, who came to Ohio in 1824, but returned East 
two years later. On locating a second time in 
Ohio, he selected for his home a farm near Brad- 
ner, and there he spent the balance of his days, 
passing from earth in 1864. He was a soldier in 
the War of 1812. 

According to the genealogical record of the 
Evans family, we find that the first of the name to 
come to America were seven brothers, natives of 
Wales, who crossed the ocean together and sought 
homes in the New World. They settled in differ- 
ent states, one locating in Massachusetts, and from 
him this branch of the family is descended. James 
Evans married Hannah Dean, a native of Massa- 
chusetts, and they became the parents of eight sons 
and one daughter, of whom two sons died in in- 
fancy. George was a soldier in the One Hundred 
and Eleventh Ohio Infantry during the Rebellion; 
Benjamin, who enlisted in Company G, ICighth 
Ohio Infantry, died during service; John, a mem- 
ber of Company' A, One Hundred and Eleventh 
Ohio Infantiy, was killed in the battle of Resaca; 
Joseph was a soldier in Company G, One Hundred 
and Sixty-ninth Ohio Infantry; and Everett, who 
served during the entire period of the war, was a 
member of Company G, One Hundred and Sixt}'- 
ninth Ohio Infantry. 

The father of our subject, Everett Evans, was 
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his entire life in Wood County, being now a prom- 
inent and successful merchant of Bradner. By his 
marriage with Miss Sarah Huffman, he had four 
children, namely: James P.; Philip, who died at 
nine years of age; Alice, who also passed awa}' 
when nine; and Mary Eleanor, who resides with her 
parents. The boyhood years of our subject were 
spent on his father's farm, and he received a prac- 
tical education in the (jublic schools. In 1880 he 
embarked in the drug business at Bradner, and this 
he has since conducted, meeting with fair success 
in his work. In addition thereto, he is extensive- 
ly engaged in the oil business, being a member of 
the Yellow Hammer Oil Company, which controls 
large interests in the Wood County oil-fields. 

The marriage of Mr. Evans united him with 
Miss Rena, daughter of O. P. Huffman, and a cul- 
tured young lady, who is prominent in the best 
society' of the place. One child blesses their home, 
a son named Everett P. Our subject, socially, is 
a Thirty -second Degree Mason, as is his father also. 
He is prominently identified with the Knights of 
Pythias, in which organization he takes a lively 
interest. To the great questions before the people 
to-day he has given thoughtful attention, and, be- 
lieving the policy of the Republican party will sub- 
serve the highest interests of the people, he gives 
that political organization his ballot and influence. 



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DUDLEY LOOMIS is the oldest pioneer in 
Webster Township in point of years of 
residence, and it is within his recollection 
when there was only one shanty in Pemberville, 
and when the nearest neighbor to the south was 
three and a-half miles, the neighbor on the north 
twelve miles, to the east four and a-half miles, and 
westward over five miles distant. He is now the 
owner of two hundred and fifteen acres of land on 
section 14, AVebster Township, on which he has 



made all of the improvements. Besides attending 
to general farming, he has been quite extensively 
engaged in raising, buying and selling cattle and 
hogs. He is a loyal Republican, and for eleven 
years has filled the office of Trustee to the full sat- 
isfaction of his constituents. 

In a family of eight children, Dudley Loomis is 
the third in order of birth, the date of that event 
being February 9, 1826, and his birthplace Grafton, 
Lorain Count}^, Ohio. His brother George died in 
Ma3% 1890, leaving a wife and family. Betsey, 
the eldest sister, and wife of Eli Colvin, lives on 
a farm near Grand Rapids, Mich. Melinda, who 
died June 1, 1894, was the wife of Samuel Muir, 
of Webster Township. Lorin L. is the next in the 
family. Almira married John Forrest, who died 
in 1865. Matilda, Mrs. Jefferson Stillwell, makes 
her home in Toledo; and William died in infancy. 

The parents of this family, Levi and Prudie 
(Stedman) Loomis, were both natives of Massa- 
chusetts and were married in that state. In 1822 
they settled on a farm near Grafton, Lorain Coun- 
ty, taking up a tract of Government timber-land. 
The father cleared and improved a farm, his fam- 
ily living in a log cabin until 1835, when they left 
the place to take up their abode in Wood County. 
They located on one hundred and sixty acres of 
Government land covered with heav^' forest, and 
paid therefor $1.25 per acre. A shanty made of 
poles, and with a roof and floor of elm bark, pro- 
vided a shelter for some time, and the mother 
cooked the first summer by a log pile in front of 
the house. This shanty was replaced in the fall 
by a substantial log cabin of one room, with a 
puncheon floor, and here the parents passed their 
last years. They were both placed to sleep their 
last sleep in what is known as the Loomis Burj'^- 
ing-ground, on the old homestead. 

Dudley Loomis continued to live with his mother 
until he was seventeen years of age, when he took 
a contract to clear ten acres of land in return for 
a tract of forty acres of virgin forest land. He 
carried out his bargain to the letter and received 
the forty acres, which were on section 14, in this 
township. He was busily employed in clearing his 
farm until he reached his majority, when he re- 
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for two years. After that he went back to his own 
tract, on which he put up a log cabin, and here he 
dwelt until 1869, when he purchased the farm 
where he now lives. This place comprised eighty 
acres of fertile and well developed land, and with 
tliis for a nucleus he gradually increased his pos- 
sessions until he now owns two hundred and fif- 
teen acres. 

In 1847 Mr. Loomis married Miss Mary Wallace, 
who died in 1862. She became the mother of the 
following children: Eliza, Mrs. John D. Muir; 
William L.; Rachel, who died in 1891; Sarah, Mrs. 
Wright Stacy; Emily, who departed this life in 
1887; Linda; and Sanford D., a resident of this 
township. Tlie present wife of Mr. Loomis, whom 
he married December 31, 1862, was then Miss Cath- 
erine Burke. She was born near Bowling Green, 
Ohio, February 21, 1842, and is a daughter of Will- 
iam and Christiana (Brandeberry) Burke. Ten 
children came to bless this marriage: Clara, wife of 
Samuel Jolly; Alma, Mrs. Henry Forrest; George 
M.; Samuel; Ella, Mrs. William Kinsley; Elbert; 
Henry; Nettie, who died in infancy; Frank and 
Orrin. 

As an instance of the time which it took in the 
early days to go even short distances, Mr. Loomis 
tells that when a bo3', in company with a brother, 
he went to Stein's Mill, on Green Creek, in order 
to have their corn ground, and was gone eight 
days, during which period they paid their board 
by working in the hay fields. 



JONATHAN E. LADD. For many years 
Wood County was considered one of the 
most worthless portions of the state, being 
marshy and of little value for farming pur- 
poses, and for this reason it was neglected. How- 
ever, through the thorough system of tiling and 
draining introduced of late years, the county has 
been converted into one of the most fertile and 
valuable farming communities of Ohio. The re- 



markable fertility and richness of the soil, together 
with the lieav}'^ increase of the oil output, combine 
to render property here as valuable as any in the 
stale. 

The development of the oil industrj' has opened 
a new field of enterprise for many citizens, among 
whom we name Mr. Ladd, of Bradner. He was in- 
terested in putting down one of the first oil-wells 
at this place, and is a member of what is known as 
the "Yellow Hammer Oil Company;" he also has 
an interest in ten oil-wells. In addition to this 
enterprise he devotes considerable attention to the 
insurance business, and is now the special agent of 
the Union Central Life Insurance Conipan}- of 
Ohio. He was born in Sandusky County, Ohio, 
September 21, 1863, and is the son of Amos T. 
Ladd, a native of Columbiana County, this state, 
born in 1834. The latter was a member of the 
One Hundred and Sixt3'-ninth Ohio Infantry dur- 
ing the Civil War, after which he engaged in 
farming and stock-raising, becoming well-to-do. 
lie had only one brother, Jonathan, who enlisted 
in the Union army as a member of the Seventy- 
second Ohio Infantry, and died at Vicksburg dur- 
ing his service. 

The Ladd family' is of English extraction, but 
has been represented in America for a century or 
more. Our subject's grandfather was a native of 
Virginia, born in 1806, and came with other nlem- 
beis of the family to Ohio in 1812, where he re- 
mained until death. The mother of our subject 
was Rose McCreary, a native of Morrow County, 
Ohio. Her father, George, who was born on the 
4th of July, 1812, was a pioneer of Morrow Coun- 
ty, and was noted as a skilled musician. He was 
one of those who, in 1849, crossed the plains to 
California and engaged in mining for gold in the 
far West. He is still living, and makes his home in 
Toledo. The family of which he is a member is of 
Scotch-Irish ancestry. 

Our subject's mother had five brothers, of whom 
John died in California; Alfred is engaged in ag- 
ricultural pursuits near Bradner; Vine is living 
in Bowling Green; and George is a resident of the 
state of Washington. Mrs. Rose Ladd died in 
1882, since which time our subject's father has 
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brothers, two half-brothers and one half-sister. 
The early years of the life of our subject were 
spent in .Sandusky' County, and the rudiments of 
"his education were gained in the public schools. 
He attended Fostoria Academy during the fall 
of the years 1883, 1884 and 1885. 

Upon starling out for himself, Mr. Ladd began 
to teach in tlic Johnson District in Portage Town- 
ship, Wood County, being thus engaged in the 
winter of 1883-84. In the spring he taught in his 
home district in Sandusky County, being precep- 
tor of the school for the five ensuing terms. In De- 
cember, 1886, he married Miss Addie, daughter of 
Capt. J. H. Jennings, of Sanduslvy County. For a 
short time after his marriage he engaged in farm- 
ing, but soon abandoned that occupation and be- 
came a student and instructor in the normal 
school at Fostoria, where he taught for some time. 
His next position was that of a teacher in the Cap- 
tain Jennings District, after which lie returned to 
the normal at Fostoria, wliere he completed the 
course of study. 

Accepting the position of Superintendent of the 
Bradner High School, Mr. Ladd came to tliis place 
in 1888, and for the five following years served 
in that capacity, his work proving highly satisfac- 
tory to the people. Meantime he filled the posi- 
tion of Corporation Clerk of Bradner. In 1889 he 
was elected Justice of the Peace on the Republican 
ticket without opposition. While Superintendent, 
his leisure hours were devoted to the insurance 
business, and finally he retired wholly from educa- 
tional work in order to give his attention to his 
other lines of labor. As already stated, he is spe- 
cial agent of the Union Central Life Insurance 
Companj' of Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the old and 
solid companies of the country. In addition to 
other interests, he has been reading law and ex- 
pects soon to be admitted to the Bar. 

The people of this community have the highest 
opinion of Mr. Ladd's ability', and his name has 
been presented by his friends as candidate for the 
Legislature. Should he be called to this responsible 
position in the near future, or should other places 
of honor be offered him, he will undoubtedly be as 
faithful in the discharge of their duties as he has 
been loyal to the other trusts reposed in him. So- 



cially he is a Knight of Pythias and is now serving 
as Master of Pemberville Lodge, F. & A. M. In 
his religious belief he is a Baptist. , He and his wife 
have four sons: Jesse, Dale I., Raymond and Don- 
ald McKinley. 



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"JTT RTHUR T. BARNUM, M. D., has a fine 
/ — \ office at No. 330 Erie Street, Toledo, and 
enjoys a large and paying practice, which 
he has built up in an incredibly short space of 
time. He has had both theoretical and practical 
training, and as he is one of Chicago's native sons 
he possesses the energy and enterprise which are a 
common inheritance of her children. 

William E. Barnum, the father of our subject, is 
now a resident of Englewood, a Chicago suburb, 
his home being at No. 6400 Wright Street. He is 
one of the pioneers of the Garden City, to which 
he removed about 1838, and is a manufacturer of 
the celebrated Acme Check Punch. His wife was 
before her marriage Miss Hawks, and their union 
has been blessed with seven children. 

Dr. Arthur T. Barnum was born December 23, 
1866, and received a good public-school education 
in his native city. On taking up the active duties 
of life he determined to adopt the medical profes- 
sion, and entered the Chicago Homeopathic Col- 
lege, from which he graduated in 1891. For eight- 
een months he practiced in Cook County Hospital, 
thus acquiring a practical experience, which he 
could have obtained in no other way. 

February 1, 1894, Dr. Barnum married Miss 
Charlotte, daughter of the highly respected and 
widely' known Judge Gary, of Chicago. The 
j'oung couple are members of the Episcopal Church 
and move in the best society of Toledo and Chi- 
cago. They have hosts of friends and are popular 
in all circles. 

From June, 1893, until October, 1894, Dr. Bar- 
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time he has conducted his practice alone. He be- 
longs to the West End Club, one of the best, al- 
though one of the youngest, in the cit^'. In poli- 
tics he is an ally of the Republican party. 



(TT^ LFREIJ LAPISH owns a good farm on 
/ — \ section 24, Lake Township, Wood Coun- 
ty. This farm he purchased in November, 
1879, but has since added to tiie original one hun- 
dred and sixty acres eighty acres more. He is en- 
gaged in general farming, giving his special atten- 
tion to the raising of corn and hay, and he has 
been quite successful. He is a native of Yorkshire, 
England, his birth having occurred June 13, 1837, 
and when he was only four years of age his parents 
brought him to the United .States. He grew to 
manhood in Allegheny County, Pa., and received 
a fair coramon-school education. 

The parents of Alfred Lapisli, likewise natives 
of Yorkshire, were William and Sarah (Bottoms) 
Lapish. The former was born July 3, 1813, and 
on arriving ata suitable age learned the stone- ma- 
sou's trade. About the 1st of June, 1841, he em- 
barked at Liverpool with his family in the sailing- 
vessel "Albert Gallatin," and arrived safely at 
New Y^ork City at the end of a twenty-eight-days 
voyage. Proceeding b^' canal to Pittsburg, as the 
railroad had only been completed for a short dis- 
tance, he reached the Smoky City on the 3d of 
July. A part of the journey, between the railroad 
and canal, was by means of a six-horse wagon, and 
the four-year-old Alfred rode with tiie driver on 
horseback. The canal-boats were then made in 
four sections, which were taken apart in order to 
go tlirough the locks. For about a year William 
Lapish was employed on the Pittsburg water- works 
building, and then removed to a farm near the 
cit\', where he ran a dairy until 1854. He died in 
Ross Township, Allegheny County, February 10, 
1855. He was a member of the Church of Eng- 
land, and was an Odd Fellow. His parents, John 



and Jane Lapish, of Yorkshire, lived to be about 
fourscore years of age. His wife, Sarah, who was 
born December 15, 1813, died March 7,1857. Her 
father, George P. Bottoms, who was a foreman of 
the Yorkshire Knitting Factory, lived to be over 
seventy yems of age. 

Alfred Lapish is one of ten children. His two eld- 
er sisters, Matilda and Maria, died in infancy in Eng- 
land; his brother George, next 3'ounger than him- 
self, died in childhood; Ann died in infancy; John, 
the first of the family born in America, the date 
of the event being October 27, 1842, is now a resi- 
dent of Lake Township; David died in Pennsyl- 
vania, aged forty years; James is a raotorman in 
Pittsburg; Sarah married Jacob Portman, now de- 
ceased, formerly a dairyman in Allegheny County, 
Pa.; and Jane married Enoch Siddle, also deceased. 

His mother's death occurring when he was twen- 
ty years of age, our subject then engaged his serv- 
ices to neighboring fanners for two years, after 
which he went into partnership with John King 
and conducted a dairy for two years. The follow- 
ing year he worked for Watson Bros., in a mine 
on the Monongahela River. From 1862 until 
1866 he worked in different places and at various 
occupations in Oliio, Indiana, Kentucky, Mary- 
land and Virginia. Settling down in 1866 in Al- 
legheny County, Pa., he followed carpentering for 
eleven years. We next find him in Virginia, as he 
had bought a farm in Powhatan Count)', and this 
he cultivated for some four years, then trading it 
for the one where he now resides, but giving 
$1,000 to boot. 

November 26, 1867, Mr. Lapisli was married, in 
Pittsburg, to Sarah, daughter of John and Eliza- 
beth (Barton) Bottles, who were natives of Eng- 
land, but came to the United States about 1838. 
John Bottles had learned the puddler's trade in a 
rolling-mill in his native land, and was thus em- 
ployed in Pittsburg. He died in 1870, aged about 
eighty-five years, and his wife, who reached a simi- 
lar age, died in July, 1879, in Virginia. They had 
eight children: John, of Pittsburg; Mary Ann, 
Mrs. Robert Caska, now deceased; Alfred, deceased, 
formerly in the Pittsburg Rolling-mills; Henry, 
who died in that city, and was also an operator in 
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William; Charlotte, who first married Robert Mc- 
Millan, and later wedded William Case, of Pitts- 
buro;; George, who is employed in the rolling-mills; 
and Sarah, Mrs. Lapish. 

The wife of our subject was born in Allegheny 
City, May 3, 1842, and there grew to womanhood. 
By her marriage with Mr. Lapish she has become 
the mother of six children, us follows: Mary, born 
October 20, 1868, and who died September 20, 
1869; William, born in Allegheny City, Septem- 
ber 17, 1870; Jennie, August 10, 1872; George 
and John, twins, June 12, 1875; and James, March 
10, 1879. With the exception of the last-named, 
who was born in Virginia, they are all natives of 
Allegheny City. William was married September 
17, 1891, to Ella, daughter of Robert and Anna 
(Dawson) AveI•3^ The lady was born February 6, 
1874, in England. Jennie became the wife of 
Thomas Avery, a brother of Mrs. William Lapish, 
October 10, 1893. 

In politics our subject is independent, but in- 
clines somewhat toward the People's party. With- 
out his knowledge he was elected to serve as Su- 
pervisor of Highways, and held the position for 
three terms, when he refused re-election. He was 
formerly a member of the Patrons of Industry. 






HENRY LONG, a well known farmer of 
Webster Township, Wood County, jour- 
neyed hither with his family and house- 
hold effects in 1854, making the trip by ox-team, 
and settling on the farm where he now resides. 
He has held several local offices, among others that 
of Township Trustee, School Director, etc. His 
first purchase in this neighborhood, over forty 
years ago, was eighty acres on section 17. This 
had not been improved, but was covered with 
heavy timber, and the price he paid for the tract 
was 84 per acre. Desiring to put up a log cabin, 
he first had to clear a space, and when his one- 



room house was completed the family moved in. 
Though the building had a roof and a floor, the 
cracks between the logs had not yet been clunked 
up, and there were no window-panes in the space 
left for windows. Mr. Long was taken_ sick, and 
during the winter which followed, which was an 
extremely cold one, his family was obliged to live 
in this poor shelter. Game was very abundant, 
and helped to eke out the diet of the earlv set- 
tlers. 

Henry Long is a son of Noah and Mary E. 
(Berge) Long, natives of Pennsylvania. Their 
family numbered thirteen children, as follows: 
Adam, Simeon, John, Noah, Henry, Eunice, Becky, 
Lavina, Eliza, Maria, Margaret, Nancy and Theresa. 
The father was one of the pioneers of Ashland 
Count}', Ohio, where he settled at a very early 
day. He took up one hundred and sixty acres of 
Government land, about six miles from the coun- 
ty seat, and paid §1.25 per acre for the same. 

Henry Long was born in his father's humble log 
cabin in January, 1826, and attended the old-time 
subscription schools of the neighborhood for three 
months, perhaps, during the year in his boyhood. 
Slab benches and seats were about the only fur- 
nishings of the poor little log schoolhouse, and 
pieces of wood served for writing-books. The 
nearest schoolhouse was about three quarters of a 
mile from his home, and, like country boys of the 
period, young Henry rarely wore shoes. He re- 
mained with his parents until reaching his majority, 
when he engaged in farming on some wild land in 
Sullivan Township, where his father had purchased 
three hundred acres at $3 per acre. For seven 
3'ears Henry Long lived in the one-room cabin 
which he erected on the land, and during that 
period he worked industriously to improve the 
place, clearing about thirty acres of heavy forest 
land with ox-teams. In 1854 he came to this 
township, where he has ever since been one of the 
most respected residents. 

In 1847 Mr. Long married Miss Mary A. Bow- 
erize, by whom he had ten children, only five of 
whom are living, namely: Simeon, Adam, Free- 
man, Henry and Sarah. Those who have passed 
away are George, John. Noah, Elmer and Eliza. 
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Mr. Long married Mrs. Sarah Housholder, nee 
Pember. 

In his early manhood Henry Long was a Whig, 
and cast his first vote for William H. Harrison. On 
the formation of the Republican party he joined 
its ranks, and for over thirty years has been identi- 
fied with it. He is an active worker in the United 
Brethren Church, to which his wife also belongs. 



WILLL4M ANDREWS is now living in 
the vill.ige of Lemoyne, Wood Coun- 
ty, where he lias a pleasant home. He 
also owns a farm in Webster Township, this coun- 
t}', and is the proprietor of the only sawmill in 
this localitj'. He is somewhat of a pioneer in the 
latter business, as he became interested in it twen- 
ty-five years ago, and has since dealt more or less 
extensively in lumber. 

Thomas Andrews, father of William, was a na- 
tive of Pennsylvania, born in 1818. He was a son 
of William Andrews, of Fayette County, Pa., who 
served as a Member of Congress from his district 
for one term, and who, after being re-norainated, 
died from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy while 
going to deliver a speech at a political meeting in 
Gieensburg. About 1841 Thomas Andrews mar- 
ried Susan Schritchfield, also a native of the Key- 
stone State and of Holland-Dutch descent. She 
was born in 1825, and is now living in Shawnee- 
town, Kan., with her son Joseph. Thomas and 
Susan Andrews became the parents of the follow- 
ing children: Margaret, Mrs. Howenstein, of Okla- 
homa; Joseph, who has never married, and who lives 
in Silver Lake, Kan.; Mrs. Anna Lang, deceased; 
Sarah, Mrs. Hammat, of W.aynesville, 111.; Martha, 
wife of Perry Worthington, a farmer of Big 
Springs, Kan.; James, who is engaged in farming 
in Ashland County, Ohio; Mrs. Joanna Rhineharl, 
of Sedgwick County, Kan.; Thomas, Jr., a farmer 
of Rossville, Kan., who raises stock extensivel}", 
and during the winterof 1894-95 fed some twelve 



hundred head of cattle; Jemimah, Mrs. Ephraim 
Weltimer, of McKay, Ohio; Mrs. Belle Wagnor, of 
Maple Hill, Kan.; and John, who is engaged in 
farming near Silver Lake, Kan. 

William Andrews, of this sketch, was born De- 
cember 3, 1847, in Ashland County, Ohio, and 
there grew to manhood. He remained with his 
parents until about eighteen years of age, when he 
received a certificate and engaged in teaching 
school for a time. He has been the architect of 
his own fortune, having made or saved every- 
thing of which he is now possessed. In his home 
district he has served as School Director, and is 
well known in political circles as a Republican of 
no uncertain stripe. 

On the 9th of January, 1873, William Andrews 
married IS'ancy Stentz, who died January 19,1882, 
leaving one son, Willis, whose birth occurred April 
19, 1875. He has had fine educational advan- 
tages, and is now a student in the Westerville 
(Ohio) College. April 12, 1883, our subject mar- 
ried the lady who now bears his name, and who 
was formerly Miss Laura, daughter of Valentine 
Halin, whose history appears elsewhere in this 
work. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are esteemed mem- 
bers of the United Brethren Church. 



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ROBERT DUNIPACE was for ni.Tny years a 
prominent agriculturist of Webster Town- 
ship, Wood County. To this locality he 
came in 1832 and purchased eighty acres of Gov- 
ernment land, for which he paid the customary- 
price of $1.25 per acre. In 1840 he moved to the 
farm where he continued to dwell the remainder 
of his da^^s, and which comprised one hundred 
and sixty acres on sections 5 and 6. He literally 
hewed a farm out of the wilderness, for there were 
no improvements on the place when he became its 
proprietor. For years his home was in a log cabin 
of one room, but in time this was supplanted by a 
more modern and convenient dwelling. 

The birth of Robert Dunipace occurred in Scot- 
land, May 20, 1809. He was the eldest of the 




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nine children born to William and Margaret (Gill) 
Dunipace, likewise natives of Scotland. A history 
of his brother William appears elsewhere in this 
work. In 1832 our subject set sail for the United 
States, and soon after his arrival found himself in 
this count}', where he decided to make a permanent 
settlement. After he had made a good start, he 
felt the need of a companion and helpmate, and 
therefore, June 11, 1840, he married Miss Jane 
Muir. Tlie lady, who emigrated to America in 
1832, was, like her husband, born in Scotland, the 
date of the event being January 11, 1820. Eleven 
children came to bless their home, as follows: Mary, 
who died in infancy; William W.; Margaret; John, 
who served in the War of the Rebellion, and is 
now deceased; Mary, also deceased; Robert; James, 
deceased; Jane; one who died before receiving a 
name; Samuel; and George, who has also passed 
away. 

Mr. and Mrs. Dunipace for years were members 
of the United Presbyterian Church, and active in 
all good works of religion and benevolence. In 
politics tlie former was a Republican. He was act- 
ive in organizing schools and in other factors of 
civilization, and for many years held the office of 
Township Trustee. He was called to his final rest 
January 24, 1882, and his remains were interred 
in Scotch Ridge Cemetery. 



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BENJAMIN MALLETT, who departed tins 
life October 16, 1893, was for sixty-three 
years one of the substantial business men 
of Toledo. He was a public-spirited citizen, and 
especially in the early days of Toledo's history was 
actively identified with its growth and develop- 
ment. Through his own unassisted efforts he rose 
step by step in the financial world until he siic- 
ceeded in accumulating a good fortune. In early 
manhood he began dealing in mortgages and notes 
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and in loaning money on good security, and con- 
ducted this branch of business up to the time of 
his death. 

The father of our subject, IJenjamin Mallett, Sr., 
a native of Canajoharie, Montgomery County, 
N. Y., was married to Miss Mary Jones, by whom 
he had three children. In 1830 he emigrated with 
his family to Toledo, and in this locality settled 
upon a farm and devoted himself to raising fine 
stock. He died in Toledo when he had reached 
the age of seventy-five years. 

Benjamin Mallett, Jr., was born in Canajoharie, 
Montgomery County, N. Y., April 8, 1816, and 
passed ills boyhood up to fourteen in his native 
county, when he came with his father to Toledo. 
He received a fair common-school education, and 
early learned habits of industry and perseverance 
on his father's farm, and these qualities became 
part of his nature. On attaining to years of man- 
hood he started forth in the business world to 
make his own livelihood, and succeeded in build- 
ing up a reputation for integrity and fairness in 
all his dealings which was worth eminently more 
than the fortune that he finally attained. 

June 4, 1842, Mr. Mallett married Miss Julia A. 
MilK, who was born in this city, March 2, 1823, 
and has been a resident here all her life. Her 
parents were Mathew and Mary (Stabl) Mills, 
who were early settlers of this city. To Mr. and 
Mrs. Mallett were born four children, the first of 
whom died in infancy unnamed. Benjamin Frank- 
lin, the onl)' surviving child, whose birth occurred 
in tills city, married Ella Ratten berry, and has five 
children. He and his family reside in West To- 
ledo. Anna Louise, who died July 20, 1879, mar- 
ried Milton Dorr, and had one son, Charles A. 
Sherman Mallett died February 12, 1871, aged 
about six years. 

Mrs. Mallett, who with her husband witnessed 
the immense changes which have taken place since 
Toledo was a hamlet of three or four houses, is 
passing her declining years in a beautiful home with 
luxurious and refined surroundings, her residence 
being at No. 3348 Cherry Street. She is a member of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Mallett, who 
was a stanch Republican politically, was intensely 
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public, school and church affairs, and when the 
Civil War broke out was one of the most active 
citizens in Toledo in aiding to get trooi)s. For 
sixteen years he occupied the position of Treasurer 
of Washington Township, cit}' of Toledo, and for 
fifteen j'ears that of Infirmary Director. In busi- 
ness life he was ever prompt and capable, and his 
word was considered as good as his bond; in pri- 
vate and social life he was regarded with affection 
and respect for his genial, lionorable qualities. 



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Hp]NRY D. GROVE, an insurance agent 
and Justice of the Peace of Millbury, 
Wood County, has been a member of the 
Village Council and a School Director for many 
years. He has served as Townshi]) Clerk, Corpo- 
ration Clerk and Justice of the Peace since 1876, 
and has repiesented the iEtna and Pha>nix Insur- 
ance Companies since 1879. 

Horn near Hoosic Falls, Rensselaer County, N. Y., 
May 22, 1832, Mr. Grove is a son of Henry D.,Sr., 
and Eliza (Wioans) Grove, who were married in 
New York State. The former, a native of Saxony, 
German}-, was born in 1804, and received a fine 
college education. His father, Frederick, a wealths- 
man, died before Henry had arrived at manhood. 
The latter came to the United States about 1825, 
and first located in Washington County, N. Y., 
after which he removed to Rensselaer Count}', and 
there lived until summoned by death, February 22, 
1844. He made a specialty of sheep-raising, and 
was tlie first importer of fine-wool Saxony sheep. 
He returned three times to Germany for new stock, 
and on two occasions brought over with him Ger- 
man shepherds, who understood the care of this 
[larticular kind of sheep, and also brought over 
German shepherd dogs. He rented a farm in Me- 
dina County, Ohio, and there kept a flock of four 



hundred sheep, but the land was low and not 
adapted to this purpose, and after one hundred or 
more of the sheep had died, three hundred were 
sold at public auction for $3,000, though the fleece 
was so fine that it sometimes sold for 81 per pound. 
He also owned a flock of three hundred and fifty 
sheep in New Y'ork State, where he had a farm 
comprising one hundred and fifty acres. There he 
also raised Devonshire and Durham cattle. An 
energetic, progressive man, he was highly esteemed 
in his community. He was one of the founders 
of the State Agricultural Society, was an authority 
on matters pertaining to farming and stock-raising, 
and wrote articles for agricultural papers, among 
others the Albany Cultivator. His father was 
a wealthy man, and though an elder brother, 
Augustus, inherited the family estate by the law 
of entail, Henry, the youngest son, received a 
large sum of money and a number of sheep for his 
patrimony. Augustus, who lived and died in 
Saxony, and was never married, was famous as a 
broad-swordsman. 

The mother of oursubject, Eliza ( Winans) Grove, 
was born in the Mohawk Valley, N. Y'., and died 
on the old homestead, April 12, 1866. Her par- 
ents having died when she was very young, she 
was reared by a distant relative, Paul Cornell. 
Little is known of her people, but a half-sister and 
brother by the name of Purdy moved to Canada, 
where the latter established Purdy's Mills. An- 
f)ther half-brother was a farmer in the Catskills, 
and the sister became the wife of a Mr. Hiller and 
settled in Hudson, N. Y. Hiram and Eliza Grove 
had four children: Margaret, who married J. Oscar 
Joslyn, who conducts the old farm in Rensselaer 
County, where he raises fine horses, high-grade 
sheep and fancy poultry; Henry D., Jr., our sub- 
ject; Use Maria, who became the wife of John 
Hunt, had a daughter, Harriet, and died when 
about twenty-four years of age; and Frederick 
Augustus, a commercial traveler of Toledo. Mr. 
and Mrs. Joslyn have two little sons, H. D. Grove 
and Whitman. 

Until he arrived at manhood, Henry D. Grove, 
Jr., attended the district schools in his native coun- 
ty, but in his nineteenth year went to Cambridge 
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For the next two years he kept books and clerked 
in a store at St. Catharines, Canada. In 1854 he 
went on a liunting and pleasure trip to Minnesota 
and the Northwest, and on returning home spent 
the winter. Then, with his brother Fred, he came 
to Ohio, in 1859. He worked on a farm and his 
first arrival in this county was on a hunting expe- 
dition. In the fall of 186-3 he came here once more 
and worked in the timber. About this time he 
met with a great misfortune, as a tree fell upon 
his foot, and necessitated the amputation of that 
useful member, and for two years following he was 
unfit for work. Upon convalescing Mr. Grove 
clerked in a hotel at Rawsonville, Lorain Count}', 
and subsequently for a few years was a traveling 
salesman. In 1870 he came to Millbur}'. and for 
a couple of years clerked for Mr. Karchiier and 
then kept books for a stave factory. For two or 
three years more he clerked in a store, and in 1876 
was elected Township Clerk, since which time he 
has acted in a public capacity. His father was a 
AVhig, but since attaining his majority our subject 
has affiliated with the Democracy. 

April 23, 1873, Mr. Grove was married, in Eiy- 
ria, Oiiio, to Mary Broady, who was born in Cleve- 
land, .January 15, 1849, and lived in that city un- 
til about ten years of age. .She then moved to 
Ompstead Falls, Ohio, where her education was 
completed, but about 1869 she returned to her 
former home in Elyria. Her parents were Samuel 
and Eliza Broady, the latter of whom died when 
Mrs. Grove was only three years of age. Samuel 
Broady 's eldest son, Frederick, died in 1894, aged 
fifty years. Eliza married Seymour Fitch, and died 
about 1872; and Angeline was the wife of E. W. 
Kidney. They were all residents of Ompstead 
Falls. To Mr. and Mrs. Grove have been born 
two children, the youngest of whom, Henry D., Jr., 
died in infancy. Hattie D., born Februarj' 12, 
1874, was educated in Millbury and Toledo. She 
received a teacher's certificate at a very early age, 
and IS now pursuing that calling in the Ontario 
Street School, Toledo. She first taught for two 
months in the district and later in the village 
school of Millbury. She is a fine musician, for 
years was organist of the Millbury Methodist 
Church, and now sings in the choir of St. John's 



Church in Toledo. Mrs. Grove has been a Sun- 
day-school teacher in the Millbury Church for fif- 
teen years, and is greatly loved by all who know 



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JAMES MUIR. No one, perhaps, of the old 
settlers of Webster Township, Wood County, 
did more for its upbuilding and progress 
than did this worthy Scotchman, who for 
half a century labored industriously to make a 
good home for his famil}-, and was always alive to 
the interests of his fellow-citizens. He was one of 
the organizers of the township, and assisted in 
building the first schoolhouse and the first log 
church within its limits. At the time of his death, 
which occurred April 18, 1887, he was the owner 
of two hundred acres of land, which had been 
brought to their valuable condition mainly 
through his own efforts. He is now sleeping his 
last sleep in the cemetery of Scotch Ridge. He 
lived and died honored and respected by all who 
knew him, for his life was a most exemplary one 
in every respect, and his friends were legion. 

In a family of seven children, James Muir w.as 
the second in order of birth, his brothers and sis- 
ters being William, Samuel, Jane, John, Frances 
and Margaret, who are all living with the excep- 
tion of William and Frances. The parents of this 
family were John and Mary (Prentice) Muir, na- 
tives of Scotland, and the former a farmer by oc- 
cupation. 

Like his parents, James Muir was born in Scot- 
land, that event having occurred in July, 1811. 
He continued to dwell in the mother countrj' until 
reaching his majority, when he concluded to try 
his fortunes in the New World, and in 1832 crossed 
the Atlantic. At first he settled in Perrysburg, 
Ohio, and for two or three years sailed on the 
Lakes. About 1837 he located on a farm in Web- 
ster Township, the one where his widow still 
makes her home. This tract comprised one hun- 
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the Government at $1.25 per acre. It is located 
on section 5, and bears little resemblance to its 
condition half a century ago, when it was encum- 
bered with thick forests, on which the axe had 
ina(ie little impression. Mr. Muir put up a log 
cabin, al)0ut 16x20 feet -in size, and continued to 
live in this humble abode for several years. Ox- 
teams were employed almost exclusively in early 
years in hauling away lous and in general farm 
woik. Terrysburg was the nearest trading-post, 
and tlie tri|) there and back consumed three days. 
Frequently he was obliged to go as far as Fremont 
to have wheat and corn ground. 

On the 12th of February, 1839, James Muir and 
Marian Duni|)ace were united in marriage. Twelve 
children came to bless their union, and were named 
as follows: .John, Margaret, William, James, Mary, 
Isabella, Francis. Susannah, Jane, Alice, Jessie, 
and one who died in infancy. William, Isabella, 
Francis and Alice are also deceased. Mary became 
the wife of John Hagemeyer; Susannah married 
Kenry C. Swan; and Jessie is the wife of Charles 
Griner. The mother of these children is now in 
her seventy-eighth year and is still living on the 
old homestead, her last years being spent peace- 
fully and happily, surrounded by tlie comforts 
provided by her husband and children. 

In politics Mr. Muir was a strong Republican, 
and though he was not an office-seeker was some- 
times prevailed upon to hold local positions, such as 
Township Trustee or School Director. He was a 
faithful and zealous member of the Presbyterian 
Church, and remained firm in the faith up to his 
last days. 



< ^ 4^ALLACEH. FACER erected a substan- 
Y/\/' tial store building in the fall of 1891 
at Millburj', Wood County, and has 
since conducted in it a grocery and meat-market. 
He is an enterprising business man and is very 
popular among his customers and fellow-citizens. 
In politics he is an ardent Republican, and was 
elected to the position of City Marshal, serving as 



such for two years to the entire satisfaction of his 
constituents. 

The gentleman above mentioned is a son of James 
and Lydia M. (Davenport) Facer, who were mar- 
ried December 2.0, 1851. James Facer was a son of 
George and Mary (Hall) Facer, of Northampton- 
shire, England. Lydia M. Facer was born in Cat- 
taraugus County, N. Y., December 15, 1830, being 
a daughter of Thompson T. and Hannah (Peters) 
Davenport, also natives of the Empire Stale. 
James and Lydia Facer became the parents of 
seven children, as follows: George, who is engaged 
in farming near Latchie; Dora, who died at the 
age of six years; Eva, who died in her fourth year; 
Walter, who bought and operates the old farm on 
section 23, Lake Township; Wallace, our subject; 
Cora, who married Charles Facer, a verj' distant 
cousin; and Elfie. 

Wallace II. Facer was born near Liverpool, in 
Lorain County, Ohio, November 12, 1861. and was 
about three years old when his parents removed to 
Lake Township, Wood County. Until he was six- 
teen years old he attended school at Millbury, 
working during the summers on the home farm, 
and he remained with his i)arents until reaching 
his majority. His first independent venture was 
driving a team for C. F. Chapman on his farm 
near Millbur^'. He was employed the year round, 
though others were laid off during the dull season, 
and he frequently received an increase of wages. 
One winter he was given 124 a month and board, 
a third more than his employer ever paid to any 
other man. At the end of two 3ears he began 
hauling logs, bowl blocks, headings, etc., for Gid- 
dings & Cumming, and also continued with that 
firm for about two years. 

In the fall of 1887 Mr. Facer opened a meat- 
market in Millbury, having as a partner Nick 
Young. At the end of five months he purchased 
his partner's interest and for three months con- 
ducted the business alone. Afterward he engaged 
in general merchandising in the same village, but 
turned the management of his store over to his fa- 
ther when he became owner of a Toledo mill, which 
he operated successfully for two years and a-half. 
He was, however, eventually' defrauded in this 
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He then resumed the charge of his Millbury store, 
but in 1889 he met with another misfortune, the 
building being burned, tliough most of the stock 
was saved. In tlie fall of 1891 he put up his pres- 
ent store building, and has since given his atten- 
tion to the management of his grocery and meat- 
market. 

March 28, 1889, Mr. Facer married L.Stella Pitt- 
mann, who was born in Ashland, Ohio, May 3, 1873. 
Her parents were Benjamin and Letliie (O'Neal) 
Pittmann, natives of Pennsylvania and Mansfield, 
Ohio, respectively, and who were married in the 
Keystone State. Their eldest child, Martha Ann, 
married William Bensman, who is emplo\ed by the 
Smith Bridge Company; the eldest son, Charles S., 
is a resident of Delphos; William Franklin is em- 
ployed in a paper-mill at Grand Rapids, Ohio; and 
Eddie, the youngest, died in infancy. In the 
spring of 1894 Mr. and Mrs. Facer adopted a girl 
baby, who died October 2, 1894, aged about six 
months, and on the 8th of November they took a 
little girl, Emma, three years of age to bring up, 
and have become very much attached to the little 
one. 



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MONTGOMERY A. CARSNER is a con- 
tractor and carpenter of Millbury. He 
has erected several large schoolhouses 
and a number of modern and commodious barns in 
Wood and adjoining counties, as well as many 
good residences in this locality. He bought his 
home place in 1882, and placed thereon the neat 
cottage which he now occupies. He h.as been a 
School Director and President of the Board of 
Education. Since the campaign of 1884, he has 
used his influence in favor of the Republican party, 
but prior to that time was a Democrat. At pres- 
ent he is one of the Village Councilmcn. 

The parents of our subject were Michael and 
Mary A. (Miller) Carsner, who were married in 
Wood County, about 1847. The father was born 
in 1830, in Wood County, and died April 29, 1875. 



His wife, Mary A., was born January 27, 1830. 
Michael was the son of Samuel Carsner, a Penn- 
s^lvanian, who came to northwestern Ohio prior 
to 1840 and kept a hotel on the pike in early days. 
He moved to Iowa in 1858, and died there about 
ten years ago. The mother of our subject was a 
daughter of James and Mary (Anderson) Miller. 
The former died of cholera, December 5, 1848. 
He was a native of Pennsylvania, and became one 
of the early settlers of Toledo, Ohio. To Michael 
Carsner and wife were born five children: Matilda, 
who wedded Charles Link, now foreman in the 
Transfer Company barns in Toledo; Montgoraeiy, 
of whom we write; Daniel, who died in 1864; Isa- 
bel, who lives in Toledo with her sister; and one 
who died in infancy in 1862, the mother's death 
occurring about the same time. 

Montgomery A. Carsner was born where the 
town of Pemberville now stands, September 8, 
1850, and grew to manhood in Wood County-. He 
first attended the country schools, but afterward 
was a student in Toledo. About 1865 he began 
learning the carpenter's trade, but spent only 
three weeks at the business then. For the next 
four years he sailed on the Great Lakes, principally 
Huron and Erie, and was engaged in the lumber 
trade. In 1870 he once more took up carpenter- 
ing, with John Parker, for whom he worked about 
a }-ear, and then started out for himself. He was 
employed at this business throughout northern 
Ohio until 1885, when he became foreman in the 
stave factory of Curtis & Karchner, and held that 
position until the mill was removed to Tennessee. 
At that time he returned to his regular vocation, 
to which he has since devoted his energies. 

August 1, 1870, Mr. Carsner married Miss Han- 
nah Shiffert, a native of Allentown, Pa., born 
August 22, 1854. Her parents, Allen and Eliza 
(Fenstermaker) Shiffert, were natives of Pennsyl- 
vania, having been born January 29, 1826, and 
June 15, 1822, respectively. They are still liv- 
ing and are residents of Genoa, Ottawa County, 
Ohio. Mrs. Carsner is one of three children. Her 
brother, Hyman, is a farmer near Genoa, Ottawa 
County; and her sister, Rosa Ann, is the wife of 
John Bush, also a farmer of that locality. 

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blessed with eight children: Allen, who died in 
1888, aged sixteen j'ears; Eliza, who is the wife of 
Fred Kalmbach, of Millbury; Marr}', who is em- 
ployed with his fatiier; Ida May, who died in 1881; 
Mabel, Fayette and Orville Karl, who are attend- 
ing school; and Elroy, an infant. Mrs. Carsner, 
who was only seven years of age when she was 
brought by her parents to Ohio, attended the com- 
mon schools of Genoa until she was in her sixteenth 
year. She is now a member of the Evangelical 
Church of Millbury. 



/^~y W. WEGMAN is the owner of a valuable 
V~^ farm on section 2, Freedom Township, 
Wood County. He is one of the old set- 
tlers of this locality, as he has made his liome here 
for over forty years. He began his business ca- 
reer ill an humble way, but by industry and per- 
sistent effort has increased his possessions year by 
year; and, being a practical farmer, he has usually 
met with success in his various undertakings. 

The birth of our subject occurred December 29, 
1814, in Germany, his parents being Daniel and 
Catherine (Mennert) Wegman, whose family num- 
bered four children, two of whom never came to 
America. The boyhood of our subject was passed 
quietly on his father's farm, where he remained 
until he was thirty years of age. In 1851 he took 
passage on a sailing-vessel, the destination of 
which was New York City. The trip was a pleas- 
ant one and took twenty-eight days. On reaching 
the eastern metropolis, young Wegman remained 
there a week, while making plans for the future. 

In October, 1851, our subject arrived in Toledo, 
where he lived for two weeks, and then obtained 
employment in Lucas County, where he remained 
the following winter. The next j-ear he moved to 
this township, buying forty acres of land, and 
from that time until the present his own welfare has 
been intimately associated with the progress of 
this section. As his means afforded, he has invest- 



ed in different tracts of land, and is now the owner 
of three hundred and six acres, most of which are 
under cultivation and well improved with good 
barns and fences. 

October 31, 1844, Mr. Wegman was married, in 
his native land, to Catherine M. Vobbe, who was 
born June 2, 1824, in German^-. Eleven children 
came to bless this union, but only six of the num- 
ber survive, namely: Angeline C, born February 
2, 1848, and now the wife of LouisDeasink, a farm- 
er near PemberviUe; John W., born July 21, 1854, 
and now engaged in business in Toledo; Harmon, 
born July 11, 1857; Carl F., born February 14, 
1865, and a resident of Freedom Township; Mary 
Julia, born November 27, 1867; and Ludwig, Oc- 
tober 28, 1870. John F., born September 12, 1851 
died at the age of twent^'-four years; Catherine L., 
born July 19, 1861, is also deceased; and Adam, 
born May 19, 1860, died in infancy, as did also 
the youngest of the family. John W. married Emma 
Hoffman, by whom he has one cliild. Harmon 
chose for his wife Anna Linke; and Carl F. 
married Lizzie Walker, and has two children. 

Mr. Wegman is an active worker in the German 
Lutheran Church of PemberviUe, and has contrib- 
uted liberally of his means to its su[)port. In pol- 
itics he is affiliated with the Democratic |)arty. He 
is popular in his iieighliorhood on account of his 
uniformly fair treatment of all with whom his 
business or social relations bring him in contact, 
and is greatly esteemed by his neighbors and ac- 
quaintances. 

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JACOB DANIEL PHISTER became a resident 
of the village of Rising Sun, Wood Count}', 
December 1, 1893, at which time he bought 
lots and has since erected a residence. He 
is an enterprising business man, and has been quite 
successful in his various undertakings. A Repub- 
lican in politics, he cast his first Presidential bal- 
lot for Abraham Lincoln, at Port Royal Harbor, 
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ing tlie late Civil War, in whicli he enlisted Feb- 
ruary 22, 1864, and served until the close. For 
about a year longer he assisted the Government 
to straigliten out its affairs, and was finally dis- 
charged, June 8, 1866. 

The parents of Mr. Pliister were David and 
Charlotte (Zcdeker) Phister, who were natives of 
Mahoning Count}', Ohio. After living for some 
years in Mahoning County, and later in Knox 
Count}', Ohio, the}' came to this section, in 18.54. 
Here the father bought one hundred and sixty 
acres of timber-land, and after clearing a space 
built a log cabin. He continued to dwell here 
until his death, which occurred March 24, 1867, 
when in his sixty-ninth year. His wife died Feb- 
ruary 8, 1874, aged sixty-eight years. Their fam- 
ily comprised eight children: Roxie, who married 
Thomas Hunt, and with her husband is deceased; 
Lucy, widow of George Fulk, and a resident of 
Bowling Green; .Julia, deceased, formerly the wife 
of Solomon Shisly; John, deceased; Mary, widow 
of Jerry Macke}', and a resident of Rising Sun; 
David, who lives in this county; Jacob D. and 
John. 

Born in Montgomery Township, Wood County, 
June 15, 1844, J. D. Phister passed his boyhood on 
the old homestead, and obtained his education 
mainly during the winter terms of school held in 
that vicinity. He had not reached his twentieth 
birthday when he enlisted at Fremont in Company 
E, Twenty-fifth Ohio Veteran Infantry, under 
Captain Murray, and was sent to Sandusky City, 
and' then to Camp Chase. At the end of six days 
in the latter place, young Phister returned home on 
a furlough of a week, and later, rejoining his regi- 
ment, was stationed successively in the following 
places: Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo, Philadelphia 
and Washington. After spending a month in Vir- 
ginia, he went to Alexandria and took passage on 
a steamer bound for Port Royal Harbor, S. C, 
where for six months he was on picket duty. 
Then, marching to Honey Hill, S. C, he was en- 
gaged in a fight at that point, in which they were 
defeated, and afterwards was engaged in another 
contest, with like results. For several days his 
forces were then under Sherman's command, and 
after being sent to Charleston they camped on the 



island for a month and were then sent on the Cam- 
den raid. In a slight skirmish they defeated the 
enemy, and after accomplishing what they had 
undertaken returned to camp. Mr. Phister was 
honorably discharged at Columbus, Ohio, in the 
summer of 1866, and returned home, working for 
his father on the farm. 

On the 16th of March, 1872, occurred the mar- 
riage of our subject and Rose, daughter of Conrad 
and Parsley (Buchtel) .Sheppler. The only child 
of this union, Charles B., was born December 1, 
1876, and is still at home with his parents. They 
are members of the United Brethren Church, which 
has as its pastor Rev. Mr. Withan. 



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5T^ DAM HINDS has cleared and improved a 
y — \ farm of eighty acres on section 8, Webster 
Township, Wood County, and is still mak- 
ing his home thereon. He is a loyal Republican, 
and has frequently held township oflices of honor 
and responsibility, among others those of Trustee, 
Supervisor and School Director. He fought and 
suffered in the defense of the Old Flag during the 
late civil conflict, and has since been a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic. He enlisted at 
the beginning of the war, and was discharged at 
its close, July 24, 1865, just four years less than 
one month from the date of entering the service. 
The father of our subject, David Hinds, was 
born in Vermont, as was also his wife, who before 
her marriage was Philana McCarroll. Their family 
comprised fifteen children, as follows: Margaret, 
David, John, Bets}', Lydia, Daniel, Eliza, Adam, 
William, Martin, Margaret, Deborah, Lavinia, 
Philander, and one who died in infancy. Of this 
large family but three now survive, those besides 
our subject being John, a farmer of Barry County, 
Mich., and Lavinia, widow of Addison Loomis, 
and now a resident of Cleveland, Ohio. The 
father of this family, who was a soldier in the War 
of 1812, took part in the battle of Plattsmouth, 



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and fought under Commodore Perry, being wound- 
ed by a niinie-ball. His life occupation was tbat 
of farming, and this lie successfully followed in 
his native stale, in New York and in Ohio. He 
came to the Buckeye State in 1844, but passed his 
last years in Barry County, Mich., where he died 
in 1872, when in his seventy-fifth year. 

Adam Hinds was born in St. Lawrence County, 
N. Y., May 3, 1831, and was reared to farm labor. 
When seven years old he removed to Jefferson 
County, N. Y., and in the fall of 1844 came with 
his parents to this state. In 1845 he went to Mich- 
igan, and continued to live there for three years. 
Since he reached his eighteenth year lie has been 
independent and self-sustaining. In 1852 became 
to Wood Countj- and purchased eighty acres of 
wild land on section 8, Webster Township. He 
erected a plank shanty, and with energy set to 
work to clear the land fr(;m the thick forests with 
which it was covered. 

February 10, 1851, Mr. Hinds married Clariiida 
Van Gilder, by whom he had two children, Ed- 
ward N. and Charles. The present wife of our 
subject was before her marriage Miss Caroline 
Stevins, their union being celebrated January 2, 
18GG. Mrs. Hinds was born in Delaware County, 
Ohio, February 22, 1839, and in 1865 came to 
Wood County. Three children came to bless their 
home. Fred married Daisy Smith and lives in 
Webster Township; Ralph S. and Earl are still 
living with their parents. 

August 24, 1861, Adam Hinds enlisted as a 
private in Company K, Twenty-first Oliio Infantry, 
being mustered in at Findlay. He was sent to 
Camp Dennison, and his first engagement was that 
of Ivy Mountain. Few soldiers from this part of 
tlie state took part in more noted battles or more 
important campaigns, and among others in which 
he was actively concerned we mention the follow- 
ing: Nashville, Huntsville (Ala.), Stone River, 
Chickaniauga, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Resaca, 
Dallas, Jonesboro, Savannah, Bentonville, Kene- 
saw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek and New Hope 
Church. While on picket duty in North Carolina 
a rebel dressed in Federal uniform rode up to 
within eight paces of him and fired a revolver, the 
bullet striking Mr. Hinds above the left eye. This 



memento of war days he still carries, as it has 
never been deemed wise to extract it. He was 
discharged at the close of the war with the rank of 

Corporal. 



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ALANKIN BRIDGE, of West Toledo, has 
been a resident of this place only three 
years, but for over two decades was num- 
bered among the best citizens and business men of 
Toledo. Since 1884 he has been living a retired 
life, enjoying the competence which his previous 
years of industry and energetic effort provided. 
He had many of the experiences and privations of 
life on the frontier in his boyhood, and his educa- 
tion was acquired in the old-f.ashioned subscription 
schools. 

John A. Bridge, our subject's father, was born in 
Holland, but crossed the Atlantic when only elev- 
en years of age. He was married in New York 
State to Betsej' A. Chamberlin, and. in 1825 moved 
to Ohio with his family. The trip was made by 
wa}' of the Lakes, and on the way the> stopped at 
Cleveland, then a small village. Near Lorain Mr. 
Budge took up eighty acres of Government land, 
paying therefor $5 per acre. The land was cov- 
ered with heavy timber, which he cleared, and on it 
erected a small log cabin of one room, which he 
made his home for many years. He died in Mich- 
igan in 1880. 

Alankin Bridge is one of seven sons and three 
daughters, and was born in Wayne County, N. Y., 
near the village of Lyons, July 25, 1821. When 
only eight years old he began carrying the mail 
from Elj'ria to Wooster, a distance of some sixty 
miles. It took about three days to make the round 
trip through the woods on horseback. At the end 
of a year and a-half he was transferred to the route 
from Elyria to Cuyahoga Falls, fifty-six miles. 
When about fourteen years of age he began learn- 
ing the ship-builder's trade, and served as an ap- 
prentice for five years, at the end of which time he 
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men, and held the placeuntil 1861. HethenmoTed 
to Wauseon. Ohio, where he was engaged in the 
undertaking and furniture business for ten years. 
For the next six years he was in the same line of 
trade at Napoleon, Ohio, and from 1877 until 1884 
he conducted an uudertal<ing business in Toledo. 

September 2, 1846, Mr. Bridge married Caroline 
L., daugliter of Warren and F0II3' (Plant) Leet. 
She was born in New York State, October 8, 1830, 
and has become the mother of two children: Ira, 
who is married and lives in Detroit; and Mary A., 
who became the wife of George Graves, of Brook- 
lyn, N. Y., who was a druggist by occupation, but 
died April 28, 1889. llis wife survived him until 
June 3, 1893, when she departed this life, leaving 
one child, Thomas, born May 15, 1880. Ira mar- 
ried Miss .Julia Gloyd, of Detroit. 

For thirt3'-five years Mr. Bridge has been a mem- 
ber of the Masonic order, and on questions of po- 
litical moment he is always to be found on the side 
of the Republican party. 



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JAMES ANDERSON YOUNG has been mana- 
ger of the Toledo branch of the New York 
Life Insurance Company since April, 1891, 
ills territory covering one-fourth of the state 
of Ohio. Since his connection witli the company, 
he has greatly increased the volume of their busi- 
ness in northwestern Ohio. The New York Life 
Insurance Company was organized in 184.S, and 
embarked on its successful career two years later, 
and now has the reputation of being one of the 
stanchest and most reliable companies in the United 
States. 

The birth of James A. Young occurred Decem- 
ber 1, 1849, in Waveland, Montgomery County 
Ind., he being the fifth of eight children, six of 
whom are living. The parents were John Bryant 
and Martha Woods (Galey) Young. John B. 
Young was born in Kentucky, and was a son of 
Thomas Young, who was of Scotch descent. 

The boyhood of James A. Young was passed on 



his father's farm in F'ountain County, Ind., where 
the family removed when he was four years of 
age. He received the advantages of a district- 
school education, and was moreover assisted in his 
studies by his father, who was a man of large in- 
tellectual attainments, and had been a teacher for 
a number of years. At the early age of fifteen 
years, our subject began teaching in country 
schools, and was thus occupied during the winter 
months for several years, at the same time con- 
tinuing his private studies. He made good prog- 
ress and entered the Freshman class of- De Pauw 
University at Greencastle, Ind., at tiie .age of nine- 
teen. 

After one year in college, Mr. Young was made 
Principal of the Covington (Ind.) schools, in 1871. 
In 1873 he was elected County Superintendent of 
Schools for a term of two years. During this time, 
he graded the countr3' schools so effectively, that 
he was appointed by the State Board of Education 
to prepare a plan for grading the country schools 
of the state. His system was adopted by a state 
convention of County Superintendents in 1875, 
and has since been in use throughout the state of 
Indiana. 

In 1875 our subject removed to Indianapolis, 
and two years later entered Butler University as a 
student, where he graduated with the degree of 
A. B. in 1879, and received the degree of A. M. by 
examination and thesis in 1880. He was made 
Tutor ill Ancient History immediately after enter- 
ing Butler University, and held the position until 
he graduated. He was made Professor of History 
in that institution in 1880, but resigned the same 
in 1882, accepting a position with D. Appleton &: 
Co., in their cyclopedia department. Early in 
1887 Mr. Young resigned this position and became 
city agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life In- 
surance Company, in the city of Cleveland, and 
remained with that company until 1889, when he 
transferred his allegiance to the New York Life, 
as superintendent of .agents for northern Ohio. 
On the 7th of April, 1891, he located in Toledo as 
manager for northwestern Ohio. 

In 1892 Mr. Young started an agitation against 
the wasteful and harmful methods of charity work 
as done throughout the city of Toledo. He point- 



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ed out the fact that Toledo was almost a paradise 
for the tramp and professional beggar. So much 
had the sentiment changed through his efforts, 
that in 1893 lie induced tlie Humane Society, 
through the Hon. J. M. Brown, the President, to 
change its articles of incorporation, and establish 
a Department of Associated Charities. The active 
work of the department did not begin until De- 
cember of that j'ear; but its efficiency was not sur- 
passed in the United States during the winter of 
1893-94. 

It was through Mr. Young's activity and knowl- 
edge of tlie system, assisted by his wife, that every 
department of the associated charity work was 
organized, and achieved such signal success in one 
year that it was known throughout the country. 
The extraordinary relief given that winter to some 
ten thousand people was the joint work of the 
Humane Society and a committee of citizens, to 
whom all possible praise is due. But the system 
which goes on caring for those that have made a 
failure in life, lifting them up, rekindling hope 
and self-respect, putting them in the way of help- 
ing themselves and stimulating them to renewed 
effort, is due to our subject's sacrifice of time and 
personal comfort. 

Mr. Young is an active member of the Ohio 
State Conference of Charities and Correction, and 
is now President of that bod3'. He is a student of 
social questions, and is active in all movements 
that look to the progress of the race, bettering the 
condition of the laboring classes, rescuing children 
from pauperism, clean political methods and re- 
form, and economy in civil administration. He 
was one of the charter members of the New 
Chamber of Commerce, and has enthusiastic faith 
in the future of Toledo. 

In October, 1887, Mr. Young was married to 
Miss Marie Le Monde, of Indianapolis, a lady of 
superior attainments and culture. She is an en- 
thusiastic student of social and ethical questions, 
and co-operates with her husband in his studies as 
well as his benevolent work. The^' are both mem- 
bers 'of the First Congregational Church, and reg- 
ular attendants at church services. 

Mr. Young is a close student and has done a 
good deal of literar}' work for newspapers and 



magazines, having been admitted to the pages of 
several of our best magazines, as well as those of 
the ''Edinburgh Review." He is also a member of 
the Toledo Club, and helped to organize the Round 
Table Club, a group of the brightest men in the 
city, and is active in all its deliberations. 



ISAAC WARD, one of the sterling old i)ioneers 
of Wood County, came here as early as 1843, 
and since that time has been identified with 
its upbuilding and development. In 1853 he pur- 
chased the farm where he now lives, comprising 
eighty acres on section 25, Center Township. He 
is a good Republican, and has filled a number of 
local offices of responsibility and trust. His origi- 
nal eighty acres have been increased by subsequent 
purchase to one hundred and sixt3' acres, on which 
may be found substantial improvements. 

Mr. Ward was born in Perry Count}', Ohio, 
March 7, 1827, and is one of seven children, whose 
parents were Amos and P0II3' ( Shoop) Ward. 
The other living children are John, Eliza, Lewis 
and Sarah; and those who have passed from this 
life are Harriet and Hiram. Mr. and Mrs. Ward, 
who were natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, 
respectively, removed to Perry County, Ohio, at a 
very early day; later, in 1834, going to Sandusky 
County. Locating in what is now Washington 
Township, on a one hundred and sixty acre tract 
of Government land, Mr. Ward erected a log cabin, 
and for two years industriously worked at clear- 
ing away the timber. At the end of that period 
he went to Ottawa Count\' and took up one hun- 
dred and sixty acres of Government land, eight 
miles north of where Port Clinton now stands. 
His death occurred on this farm, some two or three 
years subsequently. 

At the time of his father's demise Isaac Ward 
was only seven years of age, and when he was ten 
years old his mother and family returned to the 
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acres of which his father had cleared before going 
to Ottawa County. Wlien lie was sixteen years of 
age. Isaac Ward left home to make his own liveli- 
hood, and, coming to this count3', worked for 
farmers at 18 per month. In the winter of 1843, 
in company with his brother Hiram, he started on 
horseback for Iowa, and there rented a farm a mile 
and a-half distant from Iowa City for one year. 
He raised a crop of corn, which he sold for ten 
cents a bushel. While living lu Iowa, which he 
did for two years, it was admitted to the sisterhood 
of states. In the spring of 1845 he started for 
Wisconsin alone and on foot, and when he reached 
Plattsville obtained work on a farm at S^IO per 
month. An idea of the then thinly settled condi- 
tion of Iowa may be formed, when we state that in 
the entire distance between Iowa City and Du- 
buque the youth passed onlj' one house. On 
terminating his engagement near Plattsville, he 
worked for a j'ear at Mineral Point, Wis., after 
which he rented a farm, which he operated for the 
following year. His next business was that of haul- 
ing lead ore and doing general teaming. He then 
started for the pineries of Wisconsin on foot from 
Mineral Point, and after proceeding a distance of 
about one hundred miles, found work in a sawmill 
at Big Bull Falls. After a time he put up a shanty 
and engaged in logging, taking his pay for his 
winter's work in logs, which he rafted down the 
river and sold. He then proceeded on foot to 
Mineral Point, and thence took the stage to Mil- 
waukee. From that city he proceeded by the 
Lakes to Sandusky County, and not long after- 
ward came to this county. Settling in Freedom 
Township, he engaged in farming for about three 
years, and then settled on the homestead where 
he now lives, and which he has since been engaged 
in cultivating. 

August 10, 1850, Mr. Ward married Rosanna 
Lance, who was born in Turbot Townsliip, Nor- 
thumberland County, Pa., October 5, 1834. The 
following children have been born of this union: 
Hiram, Isaac, Lemuel, Julia, Emma, John E., Lewis 
A., Elsie E., Celesta, Anna S., Sarah M., Laura L., 
William L., Nellie O., and one who died unnamed. 
Annie B. and William are also deceased. 

The first school that Mr. Ward attended was 



held in a small log cabin, three miles distant from 
his father's home. It was run on the subcription 
system, and the benches, desks and other appoint- 
ments were of the most priniitive kind, being rude- 
ly carved from slabs. Wlien Mr. Ward first came 
to live on his farm, it was thickly covered with 
forests, and he was obliged to cut down several 
trees in order to clear a space in which to erect a 
cabin. His farm now bears little resemblance to 
the one of former years, for he has cleared the 
main portion of it and has erected commodious 
and substantial buildings. The logs, after being 
cut, were hauled away by ox-team. For ten years 
he was Trustee of this township, and has helped 
in many practical ways to advance the interests of 
this community. In politics he is a Republican, and 
in former years was a Whig. He appreciates the 
advantages of a good education, and is always on 
the side of movements which have for their object 
the advancement of the school system. For sev- 
eral years he served as School Director. 



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\ \ 'j'LLIAM T. RYAN, who is one of the 

V/ V/ well known officials of Toledo, and is 
at present serving as Street Commis- 
sioner, was born in the city of Detroit, Mich., in 
February, 1840. ' He is the son of John and Cath- 
erine R. (Merrick) Ryan, both of whom were born 
and reared in Dublin, Ireland. After their mar- 
riage, they crossed the ocean and came to the 
United States by way of Canada, settling in De- 
troit, Mich. 

When William T. was a child of five years, his 
parents removed to Wayne, Mich., at which place 
he attended the common schools and remained 
until attaining his twentieth year. For a time 
afterward he conducted his studies in a private 
school. On coming to Toledo in 1862, he secured 
a situation as salesman, and continued in that ca- 
pacit3' until shortly before the close of the Civil 
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Company B, and on its organization was chosen 
First Lieutenant. Tlie company was attached to 
tlie One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry, 
Col. II. D. Kingsbury commanding. He was as- 
signed with his regiment to garrison duty on the 
Atlantic Coast, and afterward was sent to the state 
of Alabama, being stationed at different points. 
After having served about eight months he was 
discliarged, in October, 1865, at the close of the 
Rebellion. In July of the same year, he had been 
appointed Adjutant, and later was promoted to be 
Captain of Company E in the same regiment, in 
which rank he served until the expiration of his 
term of service. 

Returning to Toledo, Mr. Ryan has since made 
tliis city his home, though often called to other 
places in the interest of his business. He was 
engaged for a time as contractor on the Toledo 
Ann Arbor & Nortli Michigan Railroad, also on 
the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railroad, and 
the Ohio Central, at one time known as the Find- 
lay Branch Railroad. In March, 1893, he was 
ajipointed Street Commissioner to fill the vacancy 
caused by the resignation of Henry Bower. At 
the expiration of the term, in April of the follow- 
ing year, he was elected to the office for a term of 
two j'ears. In the discharge of the duties of his 
position he is remarkably efficient and energetic, 
and the excellent condition of the streets, alleys, 
sewers and sidewalks may be attributed largely to 
his close supervision of his work. 

The marriage of Mr. Ryan to Miss Amelia, 
daughter of John Kirk, took place in 1865. They 
make their home at No. 710 Fourth Street, East 
Side, where they entertain with pleasant hospi- 
tality all who come within their doors. Their 
children, four in number, are named Mary A., 
Alice, George E. and Fred. The influence of the 
family is felt for good in the community, and they 
are prominent in society, where they are respected 
for their relinement, culture and cordiality of 
manner. 

Mr. Ryan is a good citizen, loyal to the interests 
of the Government, and anxious that the best 
measures should be adopted for the advancement 
of the community in which he resides. The Re- 
publican platform embodies his political ideas, and 



he participates activelj' in public affairs, showing 
an intelligent interest in and zeal for the success 
of his party. In the Grand Army he is quite 
prominent, and holds membership in Ford Post 
No. 14, G. A. R. 



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MALCOLM H. MURRAY, Secretary, Treas- 
urer and manager of the Bradner Supply 
Compan}', and one of the most successful 
young business men of this place, is a native of 
Pennsylvania. He was born in Westmoreland 
County, October 18, 1864, and is the son of John 
M. Murray, a native of Maryland, who, removing 
from that state to Pennsylvania, gained prominence 
as a successful merchant. 

At a very early age the subject of this notice de- 
veloped the traits of industry and energy- that 
afterward became prominent factors in securing his 
financial success. When a mere lad he became a 
newsbo}'. Afterward he learned telegraph}', which 
he followed for three years or more. His educa- 
tion had been limited to the common schools, with 
the exception of a course of study in a business 
college; but, while his advantages were few, he made 
the most of such opportunities as came to him, 
and in that way gained a broad fund of informa- 
tion upon practical subjects. 

AVhen seventeen years of age. Mr. Murray became 
interested in the oil business in the fields of Penn- 
sylvania, and from that time to the present he has 
been engaged in that industry, his operations ex- 
tending over Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. 
At this writing his most extensive interests are in 
Ohio and Indiana. He is identified with H. S. 
Smith, one of the large and successful operators in 
the field, and with whom he first started out in the 
oil business. They own a large number of wells, 
from which they receive profitable returns. 

January 1, 1894, Mr. Murray purchased an in- 
terest in the Bradner Supply Company, an exten- 
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and furnishing supplies for all the oil-flelds in this 
locality-. Of this com pan j' he is manager, Secre- 
tary and Treasurer, and its success is largely at- 
tributable to his perseverance, judgment and sagac- 
ity. He is conceded to be one of the most thorough 
and pushing business men in the Ohio oil-fields, 
and tlirougli liis slirewdness and exercise of good 
judgmer.t is rapidly making a fortune. 

Wliilc liis piivatc business concerns have de- 
manded the principal share of liis time and thought, 
Mr. Murray is always willing to assist in matters 
of a public nature, if convinced tliat they will prove 
helpful to the people. Socially he is a Chapter 
Mason and active in the work of the fraternit}'. 
In ills religious belief he is a Methodist and takes 
a prominent part in the enterprises originated and 
fostered by his congregation. The success which 
he has already attained is especially remarkable 
when we consider that he started without capital, 
and that he is yet scarcely in the prime of life. 
Without doubt the succeeding years will bring him 
increased usefulness, success and prominence. 



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(Tpw LFRED A. STUMP, Mayor of Biaduer, 
/ — \ and one of the wealthy and enterprising 
young business men of the place, has been 
a life-long resident of AVood County, and was born 
on a farm near Mill Grove, April 13, 1862. His 
father, Noah E., also a native of Wood County, 
enlisted in the Union army at the opening of the 
Rebellion and served for four years, being Orderl3' 
Sergeant of Company E, Twenty-fifth Ohio In- 
fantry. During his service he lost the use of his 
right arm. and died in 1868 from the results of his 
long and hard service in the cause of his country. 
He had three brothers, John, Allen and William, 
all of whom were soldiers in the Twenty-fifth Reg- 
iment. 

The paternal grandparents of Mr. .Stump were 
natives of Pennsylvania, and pioneers of Wood 
Count}'. His mother, Hannah (Schofstall) Stump, 



was born in Pennsylvania, and at an early age 
came to Ohio with her parents. After the death 
of our subject's father, she became the wife of D. 
L. Thomas, and now lives in Petoskey, Mich. By 
her first marriage she had three sons, the eldest of 
whom, George F., died at the age of sixteen years. 
The youngest son, Charles, is engaged in agricult- 
ural pursuits, making his home on a farm near 
Bradner. 

At the time of his father's deatli, the subject of 
this notice was a child of six years. In early boy- 
hood he did not have many advantages, but was 
enabled to secure a common-school education, and 
in the years that have since followed his knowl- 
edge has been broadened by a systematic course of 
reading, so that he now possesses a broad fund of 
information upon all topics of general importance. 
Arriving at man's estate, he selected for his life 
occupation the calling of a farmer, and to this he 
has since devoted his attention, though not to the 
exclusion of other business interests. In the fall 
of 1892 he moved into the village of Bradner, 
where he had previously built the finest residence 
in the place. He still continues, however, to oper- 
ate his farm one mile north ol the town. 

Upon attaining his majority, Mr. Stump began 
to vote for the men and measures of the Republi- 
can part}', to which he had previously given his 
allegiance. He has since seen no reasons for 
changing his views, and iielieves row, as he has 
always done, that the welfare of the Government 
will be best promoted by the adoption of Repub- 
lican principles. For six years he served as Trus- 
tee of his township. In the spring of 1894 he was 
the successful candidate of the Republican party 
for Mayor of Bradner, in which capacity he is now 
serving. A capable and thorough official, he com- 
mands the respect of all the people of the place, 
and as Mayor his services have proved satisfactory, 
not only to his own party, but also to those of op- 
posite belief. 

January 14, 1886, Mr. Stump was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Nellie Hyter, the accomplished 
daughter of A. Hyter, a wealthy farmer and oil 
operator, residing in Bradner. They have three 
bright and interesting boys, Clayton, Walter and 
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possible, and who, under the judicious training of 
tlieir parents, will be fitted for positions of honor 
and usefulness in the business world. Socially 
Mr. Stump is identified with the Knights of Pyth- 
ias, and is Past Chancellor of his lodge. 



^^^OMAS K. COOK. Of tlie solid and pros- 
perous business men and officials of Toledo, 
none have a iiigher place among the peo- 
ple tlian the gentleman named, who is filling the 
responsible position of Superintendent of the To- 
ledo Water Works. Far-seeing, discreet, prudent, 
and with considerable executive ability, he is well 
qualified to take the lead in matters of finance or 
local government. He is a progressive and public- 
siiirited man, ready and anxious to do all that is 
for the advancement of the people and the advan- 
tage of the city. As such, he is worthy of repre- 
sentation in a volume dedicated to the promi- 
nent men of the place. 

In regard to the ancestral histor.yof our subject, 
we find that he is a member of a familj' long es- 
tablished in New England. His father, Thomas, 
was born in Vermont and grew to manhood at his 
native place near the shores of Lake Champlain. 
In an early day he removed to Michigan and set- 
tled in Calhoun County, where lie engaged in ag- 
ricultural pursuits. He died in 1859, at the age of 
fifty-six, having been born in 1803. His wife, 
who died three years prior to his demise, was in 
maidenhood Fannie Gate, and was, like himself, of 
Eastern birth. 

Five sons and five daughters comprised the fam- 
ily of Thomas Cook, and of this number three sons 
and three daughters are now living. Thomas K., 
the youngest of the family, was born in Marshall, 
Calhoun County, Mich., November 13, 1852, and 
gained the rudiments of his education in the pub- 
lic schools of his native town. Later he supple- 
mented the information there obtained by an aca- 
demical education, after which he spent two years 



in Webster City, Iowa. Returning to Indiana, 
where he had previously attended school, he en- 
tered the employ of the Big F"our Railroad, with 
headquarters at LaFayette, where he remained sev- 
eral years. He was at first employed in the shops 
at that place, and afterward became a locomotive 
engineer. 

After leaving the employ of the Big Four, Mr. 
Cook obtained a position with the Lake Erie & 
Western Railroad Company. In 1880 he came to 
Toledo, Ohio, and here received the appointment 
of assistant master mechanic on the Ohio Central 
Railroad, which ])Osition he filled for thirteen years. 
Upon the organization of the Board of Fire Com- 
missioners, he was one of the first members ap- 
pointed, and served in that capacity for two years. 
He was then appointed chief of the fire department, 
but declined to accept the position. The position 
of Superintendent of the Toledo Water Works, 
which he now holds, became his by appointment 
in 1894, and he has since filled it in a manner in- 
dicative of his superior ability. In addition to 
other interests, he is now serving as Vice-Presi- 
dent of the Phoenix Building and Loan Company, 
having held that office since the organization of 
the enterprise. 

A very important event in the life of our sub- 
ject was his union in marriage, October 7, 1878, 
with Aliss Mary L. Balfe, the daughter of George 
Balfe, of LaFa3'ettc, Ind. They are the parents of 
two children. Their daughter, Velma G., is a stu- 
dent in the high school and a bright and accom- 
plished girl, who is very popular among her circle 
of acquaintances. Their only son, Thomas Clair, 
is also conducting his studies in the Toledo schools, 
where he is being fitted for the active and success- 
ful discharge of such duties as the future years 
may bring him. 

Socially Mr. Cook is a member of the Knights 
of Pythias organization, and fills the position of 
Past Chancellor of Charles Sumner Lodge. He 
is also connected with the National Union. He is 
well known in Toledo, being a genial, affable man, 
whose interests and sympathies are with his fel- 
low-men. Throughout life he has been a thor- 
ough and systematic reader, and has largely broad- 
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to books and papers. A Republican in iiis politi- 
cal faitli, he lias the greatest faith in the future 
prosperity of the country under the execution of 
the laws as enacted by his part}'. In its declara- 
tions, it has embodied tlie political principles in 
which he believes, and he casts his vote for the 
candidates of that organization. During local cam- 
paigns lie is active in promoting the success of his 
friends, and if they win the victory no one is more 
pleased tiian lie. The duties pertaining to his po- 
sition lie has discharged with judgment and tact, 
so that tiie people of the city feel great confidence 
in his practical ability. He and his wife have a 
pleasant home at No. 1302 Oak Street, and are 
liiglily honored in the city where they make their 
home. 



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WILLIAM V. McMAKEN, Treasurer of 
the county of Lucas, and also City 
Treasurer of Toledo, was born in New 
York City, February 11, 1857. He is a son of 
Ezekiel V. and Anna C. (Smith) McMaken, natives 
of Butler County, Ohio, and Connecticut, respec- 
tivei}". When his father was thirteen years old 
the family moved to Ft. Wayne, Ind. After his 
marriage he went to New York City, where lie was 
engaged in business for twenty-two years, and 
thence, in 1864, he removed to Toledo. Here he 
embarked in the mercantile business, and also, 
under the administration of President Grant, served 
as Postmaster from 1870 to 1874. He continued 
to make his home in Toledo until his death, in 
November, 1889. The widowed mother, who sur- 
vives her husband, makes her home in this city. 

The parental faniily consisted of three children, 
of whom William V. is the second in order of 
birth, and lie and Kate M. are the only survivors. 
His childhood up to seven 3'ears was passed in 
New York City, whence in 1864 he was brought 
by his parents to Toledo. His education was ob- 
tained principally in the schools of Toledo, and he 
was graduated from the high school of this city in 
1874. LTpon starting out for himself, he was for 



several years employed as a clerk for different 
firms. In 1886 he was elected County Recorder 
for a term of three 3-ears, at the expiration of 
which time he was re-elected to the office. 

On retiring from this position, Mr. McMaken 
formed a partnership with Charles Ifox, under the 
firm name of Fox & McMaken, and engaged in 
the real-estate and commission business. In No- 
vember, 1893, the people chose him to represent 
them in the office of County Treasurer, the duties 
of which he assumed vSeptember 13, 1894. By vir- 
tue of this office, he also became City Treasurer of 
Toledo. As an official, he is careful, energetic 
and discriminating, a man of irreproachable honor 
and unswerving fidelity to the interests of his fel- 
low-citizens. 

On the 31st of October, 1883, occurred the mar- 
riage of Mr. McMaken and Miss Georgie, daughter 
of Charles M. Dorr, ex-Mayor of the city of To- 
ledo, and one of the pioneers and prominent men 
of the place. In his political preferences Mr. Mc- 
Maken is a firm champion of the principles advo- 
cated by the Republican parly, and is one of the 
leaders of that organization in the cit}'. Socially 
he is a member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 
396, F. <fe A. M., and is also identified with the 
chapter, council and commandery, and has attained 
to the Thirty-second Degree in Masonry. He is 
also connected with the Order of Elks. For the 
past sixteen 3'ears he lias held a commission as 
Captain of the Toledo Cadets of the Oliio National 
Guards. As a citizen, he takes a great interest in 
everjthing pertaining to the progress of Toledo, 
and every measure calculated to promote the pros- 
perity of the people receives his heart\'an(I enthu- 
siastic support. 



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ROBERT RAITZ is engaged in the plumb- 
ing, steam and gas fitting business at No. 
633 St. Clair .Street, Toledo, where he has 
a large establishment, equipped with a complete 
line, of supplies, including everything pertaining 
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city, and is thoroughly informed concerning every 
detail connected with the business. Among others 
engaged in the occupation he occupies an influen- 
tial place, and at the present time is lilling the po- 
sition of President of the Master Plumbers' Asso- 
ciation of the >State of Ohio, to which he was elect- 
ed in 1893, at the time of tiie convention of that 
organization in Toledo. 

In Messin, Switzerland, the subject of this no- 
tice was born March 18, 1846. In 1853 he was 
brought to America by his parents, Benjamin and 
Anna (Mosher) Ilaitz, the family arriving in New 
York in March of that year. They went at once 
to Rochester, N. Y., where, however, they spent 
but a short time. The following j'ear (1854), 
they came to Toledo, where the father engaged in 
the butchering business for a few months. While 
yet in the prime of life, at the age of forty-two 
years, he passed from earth, in 1855. His widow 
survived for more than twenty years afterward, 
her death occurring in 1876. 

The next to the eldest among four children, the 
subject of this sketch has spent his life, with tlie 
exception of the first eight years, in the city where 
he still resides. Here he attended the common 
schools, laying the foundation for the knowledge 
he afterward acquired in practical business affairs. 
In 1861, under H. J. Williams, he began to learn 
the plumber's trade, and followed that business, 
working for other people until, in 1880, he opened 
a shop upon his own responsibility, and has since 
conducted an extensive business as a plumber and 
steam and gas fitter. During the busy season he 
gives enii)loyment to forty-five or fifty men, and 
even during the dull months usually has twelve 
men under him. For about twelve years he was 
associated with -John P. Lawrence, the firm title be- 
ing Raitz & Lawrence, but subsequently he bought 
out his partnei's interest. 

The first marriage of Mr. Raitz occurred in 1871, 
at which time he was united with Miss Annie, 
daughter of Frederick Houk, of Edgerton, Ohio. 
This lady died in 1880, leaving a daughter, Jessie 
L., who is the wife of Jolm Scheuerman. The 
lady who now presides over the home of Mr. Raitz, 
at No. 2450 Cherry Street, is Theresa, a sister of 
his first wife, and a lady whose amiable disposition 



has won for her the esteem of a large circle of 
friends. She is the mother of one child, a daugh- 
ter. May A. 

A Republican in his political views, Mr. Raitz 
has been active in public matters, and is one of the 
leaders of his political organization. For four 
years he represented the Seventh AVard in the City 
Council, having been elected to that position upon 
the Republican ticket. Socially he is a member of 
Maumee Valley Lodge No. 515, I. O. O. F., and 
for the past twenty years has been a member of 
the encampment. 

To have the esteem of others, and especially of 
one's most intimate acquaintances, is worth much, 
and to gain it is a worthy ambition for any man. 
It may with truth be said that Mr. Raitz has at- 
tained this desideratum, as he is well spoken of by- 
all who know him, and is a man who has gained a 
high place in the regard of his acquaintances. 



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JAMES G. KANEY. A good citizen is ready 
to serve his country both in peace and war, 
and he does it alike whether upon the battle- 
field or in pursuing his usual occupation, 
and by a life of integrity and industry, helping 
to build up the social and industrial interests of 
the city in which he lives. A life thus spent is of 
lienefit to all, and creates a sentiment in behalf 
of both upright living and patriotic devotion. 
Among the citizens of Toledo none are more high- 
ly respected for the record tliey have made both, 
in peace and war, than the subject of the accom- 
panying notice, who is filling the responsible posi- 
tion of First Assistant City Civil Engineer. 

The family of whicli Mr. Kaney is a member 
consisted of twelve children who attained years of 
maturity, he being the fifth of the number. Their 
parents were Sera[)hen and Hannah (.Jackson) 
Kaney, the former of whom was a salt manufact- 
urer in Pennsylvania. It was during the resi- 
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G. was born, August 1, 1843. His father, realizing 
the benefit of :i good education, was desirous that 
he should have every possible advantage in order 
to prepare for the active duties of life. At the 
completion of his public-school studies, and a short 
attendance at a private school, he took a commer- 
cial course in Pittsburg. 

When less than twenty years of age, inspired 
with the ardor of youth to a patriotic devotion to 
the Union, Mr. Kaney enlisted with Company F, 
One Hundred and Twenty-third Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, Col. J. B. Clark commanding the regiment. 
He was assigned to the Array of the Potomac, 
Fifth Army Corps. Among the engagements in 
which he participated were those of Fredericks- 
burg, Chancellorsvilie, Antietam and Gettysburg, 
and he also took part in many minor battles where 
the danger was equally great, though the results 
were not so important. At the battle of Antietam 
he was severely wounded by a gun-shot in the 
knee. 

Upon being honorably discharged from the 
army, Mr. Kaney returned home, and as soon as 
restored to health, proceeded to Michigan, stop- 
ping in Port Huron, which was then in the midst 
of its great oil excitement. However, he did not 
tarry there long, but in 1867 came to Toledo and 
engaged in the hotel business. In 1878 he was 
appointed assistant engineer of the Maumee & 
Toledo (now the Clover Leaf) Railroad, and re- 
mained with that company for three years. In 
1881 he resigned in order to accept the position of 
chief engineer of the Wlieeling & Lake Erie, also 
of the Belt Railroad. He continued to serve in 
that capacity, his work giving the utmost satisfac- 
tion to his superior officers, until 1888, when he 
transferred his interests to the Tiffin & Fremont 
Railroad, of which he became chief engineer. In 
1892 he accepted the position of assistant engineer 
of the city of Toledo, which he has since held. In 
the occupation to which he has devoted all his 
active life, he is an expert, and his opinion is de- 
ferred to in all matters relating to engineering. 

The marriage of Mr. Kane}- with Miss Ella F. 

Ketcham was celebrated in 1869. The lady is the 

daughter of Cornelius Ketcham, of Norwalk, Ohio. 

As might be expected, Jlr. Kaney is interested in 

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Grand Army affairs. He belongs to Forsyth Post 
No. 15, in the affairs of which he takes an interest. 
Through his industry and executive ability he has 
become the owner of valuable property', including 
his residence at No. 225 Nineteenth Street. 



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PAUL RAYMOND. A man who has the 
well-being of his community at heart, 
whether it be in a humble or prominent 
way, always commands the respect of the people 
with whom he is brought in contact. Doubtless 
there are few of the citizens of Toledo who have 
taken a greater pride in its development than has 
Mr. Raymond, and though he has attained an age 
beyond the usual limit of business activity, he still 
conducts a real estate business and aids in promot- 
ing the progress of the place. Through his suc- 
cessful ventures he has become more than ordi- 
narily prosperous, and has gained a place among 
tiie wealth}' citizens of his city. 

October 18, 1810, was the natal day of Mr. Ray- 
mond, and Swanzey, Cheshire County, N. H., the 
place of his birth. He is a son of Dr. Paul and 
Sarah (Walker) Raymond, natives of Massachu- 
setts. His father, who engaged in the practice of 
medicine in New Hampshire, died when our sub- 
ject was only three yearsold. The latter continued 
to reside with his mother in Swanzey until he was 
five years old, when they went to Vermont, and the 
days of his boyhood and youth were passed in the 
Green Mountain State, where he attended the com- 
mon schools. At the age of seventeen years he 
left the farm and became a clerk in a country 
store, wliere he worked for some time, economically 
saving liis earnings. 

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West, Mr. Raymond went to Michigan in 1834, 
and slopped for some months in Detroit. From 
there he went to Adrian, in the same state, where 
he engaged in the wholesale and retail drug busi- 
ness for about ten years, after which he embarked 
in farm pursuits in Lenawee County, where he re- 
mained for about fifteen 3'ears. In 1866 he came 
to Toledo and opened a hardware store, and also 
engaged in the real-estate business, but after about 
four years sold out tlie hardware business and 
gave most of his attention to his real-estate affairs. 
He owns about two hundred acres of valuable land, 
most of it near the corporate limits of the city, 
and lias jilatted what is known as Raymond's Ad- 
dition, from which a number of lots have been 
sold. He is also the owner of real estate in Jack- 
son, Mich. 

The lady who became tlie wife of Mr. Raymond 
January 27, 1844, was Miss Harriet, daughter of 
Dr. Southworth, of Allen .Springs, N. Y. Mrs. 
Raymond was born April 22, 1824. The children 
born to herself and husband are: PJrwin P., who is 
engaged in the practice of law at Toledo, occupy- 
ing an office at No. 18 Law Building; Louise and 
Anna, who are at home; Josephine, who is the wife 
of Dr. Louis W. Heydrich, of this city; and An- 
drew, also a resident of Toledo. The family resi- 
dence is situated at No. 204 West Lafayette iStreet. 

Throughout his long and useful life Mr. Ray- 
mond has maintained the i)rinciples of integrity 
and honor that were characteristic of liini in his 
earlier years. Realizing that it is not only the 
amount that is earned, but also that which is spent, 
that determines whether or not a man will achieve 
success, he made it a rule in youth to save all that 
was possible out of his salar}-. He was thus enabled 
to embark in business for himself, when he followed 
the same habits of economy and inudencc that had 
hitherto been among his chief characteristics. His 
frugality brought the desired result, and now in 
his declining years he is able to surround his fam- 
ily with all the luxuries that wealth can secure. In 
a pleasant home, beyond the reach of want, he 
is passing the twilight years of his life, fortified 
against adversity and surrounded by all the com- 
forts he secured during the active business period 
of his life. He lias always been iiiLelligeiilh- in- 



terested in public questions, and gives his support 
to the iirinciples outlined in the platform of the 
Democratic party. 



PROF. HARRY C. ADAMS, a well known 
and successful educator, is Principal of 
the Cental High School of Toledo. He 
has held his present responsible position since 1886, 
during which time he has greatly systematized 
and perfected the course of study and instruction 
in the high school. 

Professor Adams is a native of Huron County, 
Ohio, his birth having occurred December 24, 1860. 
His parents were Lyman and Samantha ( Wortman) 
Adams, the former a native of New York State, 
while the latter was born in Ohio. Lyman Adams 
was of English descent, and was the son of pjlijah 
Adams, who removed from Massachusetts to Ver- 
mont, and later became a resident of New York 
State. 

H. C. Adams is one of five children, his two 
brothers and two sisters being as follows: Albert 
M., Charles J., Carrie and Jennie. He received a 
good common-school education and prepared for 
college at Monroeville, Ohio. Later he entered 
the Ohio L'niversity at Athens, from which he 
graduated in the Class of '81. He then began Ins 
career as a teacher at Monroeville, where he had 
cliarge of the grammar school. Afterwards he was 
promoted to the i)rincipalship of the high school 
at Napoleon, Ohio. Coming to Toledo in 1883, he 
took a similar postal the Webster Grammar School. 
Under his direction pupils do thorough and first- 
class work, a fact which is recognized by many of 
the leading colleges of the stale and country. The 
enrolled attendance of the pujjils at the Central 
High School is over five liundred, and the Princi- 
pal is assisted by twelve teachers. 

Professor Adams is a member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Public Library, and is connected 
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inentand active member of the Rouiul Table Club, 
and is a personal friend of the great historian and 
lecturer, John Fiske, whom he was influential in 
getting to deliver a number of his popular lectures 
before the Toledo public in 1892-93. 

In December, 1883, Professor Adams married 
Miss Addie McWilliams, a talented and accom- 
plished young lady of Napoleon, this stale, and 
a daughter of Charles McWilliams, an old resident 
of that place. A son and daughter have been born 
to our subject and wife, and are called, respective- 
1}', Robert L. and Laura. The home of the Adams 
family is at No. 2258 Parkwood Avenue. In ques- 
tions of political moment Mr. Adams is always to 
be found on the side of the Republican party. In 
March, 1895, he was admitted to the Bar, and will 
shortly enter actively into the practice of the le- 
gal profession, a step which will cause regret to the 
many friends of education in this vicinit3^ 






HENRY PHILIPPS, one of the worthy Ger- 
man-American citizens of Toledo, is Pres- 
ident of the Henry Philipps Seed and 
Implement Company, which commands a trade of 
immense proportions. He is a leading Republican 
in politics, and for two j'ears was a member of the 
City Council. He embarked in his i)resent enter- 
prise in 1880, at No. 150 St. Clair Street, and 
when he found that his increasing trade would 
necessitate larger quarters he removed to his pres- 
ent location, Nos. 115 and 117 St. Clair Street. 
Here he has a building 40x120 feet, three stories 
and basement in height. His sales extend to manj- 
states in the Northwest, and to all the Central 
States, including West Virginia. 

The parents of Henry Philipps were Christian 
and Margaret (Rake) Philipps, who lived and died 
in Germany. Our subject, who is the youngest of 
seven children, was born in Brunswick, May 3, 
1828. In the schools of his native land he ob- 
tained a good knovvledge of the English and 



French language, as well as of his mother tongue. 
In March, 1849, he embarked in the sailing-vessel 
"Meta," and at the end of forty-two days arrived 
in New York Cit}', from where he proceeded by 
rail to Buffalo, where he took a steamship bound 
for Toledo. 

The first year after reaching this locality, Mr. 
Philipps engaged in farming, after which he be- 
came a clerk in a general store, and in 1852 em- 
barked in business on his own account, selling 
farm implements, seeds, etc. Three years later he 
entered into partnership with Albert Heufer, under 
the firm name of the Henry Philipps Company, and 
this connection was in existence for four years. A 
hardware stock, including a wholesale and retail 
cutlery department, was added in 1854, and in 
1859 Mr. Philipps bought out his partner's interest. 
About 1870 he divided his business into special 
departments, having his hardware branch on Sum- 
mit Street, and the seed and implement store on 
St. Clair Street. The latter he sold out in the 
spring of 1872, but continued his hardware busi- 
ness for three 3'ears. In 1880 he re-embarked in 
the seed and implement business, and has been 
very successful. For some years he was a stock- 
holder in the Northern National Bank. He was 
intrumental in having St. Clair Street leveled, and 
was the first man to build a good business block 
and engage in business on that street, and it was 
owing to his erecting his building there that the 
Boody House, the opera house and the express 
building were erected. From 1862 to 1875 he 
built a business block on Summit Street, also a 
block on Superior Street, and about twelve resi- 
dences. In conjunction with two other parties, lie 
also built the Adams Street Railway and operated 
it about five years, when he disposed of it. In 
1863 he purchased twenty-five acres of land, which 
he later platted, and which is known as the Colum- 
bia Heights Addition to Toledo. Here may be 
found many of the best residences and homes of 
her people. At the time Mr. Philipps purchased 
this land, it was swampy and overgrown with tim- 
ber and brush. In order to make it habitable, he 
had made, at his own expense, a large ditch, which 
improved the land to such an extent that building 
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lias done as much as, and probably more than, anj' 
other manjnow living toward the development 
and upbuilding of the city of Toledo. 

October 7, 1858, Mr. Pliilipps married Emma, 
daughter of .Jacob Seeger, of Baltimore. Thirteen 
children have been born to our subject and wife, 
namely: Henry J., Paul A., William T., Louisa E., 
Herman and Caroline (twins), Charles J. S., Al- 
bert, Frederick, and Ferdinand, Christian, Pxlward 
and Emma, who have been summoned to the silent 
land. ISIr. Piiilipps and his wife are members of 
the Lutheran Church. 



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JOHN AMES, who until January, 1895, was 
Secretary and manager of the Ames- Bonner 
Company, of Toledo, is a son of John Ames, 
8r.,a native of the Empire State, who passed 
the greater part of his active business career at 
Lansingburg, N. Y., where he engaged in the 
manufacture of brushes. He died in 1892, at the 
good old age of seventy-two. He was of Eng- 
lish and Irish descent, and was a son of Richard 
Ames, who was a native of New England and the 
(irst brush-maker in the United States. About 
1840 .John Ames, Sr., married Miss Harriet Sonn, 
who was also born in New York, and was of French 
and German extraction. 

Born in the same state as were his parents, our 
subject first saw the light of day in Rensselaer 
County, April 18, 1845. His youth was passed in 
Lansingburg, where he received the advantages of 
a common-school education. He pursued his higher 
studies at the academy of Troy, N. Y., there fin- 
ishing his education. He then entered his father's 
oflice ar d assisted in the factory, becoming thor- 
oughly acquainted with all departments of the 
business. In 1879 Mr. Ames came to Toledo and 
for three years was connected with the firm of A. 
L. Sonn & Co., at the end of which time he retired 
from the business. In 1882 he became a partner 



in the Ames-Bonner Company, and started in ear- 
nest to build up a trade in brushes. Success crowned 
his efforts, and the firm soon became known as a 
reliable and substantial one. He severed his con- 
nection as Secretar}' and manager of the concern 
in January, 1895, however, and has not yet entered 
upon any other business venture. 

Mr. Ames has been twice married, his first union 
having been celebrated in 1866 with Rebecca How- 
litt, of Lansingburg, N. Y., who died in 1878. 
They became the parents of one son, Charles H., 
who died at the age of six weeks. The lady who 
now bears the name of our subject was formerly 
Miss Florence Irvine, one of Toledo's accomplished 
daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Ames have one child, 
Edna Florence. 

Mr. Ames justly deserves the success which he 
has achieved, for he has worked his own way up- 
ward to a position of prosperity through years of 
unremitting effort. He t.akes commendable inter- 
est in local affairs and whatever tends to elevate 
and advance his fellows. Politically he is a Re- 
publican, and he and his wife are members of the 
First Congregational Church of Toledo. 



JOHN R. BOICE, a progressive business man 
of Toledo, has been engaged in brick manu- 
facturing here for many years. On the 1st 
of January, 1880, he embarked in the manu- 
facture of brick, and in 1893 removed his yards to 
his present location, and now enjoys about the 
most extensive trade in his branch of business in 
this section of the state. 

Mr. Boice, whose birth occurred October 15, 
1855, in Toledo, is a son of Reed V. and Lois A. 
(Smith) Boice. They were natives of Tioga 
County, N. Y., and Erie County, Ohio, respective- 
ly, and became residents of this city about 1850, 
where they have since resided. Their family com- 
prised four children, all of whom are living. 
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passed under his parents' roof, and Iiis education 
was obtained in the public schools of this citj'. 
October 31, 1883, he was united in raaiiiage with 
Miss Cora E. Schroeder, who was born in Genoa, 
Ottawa County, Ohio, being a daughter of William 
H. and Emma (Cole) Schroeder. The fatlier was 
born in Germany, and died in Toledo, at the age 
of thii't^'-four years. His wife, who was born in 
Genoa, Ohio, died in that village when only twenty 
years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. .John R. Boiee have 
been born two children: Emily L., a bright lit- 
tle girl of ten years, and Reed V., a sturdy little 
lad of eight 3'ears. 

In 1892 Mr. Boice became a member of the To- 
ledo Club, in which he is prominently known. He 
is also a Mason, belonging to Sanford L. Collins 
Lodge No. 396, F. & A. M. His first Presidential 
ballot was deposited in favor of Rutherford B. 
Ha\-es, since which time he has been unswerving 
in his allegiance to the Republican party. He 
possesses good business and executive ability and 
superintends the work of his factory in every de- 
partment. In company with his estimable wife, 
he holds membership in Trinity Episcopal Church. 



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JOHN DILLON has been established in busi- 
ness in Toledo since 1881, at which time he 
came here to take charge of the O'Neill es- 
tate. In 1883 the St. Clair Street Flour- 
mills were erected on land belonging to the estate, 
and our subject has had charge of the plant ever 
since. He is a practical and thorough business 
man, and, as the piincipal occupation of his life 
has been milling, he is well posted in this branch. 
In polities he is a Democrat, and while living in 
Fayetteville was elected Sheriff by a large major- 
ity, and at the end of a two-years term was re-elect- 
ed. He also served as a member of the Village 
Council several terms most acceptably. 

In 1850 a number of families from the same 
neighborhood in County Wexford, Ireland, de- 
parted for America and landed in New Orleans. 



Not liking the climate there, they continued their 
journey to Cincinnati and thence to Brown Coun- 
ty, Ohio, where they made permanent settlements. 
Of the party was John Dillon, whose name heads 
this article, his mother, step-father and several 
half-brothers and sisters. His own father, James 
Dillon, died when he was quite young. The birth 
of John Dillon occurred March 7, 1824, in Coun- 
ty Wexford, Ireland, and he was therefore a young 
man of twenty-six years when he landed m Ohio. 
Soon after his arrival he secured a position in the 
flouring-mills of James F. Thompson, and remained 
for thirteen years at White Oak Jlills. During 
this time he became thoroughly familiar with the 
business, and had extended his acquaintance 
throughout the surrounding countj-. He now 
opened a mill of his own, and operated the same 
for two years, when he sold out, but continued as 
manager of the plant for three years longer. Aft- 
er nearly two decades spent in this one establish- 
ment as employe and proprietor, he determined to 
go into another venture, and, buying the Ameri- 
can Hotel at Georgetown, carried it on successful- 
ly for about two years. 

Ultimately Mr. Dillon returned to his old occu- 
pation, and, having sold his hotel, built the Fa^'- 
etleville Flouring-mills, oper.ated by steam and sit- 
uated near the center of the town of Fayetteville, 
Brown County, this state. During the four years 
of his residence in that place he became well known 
in all parts of the county, and when his name was 
placed on the ticket for the position of Sheriff, he 
received a flattering majority. While filling that 
position his mills were destroyed b}- fire, but he 
soon rebuilt them on the same foundations and 
continued to run them until 1877, when he sold 
his interest in them. He then removed to Cin- 
cinnati, constructed new mills, and became senior 
member of the firm of Dillon, Gorman & Co. 
About two years later, the death of Mr. Dickey, 
one of the partners, caused the connection to be 
dissolved, and the mills were sold to Peables, 
Folds & Co., Mr. Dillon being retained as manager. 
On the death of his brother-in-law, James O'Neill, 
he removed to this city, as we have previously 
mentioned. 

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of Georgetown. She had come to this state with 
a small party of Irish emigrants, which settled in 
Brown County in 1850, and her parents later be- 
came residents of Georgetown. Their family 
numbered seven children, a son and six daughters. 
To our subject and wife have been born eleven 
children, six of whom are living: Margaret E., Mrs. 
James McCaffert}-, of Brown County; James A., 
who married Maggie Yeager, and is engaged in the 
milling business with his father; Theresa A., Mary 
G., Frank E. and Clara. The family are members 
of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church of 
Toledo. 



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MYRON R. LITTLEFIELD. In the life of 
this successful business man of Toledo 
are illustrated the results of perseverance 
and energy, coupled with judicious management 
and strict integrity. For some time he has occu- 
pied the responsible position of Treasurer of the 
Toledo Brewing and Malting Company, one of the 
most important and successful enterprises of the 
kind in the West. He has at different times been 
chosen to till other positions of trust and responsi- 
bility, in all of which he has displayed energy, tact, 
discrimination and great perseverance. 

The birth of our subject occurred in Syracuse, 
N. Y., "in 1850. his parents being Charles Dunbar 
and Mahala (Brown) Littlefield, members of the 
fanning community of the Empire State. When 
he was seven years of age the family removed to 
Ohio, and from 1857 to 1864 resided in Bellevue, 
Huron County, removing thence to Toledo, where 
the father continued to reside until his death, in 
1869. Myron R. is the youngest of eleven children 
who arrived at years of maturit}'. The rudiments 
of his education were obtained in the public schools 
of Bellevue, and the knowledge there acquired 
was supplemented by a course of study at Toledo. 
The business career of Mr. Littlefield was begun 
as a bookkeeper in an office in Toledo. Afterward 
he went to Colorado, where he spent three years 



in the silver mines. In 1880, returning to Toledo, 
he became connected with the Toledo Brewing and 
Malting Company, of which he was made Treasurer 
the following year. He has since served in that 
capacit}- continuously, with the exception of two 
3'ears. Employment is furnished by the company' 
to seventy-five men, and the trade extends through 
Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, New Y'"ork, New Jersey 
and Connecticut. The plant is located on the 
Swan Creek Belt Line, connecting with all the rail- 
roads in the city of Toledo. The equipment com- 
prises the most modern and highl}' improved ma- 
chinery, including a Corliss engine of seventy-five 
horse power. 

Mr. Littlefield established domestic ties in 1869, 
at which time he was united in marriage with Miss 
Julia E., daughter of Francis Brown, of Biugham- 
ton, N. Y. The}' have a pleasant home at No. 202 
Indiana Avenue, where they welcome and cordially 
entertain their hosts of personal friends. As a 
man of business, Mr. Littlefield is energetic and 
painstaking. He gives his entire attention to his 
business affairs, and takes no further interest in 
public matters than to cast his ballot in favor of 
those men whom he deems best qualified to repre- 
sent the people in official positions. 



REV. J. A. BARTLETT, pastor of the Pres- 
byterian Church of Pemberville, was born 
in Somerset County, Me., October 7, 1838, 
and is a member of a family that was long and 
honorably associated with the history of New Eng- 
land. His father, Joel, a native of Oxford Coun- 
ty, Jle., was engaged in the mercantile business in 
Bangor, where he was also extensively interested 
in the lumber industiy. Elected by his fellow- 
citizens to represent them in the State Legislature, 
he rendered able service in that responsible posi- 
tion, and in everj- way possible promoted the wel- 
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ship of many noted men, and the illustrious Han- 
nibal Hamlin was at one time associated in business 
with him. The closing years of his life were spent 
in New Richmond, Wis., where he was associated 
•with a son in the banking business. 

B3' his union with Jane G. MeCurdy, of Bath, 
Me., who died at thirty-eight years of age, Joel 
Bartlett had two sons, J. A. and Frank W., the lat- 
ter being President of the New Richmond (Wis.) 
Bank. Our subject was a lad of ten years at the 
time of his mother's death. His father being a 
man of wealth and liberal views, he enjoyed all 
the educational advantages that money can secure. 
His primary schooling was obtained in an acadein}' 
at Charleston, Me., not far from Bangor. The 
knowledge there gained was supplemented by at- 
tendance at Colby University, a Baptist institution 
of Maine, which he entered at the age of fifteen 
years, graduating therefrom when nineteen. 

Upon comi)leting his literary studies, our subject 
was, for one year, a tutor in his Alma Mater, after 
which he became a student in the Ballston Spa 
(N. Y.) Law School. Going then to New York 
City, he entered the law office of Judge Hilton, 
a young lawyer, who was later famous as Judge 
and as the manager of the great Stewart estate. 
He, however, was a cold, selfish man, without 
Christian principles, and association witii him not 
being congenial to our subject, he withdrew, after 
having spent a year in the office. Later he became 
connected with the law firm of Mann, Rodman & 
Pierson, at that time one of the most noted legal 
firms in the countr3'. Mr. Rodman took a great 
interest in the young student, to whom he ren- 
dered all the assistance in his power, aiding him in 
his efforts to acquire a thorough knowledge of the 
profession. 

After his admission to the Bai-, Mr. Bartlett was 
given the position of confidential clerk for the 
large law fiim of Barne}', Humphrey & Butler, with 
whom he remained for a time. Forming a part- 
nership with Judge Maynard, under the lirm name 
of Maynard ife Bartlett, he opened an office at No. 
8 Wall Street, where he continued in practice until 
1862. He then accepted the position of private 
secretary to General (afterward President) Arthur, 
who was in charge of the Quartermaster-General's 



Department of New York. He returned to his 
law practice in 1868, shortly after which the great 
uprising against the Tweed "ring" broke out, and 
he took a prominent part in the fight, tendering 
his services to the Citizens' Association in their ef- 
fort to overthrow the "ring." To him was given 
the work of organizing and holding meetings 
among the different trades, and in this way he was 
an influential factor in securing the downfall of 
the party whose influence had been so injurious 
to the interests of the city. 

During all this time Mr. Bartlett had taken a 
deep interest in religious work, and this feeling, 
deepening as the }'ears passed by, led him in 1870 
to cliange the entire course of his life. As an at- 
torney he had the brightest prospects before him; 
fame seemed already within his grasp, but he 
abandoned all, believing that in the preaching 
of the Gospel there was a greater work for him to 
do. Succeeding events have justified his course. 
He has been enabled, as a minister, to promote the 
cause of Christianity in various communities, and 
has been instrumental in the conversion of many. 

After having devoted some time to missionary 
work in New York, Rev. Mr. Baitlett was sent West, 
locating in Mendota, 111., in 1872. The following 
year he returned East and accepted the pastorate 
of the Perkins Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 
in Chicopce, Mass. During the short time spent 
there, he was instrumental in working up one of 
the greatest revivals ever held in western Massa- 
chusetts. At the expiration of his pastorate in 
Chicopee, personal reasons caused him to withdraw 
from the Methodist Episcopal Church, and he be- 
came connected with the Presbyterian Church, in 
which he has faithfully labored ever since. 

From Chicopee Rev. Mr. Bartlett went to Mar- 
blehead, Mass., and later to Newburyport, where 
he remained for two years. He then returned to 
the West, and his labors have since been largelj' in 
the missionary field in the states of Wisconsin, Illi- 
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Ohio. F'or the 
past two years his headquarters have been in Pem- 
berville, where he has charge of the Presbyterian 
Church. His work, however, is by no means lim- 
ited to this place, but extends throughout Ohio, 
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the spirit and fire of the illustrious Mr. Moody, 
whom he resembles so greatly in personal appear- 
ance that he has often been mistaken for him by 
people who had seen Mr. Moody but not himself. 
In his ministerial work he has met with the most 
gratifying results. As a thinker, he is deep and 
logical; as a speaker, able and forcible; and in 
personal manner genial and winning. His entire 
energies are concentrated upon the work to which 
he has devoted his life, and while he gave up much 
for the cause of Christianity, sacrificing his hopes 
and his ambition for political fame and legal emi- 
nence, he has never for a mf>ment regretted the 
course he has taken, but rejoices that he has been 
permitted to labor for the cause of Christ and pro- 
mote the welfare of the church. 

Some years ago Rev. Mr. Bartlett lost his first 
wife, who, at her death, left a daughter, Jennie, 
now residing with her father. In 1891 he was 
united in marriage with Miss Kittie McKennon, of 
Ann Arbor, Mich., a highly- cultured and refined 
lady, who has been of the greatest assistance to 
him in his Christian work. 



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HON. JOHN H. PUCK. The fact that there 
are so many men who have not only been 
successful in commercial affairs in Toledo, 
but who have accumulated large fortunes, speaks 
well for the resources of the city and also for the 
accumulative ability of its inhabitants. He of 
whom we write is a business man of influence, and 
is a power in commercial circles, not only in To- 
ledo, but throughout a large portion of northern 
Ohio. He is filling the position of Secretar}' and 
Treasurer of the Western Manufacturing Company, 
one of the prominent concerns of the city, the suc- 
cess of which is largely due to his tact, dicrimina- 
tion and business ability. 

Upon a farm in Wood County, Ohio, the subject 
of this sketch was born May 18, 1842. He is of 
German descent, his father. John, having been born 



in Germany, in 1803. The latter came to Amer- 
ica in 183G, and settled in Wood County about 
three years later, making his home upon an unim- 
proved tract of land. To the cultivation and im- 
provement of this property he gave his entire 
attention, and as a general farmer and stock-raiser 
met with more than ordinary success. His wife 
died in 1858, but he survived for many years 
afterward, his death occurring in Toledo in 1885. 

The subject of this sketch is the youngest of 
four children, there being three sons ami one 
daughter. He w.as reared upon his father's farm, 
and in boyhood attended the district schools of 
Wood (bounty, gaining a practical education. At 
the age of nineteen he left the farm and came to 
Toledo, where he entered the em])loy of the hard- 
ware firm of Hrigham & Foster on Summit Street. 
With this firm he remained in the capacity' of 
clerk for about one year, when, September 12, 
1862, he enlisted as a member of Company G, 
Thirty-seventh Ohio Infantry, Col. Fldward Sieber 
in command. The regiment was ordered to Louis- 
ville, Ky., and thence to Vicksburg, joining the 
Army of the Tennessee, and being assigned to 
the Second Brigade, Second Division, Fifteenth 
Army t'orps. 

In the siege of Vicksburg Mr. Puck was an act- 
ive particijiant, after which the regiment was or- 
dered to Chattanooga, Tenn., and later took part 
in the battle of ]\Iission Ridge. With his regiment 
he marched to Knoxville for the purpose of in- 
tercepting General I/Ongstreet, then returned to 
Chattanooga, and went into winter quarters at 
Larkinsville, Ala., where he remained until April. 
In the Atlanta campa'gn he took an active part, 
and was present at all the battles from Resaca, 
Ga., to Jonesboro. At the latter place he received 
a severe wound, which necessitated his confinement 
for a time in a hospital. A ball entered his neck 
near the jugular vein, glanced downward and came 
out under his shoulder-blade. As soon as able to 
travel he was sent home on a furlougii. 

Rejoining his regiment at Savannah, Ga., Mr. 
Puck took part in the siege and capture of Colum- 
bia, 8. C, then proceeded to Raleigh, N. C, from 
there inarched to Petersburg, and later went to 
Washington, D. C, where he took part in the 





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Grand Review. On the 28tli of May, 1865, he was 
mustered out of the service, and returned to To- 
ledo immediately afterward. Here he became an 
employe of H. A. Boyd, manufacturer of sash, 
doors and bhnds. In 1868 he purchased the busi- 
ness of his employer, in connection with five 
others, but at the end of a year disposed of his in- 
terest in the concern. 

In 1869 Mr. Puck entered the employ, as fore- 
man, of Keeler, Baird & Bevins, manufacturers of 
sash, doors and blinds. April 6, 1870, the West- 
ern Manufacturing Company' was organized, Mr. 
Puck becoming Secretary and Treasurer, which 
position he holds at the present time. The com- 
pany employs from seventy to seventy-live men. 
The machinery' is of the latest improved pattern 
and is propelled by a forty-horse-power engine, 
the plant being a substantial brick structure. 

The marriage of Mr. Puck occurred December 7, 
1865, his wife being Miss Ann Westerhouse. They 
have four children, there being three daughters 
and one son: Lenna E., wife of Paul Huehn; 
Fred J., a member of the Western Manufactur- 
ing Company; Margaret and Almeda. In the 
ranks of the Democratic party Mr. Puck is active 
and influential, and upon that ticket he has been 
elected to a number of important positions. In 
1881 he was elected to the Citj- Board of Education 
for two years. In 1885 he was chosen State Repre- 
sentative for Lucas County. He took an active 
part in the passage of the bill appiopriating $35,- 
000 to perpetuate the memory of the Ohio soldiers 
who fell in the battle of Gettysburg. In Grand 
Army affairs he takes a prominent part, being con- 
nected with Toledo Post No. 107. 



VOLENTINE WHITMAN GRANGER en- 
joys the distinction of being the oldest 
merchant tailor in northwestern Ohio, as 
he has followed the business for forty-six years con- 
tinuously. January 1, 1849, he became a resident 
of Toledo, where he has since conducted a tailor's 



establishment, and for the past ten years he has im- 
ported all of the goods used in the clothing man- 
ufactured by him. In 1878 he built a four-story 
structure, two floors of which he occupies in his 
business. The first floor, which has a fine plate- 
glass front, he rents to Bell & Richardson, dealers 
in the Libby cut glass and china. The most 
skilled workmen are the only ones ever employed 
by Mr. Granger, who superintends all departments 
and does all his own fitting. He has been very 
successful and at all times enjoys a lucrative trade. 

The birth of our subject occurred in Portage 
County, Ohio, February 25, 1826. His father, 
Lemuel Granger, who was a native of New York 
State, and an early settler in Ohio, was for years 
a well known and extensive stonecutter. The 
grandfather, Maj. Thomas Granger, served for 
seven years during the War of the Revolution. 
The family is of English descent, and its members 
were early settlers in New England. The mother 
of our subject, formerly Martha Rathbone, was 
also born in New York, and by her marriage be- 
came the mother of ten children, five sons and five 
daughters, of whom our subject is the seventh in 
order of birth. 

The boyhood of Volentine W. Granger was 
passed in Akron, to which city his parents moved 
when he was quite young. There he attended the 
public schools, and when only twelve years of age 
began learning his future trade. When he had 
completed the same, he went to New York to per- 
fect himself in his profession. lie then returned 
to Akron, and went into business on his own ac- 
count, conducting the same for some three years. 
In partnership with his brother, Joseph A., he 
opened a merchant-tailoring establishment in this 
city in 1849. The firm known as Granger &. Bio. 
was in existence until 1862, since which time Vol- 
entine W. has been alone. He owns valuable prop- 
erty in this city and is financially well off. 

On the 7th of Ma^^, 1849, occurred the marriage 
of Mr. Granger and Eraeline F., daughter of Nathan 
Brown Dodge, of Akron, Ohio. Three children 
were born to them: Mary E., who married .John 
B. Ketcham, Jr., a prominent banker, and died in 
1876; Clara, who married Rowland Starr, a resident 
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Starr, engaged in the wholesale lumber business; 
and Volentine, Jr., who is bookkeeper in his father's 
store and married Charlotte M., daughter of Henry 
Tracy, of Toledo. The mother of lliese children, 
who was a loyal wife and faithfully discharged her 
duties in every relation of life, was called to her 
final rest May 9, 1894. She belonged to Trinity 
Church, to which our subject also belongs. The 
handsome family residence is at No. 1027 Supe- 
rior Street, wliere everything bespeaks the culture 
and good 'taste of the owner. 



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JOHN PARKER is a leading Justice of the 
Peace in Toledo, having been first elected to 
this position in 1891, for a three-years term, 
and when that period had expired was re- 
elected for another term of similar length. He is 
a stalwart Republican and has many warm friends 
in political circles. Formerly he made a good 
record as Constable, serving continuously in that 
responsible place for seven years under Daniel 
O'Shea, J. S. Balloux and J. W. Enright. 

John Parker was born forty miles west of Buf- 
falo, N. Y., over the Canadian boundary, the date 
of the event being October 4, 1836. His parents 
were Allen and Abbie (Swick) Parker, natives of 
Canada and New Jersey, respectively. Allen Par- 
ker left his early home and became a permanent 
resident of Canada, where he followed agricult- 
ural pursuits until his death, which occurred in 
1892, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife 
was born in 1810 and died in 1891. They had a 
large family, numbering eleven childien, six sons 
and five daughters, all of whom, with the excep- 
tion of two daughters, are living. 

Tlie boyhood days of John Parker were passed 
on his father's Canadian farm, and his education 
was such as was afforded by the scliools of the dis- 
trict. In 1865 he emigrated to Ottawa County, 
Ohio, and for nearly eight years devoted his whole 
energies to carpenter work. In 1873 he moved to 



Toledo and followed for a time his trade as a car- 
penter and joiner. While tlius employed he was 
first elected to public office, and has so faithfully 
served his fellow-citizens that they have called 
upon him time and again to act as their represen- 
tative. 

Wlien in his twenty-second j'ear, Mr. Parker 
married Miss Harriet Fralick,of Canada, who died 
in 1892, leaving four children: Asa S.; Peter; Mary 
J., wife of William Mattison,of Toledo; and Will- 
iam B. The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. 
John Parker was a Miss Mary Bach, of this city. 
By her marriage she has become the mother of one 
son, Frank J. The family residence is at No. 637 
John Street. 

Fraternally, Mr. Parker is a member of Toledo 
Lodge No. 144, F. <fe A. M. His paternal grand- 
father, Levi Parker, was born in New Jersey, and 
the grandmother, whose girlhood name was Mary 
Allen, was a daughter of one Captain Allen, who 
served in the War of the Revolution under Gen- 
eral Washington. 



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RICHARD REEVES. As the owner and 
proprietor of the Marine Boiler Works, 
Mr. Reeves, though he has been engaged 
in business in Toledo for a few years comparative- 
ly, is well and favorably known as one of the rep- 
resentative and successful men of the city. The 
works were established by him in 1889, since 
which time he has engaged in the manufacture of 
boilers, all kinds of mill machinery, and special- 
ties of marine work. A fine grade of stationar.y 
boilers is manufactured, also boilers for use in the 
lake service. The plant is operated by steam 
power and contains the most improved machinery. 
The parents of Mr. Reeves were William and 
Mary (Cady) Reeves, both of whom died in To- 
ronto, Canada, the former in 1863, and the latter 
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a native of Toronto, born on the 6th of February, 
1853. He was educated in the common scliools of 
Toronto, and while lie did not have the best facil- 
ities for gaining knowledge, he nevertheless im- 
proved such opportunities as came to him, and 
thus acquired a practical education, fitting him for 
actual contact with men of business. On leaving 
school, he began to learn the trade of boiler-mak- 
ing in Toronto, at which he continued until he 
gained a complete knowledge of the occupation. 

It was in 1872 that Mr. Reeves came to the 
States, and he Las since been a loyal subject of this 
Government. For a time he was eraploj'ed in 
Buffalo, N. y., but from there went to Erie, Pa., 
where he followed his trade. He was similarly en- 
gaged in Dunkirk, Albany and other places in 
the East. In 1884 he went to Michigan and, set- 
tling in Ann Arbor, he formed a partnership with 
Robert Hunter, under the firm name of Reeves, 
Hunter & Co., the firm making a specialty of the 
manufacture of engines and general machiner}'. 
He continued in the business at Ann Arbor until 
1889, when he sold his interest in the concern and 
came to Toledo, where he established what is now 
known as the Marine Boiler Works. 

This well known business house furnishes em- 
ployment to a force of forty men during the busy 
seasons, and even in dull times usuallj' has at least 
twenty-five hands. The products are of the best 
grade, and their superior quality is universally 
recognized by all vvho are familiar with the busi- 
ness. It is one of the solid industries of Toledo, 
and has brought to its projector substantial pros- 
perity through the exercise of judgment, energy 
and tact. 

Mr. Reeves and Miss Maria Woodsend were 
united in marriage in 1882. The lady is a native 
of Nottingham, England, but has been a resident 
of this country almost her entire life. Their fam- 
ily consists of two sons, William and Thomas 
Woodsend. As a member of the Republican par- 
ty, Mr. Reeves has taken an active interest in civic 
affairs, and his sympathy is always heartily enlist- 
ed in plans for the promotion of the welfare of 
the people. During his service as a member of the 
City Council, representing the First Ward, he was 
instrumental in securing the passage of a number 



of important bills, and assisted in forwarding need- 
ed municipal reforms. 

While in Ann Arbor, Mr. Reeves identified him- 
self with Ann Arbor Lodge No. 12, F. & A. M., 
in which he still holds membership. He is also 
prominent in Chapter No. 40, R. A. M., at Toledo. 
While he is interested in social and political mat- 
ters, his attention, however, lias been principally 
devoted to the demands of his increasing business, 
in the success of which he feels a just and com- 
mendable pride. New improvements are constant- 
ly being added in the way of inachiner}' to the 
plant, as Mr. Reeves aims to keep up with the 
times in his line of business, so as to be able to 
meet all demands. 



T7> LDRED W. EASTELL is Secretary of the 
r^ C^ Toledo Water Works, having been called 
upon to accept that responsible position in 
1891. He entered upon his duties July 1 of that 
year, and h.as gained an enviable name as a man 
who attends strictly- to business, never neglecting 
in the slightest degree any detail of his work. He 
has made his home in this city for the past eight- 
een years. 

Eldred W. Eastell was born in Norwich, Eng- 
land, August 18, 1850, and was only three jears 
of age when he was brought by his parents, Rich- 
ard and Louise (Dale) Eastell, to the United States. 
The family settled in Mauraee, Lucas County, 
Ohio, where they became prosperous and respected 
citizens. The father died in 1875, but his wife is 
still living on the old homestead. 

The early years of our subject were passed in 
Maumee, I^ucas County, where he was regular in 
his attendance at the district schools until he was 
in his thirteenth year. He was only fifteen when 
he entered the employ of Dicks & Johnson, pro- 
prietors of the Pearl Mills. He was their salesman 
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tions with credit. He then embarlied in the retail 
grocery and hardware business in Maumee, and 
gave his attention to the same until December, 
1877. 

In the year last mentioned, Mr. Eastell cast in 
his fortunes with the good people of Toledo. He 
entered the office of T. >S. Merrill & Co., dealers in 
agricultural implements and seeds, and was re- 
tained in their employ until January 1, 1885. 
The following year he was offered the position of 
manager in tiie Toledo Spice Company's works, 
and served as such for a year. From that time 
until July 1, 1891, he conducted a real-estate and 
loan business with T. S. Merrill. Fraternally he 
is a Thirty-second Degree JIason, a member of Rub- 
icon Lodge No. 237, F. & A. M.; Ft. Meigs Chapter, 
K. A. M.; Toledo Council, K. & S. M.; Toledo 
Commandery No. 7, K. T.; and Cincinnati Consis- 
tory, A. & A. R. 

On New Year's Day, 1871, occurred the mar- 
riage of E. W. Eastell and Miss Cassie L., daugh- 
ter of Thomas Bates, of Maumee, Lucas County, 
Ohio. They have a very pleasant home at No. 
1958 Warren Street, and move in the best social 
circles of the city. Their son and only child, 
Richard T. Eastell, is at college at the University 
of Michigan. 



/-^ EORGE H. SPECK. Among the news- 
\/\)C paper men of northwestern Ohio, few 
have a wider acquaintance than the pop- 
ular editor and proprietor of the Pemberville 
Leader. At the time he assumed the management 
of the paper, the tide of its fortunes was at a very 
low ebb, but his energy and tact have succeeded 
in gaining for it a place among the most prosper- 
ous journals of Wood County. Possessing an in- 
exhaustible fund of humor, together with a wide 
range of information upon topics of every nature, 
he is fitted for the responsible position he holds. 
The family to which our subject belongs origin- 



ated in Germany, where his great-grandfather, 
Godfrey Augustus Speck, was born in 1754, and 
whence he emigrated to America. His wife, who 
bore the maiden name of Sarah Townsend, was 
born in September, 17C3, and passed awaj- Decem- 
ber 13, 1815. His death occurred December 24, 
1828. Among their eight children was Augustus, 
our subject's grandfather, who was born in Penn- 
sylvania, December 13, 1787, and died in Guernsey 
County, June 12, 1870. His wife, Sarah Reed, 
was born April 22, 1789, and died August 7, 1875. 
Their family consisted of eleven children. 

On his mother's side, our subject traces his an- 
cestry to Benjamin Hiskett, a native of Virginia, 
who died in Belmont County, Ohio. A son of the 
latter, Norval Valentine Hiskett, our subject's 
grandfather, was born in Loudoun County, Va., 
February 15, 1805, and died in Morrow County, 
.Ohio, in 1852. He married Massey Nichol, who 
was born December 13, 1811, and passed away 
April 19, 1844. 

The father of our subject, Isaac G. Speck, was 
born near Westchester, Guernsey County, Ohio, 
April 11, 1832, and is a merchant by occupation. 
At Cardington, Ohio, June 23, 1853, he man-ied 
Matilda Ann Hiskett, who was born near Mt. 
Gilead, Morrow Count3', Ohio. They became the 
parents of ten children, namely: John F., who was 
born July 17, 1854; Sarah E., February 16, 1856; 
Mary v., born June 14,1857, and died July 23, 1857; 
Eda A., born July 18, 1858; Ira E., July 4, 1860; 
Ocenie B., January' 4, 1862; George H., June 8, 
1865; Charles E., May 21, 1867; Clarence C, who 
was born August 27, 1875, and passed away Sep- 
tember 12, 1879; and Clive L., whose birth oc- 
curred December 5, 1880. 

In the public schools of Defiance and Green 
Spring, Ohio, our subject received such education- 
al advantages as those institutions of learning af- 
forded. At the age of seventeen years he entered 
the office of a newspaper at Green Spring, the 
Times, and though lie commenced with the hum- 
ble position of "devil," he soon worked his way 
upward, and within two years he was local editor 
of the paper. In 1885 he became connected with 
the Greenwich Enterprise, of which he was editor 
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to Chicago, and for a year and a-balf was era. 
ployed in a job printing-office. In April, 1889, 
lie came to Pemberville, and became editor of tiic 
Leader, of wliich lie lias since been in charge. The 
task of resurrecting the departed fortunes of this 
paper was not an easy one, but he applied himself 
to it with ardor, and soon achieved noteworthy 
success. Besides his regular newspaper work, he 
has a job printing-office, and turns out a very 
superior quality of work. 

While the Leader is independent in politics, Mr. 
Speck himself is a stanch advocate of Republican 
principles, and always casts bis ballot for the can- 
didates of that party. Socially he is connected 
with the Inde[)endent Order of Odd F'ellows and 
the Knights of Pythias, and in religious belief is a 
Methodist. His marriage was solemnized at Lima, 
Ohio, Juno 12, 1888, his wife being Miss Cora 
Ann Smith. They have lost one child by death, 
and have two sons living, Clayton H. and Claire H. 



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HKNRY M. BARFIELD, a well known mer- 
chant tailor of Toledo, is a native of 
Prussia, Germany, but was onlj' six years 
of age when he crossed the Atlantic with his par- 
ents to the United States. He has made his home 
in this city for some years, having started in bus- 
iness on his own account in 1884, his partner be- 
ing W. G. Atkin. The firm was known as Bar- 
field & Atkin up to the death of the junior mem- 
ber of the firm, which occurred in 1889. His 
place of business is at No. 314 Madison Street, 
where he carries a fine and large assortment of 
cloths, imported and domestic. Mr. Barfield is a 
master of his trade, and is well qualified by years 
of practice and experience to fit out his customers 
in a most satisfactory manner. 

The parents of our subject, Charles F. and Han- 
nah (Kasdorf) Barfield, were natives of Prussia. 
In 1846 they became residents of Niagara County, 
N. Y., where the father engaged in farming, and 



also worked to a certain extent at his trade of 
tailoring. In 1866 he brought his family to this 
city, and here his remaining years were pa.ssed. 
His wife died in 1858, and he survived her until 
1876, his death taking place when he was in his 
sixty-fifth year. His family numbered four sons 
and one daughter, and all but one of the number 
are still living. 

Henry M. Barfield, the youngest of his father's 
family, was born in 1846, and was educated in the 
neighborhood of his father's Niagara County farm. 
For a few years his principal attention was given 
to farming, after which he became salesman for the 
firm of Buck & Bliss, and later was given the posi- 
tion of cutter in the tailoring-shop of C. H. Buck. 
Since coming to Toledo he has made rapid strides 
toward prosperity, and has built up an extensive 
trade, which is more than local. In his various de- 
partments of work employment is afforded to up- 
ward of twenty persons. 

Fraternally Mr. Barfield is a Knight Templar 
and a Scottish Degree Mason. He is a stock- 
holder and Director in the Industrial Building 
and Loan Company. His pleasant home at No. 
1708 Jefferson Street has as its presiding genius 
his wife, to whom he was married in 1869, and 
who prior to that event bore the name of Charlotte 
H. Sherman. Her father, Samuel Sherman, was a 
leading citizen of Toledo, and was formerly a res- 
ident of Connecticut. Mr. an<i Mrs. Barfield have 
had four children: Lillie B., Gertrude W., Harry 
S. and Carl F. The parents are members of the 
College Avenue Presbyterian Church, and Mr. 
Barfield is one of the Trustees of the congrega- 
tion. 



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JOHN STOLLBERG is President and Treas- 
urer of the Stollberg & Clapp Company, 
wholesale dealers in hardware, glass, paints, 
oils and house-furnishing goods. The com- 
pany was organized in 1890, and has as its other 
officers Frank Harrison, Vice-President; and C. D. 



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Clapp, Secretary. The commodious, well appointed 
store which is occupied by the concern is at Nos. 
603 and 605 Cherry Street, and is .50x90 feet in 
dimensions. Five floors of the building are used 
for storage of supplies and for display rooms. 
The firm employs five salesmen who are kept con- 
tinually on the road. 

.lohn Stollberg was born in this city, .January 5, 
1856, and is a son of William and Anna (Haller) 
Stollberg, who were natives of Prussia and Wur- 
temberg, Germany, respectively. They were mar- 
ried in the United States, and soon afterward set- 
tled in Toledo. The father's death occuned in 
1885, and that of the mother in 1866. They were 
the parents of five children, four sons and a daugh- 
ter, .loiin being the third in order of birth. 

Our subject received a public-school education 
and later attended the German Wallace College and 
Baldwin University, of Berea, Ohio. On beginning 
the active duties of life for himself, he obtained 
a clerksliip with Fordyce & Wheeler, of Toledo. 
Afterward he was in the emploj' of J. C. Weeber, 
a hardware merchant, and during the five years 
spent in that gentleman's service he obtained a 
practical knowledge of the business. In 1879 he 
started in the hardware business for himself on 
Clierry Street, where he continued for a year. 
The four years following he was associated with 
II. E. Kuhlnian in the same line of trade. 

May 29, 1879, Mr. Stollberg married Miss May 
K., daugiiter of Jacob Weber, and their union has 
been blessed with three children, namely: lola 
May, Luella Evalina and Stella Irene. The fam- 
ily are members of the German Methodist P^pis- 
coi)al Church. Their home is a very pleasant and 
attractive one at No. 2254 Jerome Street. Mr. 
Stollberg is a member and Director of the Toledo 
Builders' Exchange, and President of the Toledo 
Tinware Manufacturing Company. He also holds 
a similar position with The Stollberg Manufactur- 
ing Company. He is President of the Toledo 
Maennerchor, which honorable post he has occu- 
pied for several terms. A Knight of the Macca- 
bees, he belongs to Maumee Tent No. 9, and in the 
National Union holds membership with Nasby 
Council No. 41. He is also identified with Lodge 
No. 149, K. of P., Toledo Lodge No. 402, Toledo 



Encampment No. 118, and Grand Canton Lucas 
No. 3, I. O. O. F. In his political belief he is a 
Republican. 



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(•T^ BRAM W. COLTON is the President and 
r — \ General Manager of the Lake Erie Trans- 
portation Company of Toledo. This well 
known and important concern was organized in 
1890, and is one of the flourishing enterprises of 
this city. Mr. Colton was one of its original pro- 
moters, and to his good management much of its 
success is attributable. 

A native of Ohio, Mr. Colton was born in Erie 
County, in November, 1833, his parents being 
Carlos and Sophia H. (Brigham) Colton. He is 
the j'oungest of three children, and passed his 
early years in Monroe, Mich. His first independ- 
ent business venture was in 1847, when he became 
a clerk in a store. In 1849 he came to this city, 
and soon afterward entered the employ of the 
Michigan Southern Railroad Company, with which 
he remained for three years, in different branches 
of the service. He then accepted a position as 
clerk of a transportation com[)any, and then for 
several years following was employed by the Wa- 
bash Railroad. In 1874 he became manager of a 
steamboat company which owned vessels plying 
between Toledo and Buffalo. The Lake Erie 
Transportation Company, which he helped to or- 
ganize, does an extensive and paying business, and 
affords merchants along the line uirect and rapid 
service. 

In April, 1870, Mr. Colton married .Miss Cather- 
ine Van Home, of Jersey City. She was born in 
Jersey City, and was a daughter of John I. Van 
Home. Two children, daughters, have blessed the 
union of Mr. and Mrs. Colton, and are named, re- 
spectively, Cornelia K. and Olive A. The family 
residence is at No. 451 West Woodruff Avenue, 
where a gracious hospitality is always extended to 
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in 1849, and foi' a time was connected witli a 
fire and fiie-niaiine insurance business. He died 
in 1884, in his eighty-fourth year. One of his 
sons, Hamilton, was a soldier in the late war, and 
a member of the Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry. 
Another son, Alplieus F., is a resident of Toledo. 
Anna, the only daughter, became the wife of H. 
Daughadey, now of St. Louis, Mo. In politics 
Carlos Colton was identified with the Republican 
party, as is also liis son, whose name heads tliis 
sketch. 






eAPT. CHARLES A. ROWSEY, an old and 
respected citizen of Toledo, has made his 
home here for fort3^-tliree years. For 
many years he was a prominent builder and con- 
tractor, and many of the finest residences and 
public structures in Toledo stand as monuments 
to ills skill and good taste. After having lived a 
very active and useful life, he is now retired from 
business, and is quietly passing the days in his 
pleasant home at No. 1016 Erie Street. 

The father of the above-named gentleman, 
Thomas Rowsey, who was a native of eastern Vir- 
ginia, and had served as a soldier in the War of 
1812, dietl at the age of sixt^'-five years in Cin- 
cinnati. His life occupation was that of farming, 
in which vocation he was successful. His father, 
William Rowsey, settled near St. Augustine, Fla., 
in the last century, and died in King and Queen 
County, near Richmond, Va., whither he had re- 
moved before the War of the Revolution. Thomas 
Rowsey's wife was a Miss Mary Rose, of Virginia, 
whose father, an Englishman, had emigrated to 
the Old Dominion at a very early period, and set- 
tled on a grant of land lying along the .James 
River, in the neighborhood of Lynchburg. 

The birth of Charles A. Rowsey occurred near 
Staunton, Augusta County, Va., August 19, 1813, 
and until he was twenty years of .age he continued 



to dwell in his native state, where he received fair 
educational advantages. In 1830 he went to Cin- 
cinnati, Ohio, and, having learned the carpenter's 
trade in Virginia, he proceeded to devote himself 
to the business. During 1833 and 1834 he worked 
as a journeyman all along the Ohio River, and in 
1835 commenced taking contracts, carr^-ing on an 
extensive business for seventeen years. In 1852 
he came to this city, and for a number of years 
his time was busily employed in carrying out tlie 
many contracts which fell to his share. He was 
inspector of the construction of the State Insane 
Asylum at Toledo, and has always been interested 
In public affairs. 

In September, 1861, Mr. Rowsey raised and en- 
listed in Company D, Sixty-seventh Ohio Infan- 
trj', of which he was made Captain, serving as such 
until his resignation. It was commanded b}' Col. 
A. C. Vorhes, of Akron, Ohio, and was assigned to 
tiie Armj' of the Potomac, and participated in 
many important battles and skinnisiies. The most 
important battle in which Mr. Rowsey took part 
was March 19, 1862, the first battle of Winchester, 
between General Shields and Gen. Stonewall .Jack- 
son. He was mustered out May 27, 1863, and im- 
mediately returned to his Toledo home and .again 
engiiged in business. In politics he is a supporter 
of the Republican party, and was originally an 
old-line Whig. Though he voted for Jackson in 
1832 and Van Buren in 1840, he returned to the 
Whig party, and later voted for Gen. AVilliam 
Henry Harrison for President, witli whom he was 
quite well acquainted. He cast his vote in favor 
of Lincoln, and afterward voted regularly tlie Re- 
publican ticket. 

February 9, 1836, Mr. Rowsey wedded Miss Mary 
Tranor, a native of County Tyrone, Ireland, who 
was called from this life November 20, 1889. She 
was a faithful wife, a devoted mother, and a loyal 
member of St. Vincent de Sales Catholic Churcii, 
to wliich our subject also belongs. Of the nine 
children who were born to Mr. and Mrs. Rowsey, 
four have passed away, namely: William, who was 
a physician, and died in New York, while there 
for treatment; .John A., Martha R. and Mary T. 
Those who survive are: Sarah .J., who married 
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widow of George M. Pulford; Anna E., Mrs. 
George A. Tracy, of New York Cit^-; Helen A., 
Mrs. A. J. Ryan, also of New York City; and Isa- 
bel, who married Russell Harding, iSuperintendent 
of the Great National Railway of North Dakota. 



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JOHN V. NEWTON, a well known veterinary 
surgeon of Toledo, and owner of the Newton 
Horse Farm, which is located only a mile 
from the city limits, is a son of Riciiard and 
Mary (Van Tassell) Newton, natives of England 
and Canada, respectively. The father died in 
1891, having been preceded to the silent land by 
his wife, whose death occurred in 1869. They 
were the parents of nine cliildren, four sons and 
live daughters. 

John v., the eldest of his parents" family, was 
born in the county of Hastings, in the province of 
Ontario, October 19, 1850, and was reared as a 
farmer's boy. His education was obtained in the 
common and high schools near his home and at 
Helleville. On completing his studies he learned 
tlic foundry business, which he followed for five 
years. Tlieii going to Toronto, he entered the 
medical college, where lie remained one year, after 
which he took up the study of veterinary surgery, 
and in 1878 graduated from the Toronto Veterin- 
ary College. Immediately thereafter he came to 
tills city and opened an office for the practice of 
his future profession. For many years he has 
taken a lively interest in the breeding of fine stock, 
and is connected with tlie Ohio Live (Stock Cora- 
mission, of which lie has been surgeon for many 
years. 

Mr. Newton's farm, which comprises about one 
iiundred acres, is in every respect a model one. 
About twenty acres of the place are devoted to 
the raising of fine fruit. Commodious and well 
equipped stables are used for tiie shelter of the 
high-grade horses which are always to be found 
here. Dr. Newton's practice extends to adjoining 



counties, and even into neighboring states, his 
opinion on important cases being highly esteemed 
and much sought after. He is President of the 
Newton Horse Hemedy Company, which was or- 
ganized in 1882. 

lu 1872 occurred the marriage of Mr. Newton 
and Miss Sabra Ketcheson, who was, like her hus- 
band, born in Canada. Two sons and two daiigli- 
ters have come to bless their hearthstone. The 
eldest. P^dward R., is in Chicago, and the others are 
in order of birth .John C, Sabra and Maude. 

In 1894 Mr. Newton was elected County Com- 
missioner of Lucas County, on the Republican 
ticket, for a term of three years. 



REYNOLD VOIT is first assistant to the 
City Clerk of Toledo, having been ap- 
pointed to that position in 1894. He is a 
native of England, his birth having occurred in 
Birmingham, in March, 1852. When he was an 
infant of six months, his parents, Williaiii and 
Fannie (Spindler) Voit, brought him to the United 
.Slates. Tiie_v settled at Cambridge, Mass., where 
the lad received a common-school education. 

On embarking in the actual business of life 
Reynold Voit entered the glass shops at Cambridge 
and learned glass engraving and cutting. In .June, 
1872, he entered the employ of the celebiated 
Libby Glass Companj', and remained with that 
firm for fifteen 3'ears. They regarded him as one 
of their valued and faithful workers, and retained 
him in their employ, steadily advancing his salary 
year by year. In 1887 he came to make his per- 
manent home in tliis city, and has since been one 
of its active and progressive business men. 

In 1877 Mr. Voit married Miss Sophia Weisslin- 
ger, a native of Germany, but who at the time of 
her marriage was living in Cambridge, Mass. .^Ir. 
and Mrs. Voit have become the parents of four 
children, two daughters and two sons: William 




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and Frederick, at home; and Lillian and Esther, 
both of whom are deceased. 

During the Chicago World's Fair, in the year 
1893, Mr. Voit was employed by the Libby Glass 
Company as manager of the Chicago branch. 
He was also present at the Centennial Exposition 
in 1876, being emplo3'ed by the Gittender & Son 
Glass Company in a similar capacity. As a public 
official he is faithful to the interests of his fellow- 
citizens, and is careful and painstaking in every 
detail of the duties devolving upon his shoulders. 
Since becoming a voter he has deposited his ballot 
in favor of the principles and nominees of the 
Republican party. 



JAMES ANDERSON YOUNG has been mana- 
ger of the Toledo branch of the New York 
Life Insurance Company since April, 1891, 
his territory covering one-fourth of the state 
of Ohio. Since his connection with the company', 
he has greatly increased the volume of their busi- 
ness in northwestern Ohio. The New York Life 
Insurance Company was organized in 1843, and 
embarked on its successful career two years later, 
and now has the reputation of being one of the 
stanchest and most reliable companies in the United 
States. 

The birth of James A. Young occurred Decem- 
ber 1, 1849, in Waveland, Montgomery County', 
Ind., he being the fifth of eight children, six of 
whom are living. The parents were John Bryant 
and Martha Woods (Galey) Young. John B. 
Young was born in Kentucky, and was a son of 
Thomas Young, who w.as of Scotch descent. 

The boyhood of James A. Young was passed on 
his father's farm in Fountain Count}', Ind., where 
the family removed when he was four years of 
age. He received the advantages of a district- 
school education, and was moreover assisted in his 
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studies by his father, who was a man of large in- 
tellectual attainments and had been a teacher for 
a number of years. At the early age of fifteen 
years, our subject began teaching in country 
schools, and was thus occupied during the winter 
months for several years, at the same time con- 
tinuing his private studies. He made good prog- 
ress, and entered the Freshman class of Do Pauw 
University at Greencastle, Ind., at the age of nine- 
teen. 

After one year in college, Mr. Young was made 
Principal of the Covington (Ind.) schools, in 1871. 
In 1873 he was elected County Superintendent of 
S(!liools for a term of two years. During this time 
he graded the country schools so effectively, that 
he was appointed by the State Board of Education 
to prepare a plan for grading the countr}- schools 
of tlie state. His system was adopted by a state 
convention of County Superintendents in 1875, 
and has since been in use throughout the state of 
Indiana. 

In 1875 our subject removed to Indianapolis, 
and two years later entered Butler University as a 
student, where he graduated with the degree of 
A. B. in 1879, and received the degree of A. M. by 
examination and thesis in 1880. He w.is made 
Tutor in Ancient History immediatel}' after enter- 
ing Butler University, and held the position until 
he graduated. He was mad(! Professor of History 
in that institution in 1880, but resigned the same 
in 1882, accepting a position with D. Appleton & 
Co. in their cjclopodia department. Early in 
1887 Mr. Young resigned this position and became 
city agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life In- 
surance Company in the city of Cleveland, and 
remained with that company until 1889, when he 
transferred his allegiance to the New York Life, 
as superintendent of agents for northern Ohio. 
On the 7th of April, 1891, he located in Toledo as 
manager for northwestern Ohio. 

In 1892 Mr. Young started an agitation against 
the wasteful and harmful methods of charity work 
as done throughout tlie city of Toledo. He point- 
ed out the fact that Toledo w.as almost a paradise 
for the tramp and professional beggar. So much 
had the sentiment changed through his efforts, 
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llirougli tlie Hon. J. M. Biown, the President, to 
change its articles of incoi'poi'atiou anrt establish 
a Department of Associated Charities. The active 
work of the department did not begin until De- 
cember of that 3'ear; but its efHciency was not sur- 
passed in the United States during the winter of 
1893-94. 

It was tlirough Mr. Young's activity and knowl- 
edge of the S3'stem, assisted by his wife, that every 
department of the associated charity work was 
organized, and achieved such signal success in one 
year that it was known throughout the country. 
The extraordinary relief given that winter to some 
ten thousand people was the joint work of the 
Humane Society and a committee of citizens, to 
whom all possible praise is due. But the system 
which goes on caring for those that have made a 
failure of life, lifting them up, rekindling hope 
and self-respect, putting them in the way of help- 
ing themselves and stimulating them to renewed 
effort, is due to our subject's sacrifice of time and 
personal comfort. 

Mr. Young is an active member of the Ohio 
Slate Conference of Charities and Correction, and 
is now President of that body. He is a student of 
social questions, and is active in all movements 
that look to the progress of the race, bettering the 
condition of the laboring classes, rescuing children 
from pauperism, clean political methods and re- 
form, and economy in civic administration. He 
was one of the charter members of the New 
Chamber of Commerce, and has enthusiastic faith 
m the future of Toledo. 

In October, 1887, Mr. Young was married to 
Miss Marie Le Monde, of Indianapolis, a lady of 
superior attainments and culture. She is an en- 
thusiastic student of social and ethical questions, 
and co-operates with her husband in his studies as 
well as his benevolent work. The3' are both mem- 
bers of the First Congregational Church, and reg- 
ular attendants at church services. 

Mr. Y'oung is a close student, and lias done a 
good deal of literary work for newspapeis and 
magazines, having been admitted to the pages of 
several of our best magazines, as well as those of 
the ''Edinburgh Review. " He is also a member of 
theToledo Club, and helped to organize the Round 



Table Club, a group of the brightest men in the 
city, and is active in all its deliberations. Mr. 
Young is a Republican in politics, and a strong 
politician, except in local affairs. 



HERMAN II. MOENTER has owned and 
conducted his homestead on section 33, 
Troy Township, Wood Count}', for the 
past twenty 3'ears, it having been deeded to him 
b}- his father in 187.5. In 1888 he erected vevy 
good and substantial farm buildings, and other- 
wise increased the value of his place to a great ex- 
tent. In addition to this he owns property in 
Pemberville, which makes him well oflf. Politically 
he is a Democrat, and has served as Constable of 
this township. 

The birth of our subject occurred March 14, 
1842, in Hanover, Germany, and until he was 
twenty-seven years of age he continued to make 
his home with his parents, Ernst H. and Annie 
Mane (Hepler) Moenter. They left the Father- 
land in 1846, and settled in this county soon after 
they arrived. Our subject received a common- 
school education, and possesses a good knowledge 
of English as well as of his mother tongue. In 
early manhood he learned the carpenter's trade, 
and followed that calling industriously and unin- 
terruptedly until his marriage. 

June 2, 1870, occurred the marriage of our sub- 
ject and Catherine, daughter of John H. and Flor- 
entina (Cook) Wiseman, natives of Prussia. The 
family crossed the Atlantic about 1851, and be- 
came land-owners and respected citizens of this 
county. Mrs. Moenter was born September 7, 
1846, and died October 6, 1894, having been pre- 
ceded to the better land by one of her nine chil- 
dren, .Tohn H. W., the eldest, wlio was born July 
II, 1871, and died December 1 1 of the same year. 
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born January 5, 1873; Henry F., July 10, 1874; 
John W., March 6, 1876; Florentina C, December 
26, 1877; Maria J., June 2, 1882; Mary C, March 
23, 1885; Margaret L., November 30, 1886; and 
Frederick C, March 23, 1889. Anna, the eldest 
daughter, lieeps house for lier father, brotliers and 
sisters. The elder members of the family are iden- 
tified with the Lutheran Church. 



r^ EORGE W. RHONEHOUSE, M. D., a lead- 
V T ing ph^-sician and skilled surgeon of Mau- 
mee, is a native-born son of the Buckeye 
State. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio, February 
2, 1851, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Brown) 
Rhoneliouse, and the second in a family of five 
children, as follows: Conrad H., who is in the em- 
ploy of the United States Express Company' at 
Sandusky, and has occupied that position for a 
number of years; George W., our subject; Anna, 
the wife of Edward Smith, of Youngstown, Ohio; 
John, who is engaged in the boot and slioe busi- 
ness at Cleveland, Ohio; and one wlio died in in- 
fancy. 

Heniy Rhonehouse, the fatlier of our subject, 
was born in German}', where he received a splen- 
did education in his own language. After arriv- 
ing at the age of maturity he became a traveling 
salesman, and followed tliat calling for a number 
of jears, or until he came to this country. After 
bidding farewell to his home and friends, he sailed 
for America, landing at New Yoik, where he re- 
mained a short time; but, determined to seek a 
home fartlier West, he soon started for Ohio. Lo- 
cating in Sandusk}', he there engaged in the ware- 
house business, and continued in that occupation 
until his death, whicii occurred when he was about 
thirty-six years of age. The motlier of George 
W. was born in the United States, but was of Ger- 



man ancestry, her parents having emigrated to 
America when they were joung. She passed away 
at lier home in Sandusky, at the age of forty 
3'ears. 

Our subject was onl}' six years old when his fa- 
ther died, and about twelve when he lost his 
mother. There being no relatives of the family in 
this country, the children were separated, and our 
subject went to live with E. B. Darling on a farm. 
He attended the public schools of his home local- 
ity in his boyhood days, and later the high school 
of Sandusky. When about twenty years of age 
he entered the office of Dr. Edward Gillord, a 
prominent physician of Sandusky, and read med- 
icine with him for some time, clerking in a hotel 
during the summer months, and in the winter pur- 
suing his studies under the Doctor's instructions. 
In 1878 he took a course in the homeopathic col- 
lege at Cleveland, Ohio, from which institution he 
was graduated in Marc^h, 1881. He worked his 
way through college, and practiced two years of 
the time in Urbana, Ohio. In the spring of 1881, 
after graduating, he came to Maumee, where he 
has since resided. 

Since coming to this city. Dr. Rhonehouse has 
conducted a general practice, which has steadil}- 
increased up to the present time, and he now en- 
J03's a large and lucrative patronage, which extends 
throughout the surrounding country and neigh- 
boring towns. He is one of the most popular 
l>h}'sicians in the city, and is an affable, genial gen- 
tleman. Being public-spirited, he takes a deep in- 
terest in the improvements of his home locality, 
and as he is possessed of more than ordinary intel- 
ligence and ability, he is well qualified to fill the 
position of family physician and friend. 

September 21, 1881, Dr. Rhonehouse and Miss 
Tamerzon, a daughter of L. W. Lewis, of San- 
dusky, Ohio, were united in marriage. Two sons 
have blessed the union of Dr. and Mrs. Rhone- 
house: Lovel B., born February 7, 1884; and Will- 
iam Lewis, born October 9, 1886, both bright, 
intelligent boys, attending school in Maumee. Dr. 
Rhonehouse, who is a stanch Republican, takes an 
active part in politics, and is well posted on all 
questions, both local and national. Fraternally 
he is a member of the M^asonic order, aiid an active 



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worker in Nortliern Light Lodge No. 40. He is 
also identified with the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, being a member of I^odge No. 682, in this 
city. He lias the confidence and esteem of the 
entire community, and with his family occupies a 
high position in the social circles of Mauiiiee and 
vicinity. 



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P^ RP:DERICK H. dodge has an ofllce in the 
' Produce Exchange at Toledo, and is senior 
member of the lirm of F. II. Dodge & Co., 
who enjoy a large and lucrative business in fire, 
life, accident and marine, insurance. He is the eld- 
est son of the late F. B. Dodge, who established 
the business of the present firm in 1870, and was 
long known as one of the substantial men of To- 
ledo. 

The birth of Frederick II. Dodge occurred in 
Newburyport, Mass., in December, 1866, his par- 
ents being F. B. and Caroline (Perkins) Dodge. 
The father was a native of New Hampshire, where 
he lived until attaining man's estate, and the lat- 
ter was born in Massachusetts. F. B. Dodge de- 
parted this life January 1, 1893, in this citj', leav- 
ing many friends who sincerely mourn his loss. 
His wife is still living and is a most estimable and 
kind-hearted lad3'. In addition to representing 
manj' of tiie stanch insurance companies of the 
East, the father was prominently connected with a 
number of the industries and concerns of thiscity. 
From the organization of the Toledo White Lime 
Corapanj' he was connected with it as a stock- 
holder and Director. 

.Since his earliest recollection Frederick II. Dodge 
has been associated with the histoiT of this place, 
as he was only two years of age when he was 
brought hither by his parents. He w.as educated 
in the public schools, and after completing liie 
high-school course went to Boston, Mass., and w.as 
enrolled as a student at the Massachusetts Insti- 



tute of Technology, from which he graduated in 
1890. 

On his return to his old home, Mr. Dodge was 
made Secretary of the Toledo White Lime Com- 
pany, and now holds the oflSce of Treasurer of 
that company. In July, 1892, he became a part- 
ner in the Filectrical Construction and Supply 
Compan}', which is now doing business under the 
firm name of Bissell <fe Dodge. Mr. Dodge has 
also from time to time had money invested in oth- 
er local concerns. On the death of his father he 
succeeded to the insurance business, and entered 
into partnership with Fl O. Brown, under the style 
of Brown & Dodge. November 1, 1894, he bought 
out the interests of all the other parties and estab- 
lished the present firm. 

The pleasant residence of Mr. Dodge is at No. 
2529 Monroe Street, and the lady who there dis- 
[lonses a gracious hospitality became his wife in 
April, 1893. She was previous to that event Miss 
Mary Mitchell, daughter of Edward Mitchell, a 
well known and wealthy lumber manuf.acturer of 
Toledo. 

In political matters Mr. Dodge uses his right of 
franchise in behalf of the Republican party. 



r ORENZO P. WING. It is most fitting 
I O that a place be given t© this worthy old 
settler of Washington Township, Lucas 
County, among other of the representative men 
and pioneers of this region. In his early manhood 
he purchased one hundred acres of land on section 
21, in this township, and there he continued to 
dwell for twenty-nine years, at the end of which 
time he removed to his present homestead on sec- 
tion 6. This place comprises about three hundred 
acres, which are under good cultivation and which 
are equipped with well kept fences and neat farm 
buildings. 

The fa,llier of Mr. Wing was Thomas Wing, a 




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native of Massachusetts, and of English descent. 
He was mariied in the Bay Stale to EUeu Hardy, 
also a native of Massachusetts, and their union 
was blessed with thirteen children, only three of 
whom .survive. Ciiarlotte married William Jacobs, 
and lives in Lagrange, Ind.; and Lucetta, Mrs. Ly- 
man Harrington, lives in Bedford, Mich. After 
his marriage Tliomas Wing moved to New York 
State, and later to Canada, but finally returned to 
New York. About 1822 he moved to Pennsylva- 
nia, two years later settled in Wayne County, 
Ohio, and in 1836 became a resident of Lucas 
County. At the time of his death he was living 
in Wayne County, Ohio, and was then in his sev- 
enty-seventh year. 

The birth of Lorenzo P. Wing occurred March 
20, 1817, in Genesee County, N. Y., and while lie 
was yet an infant lie was taken by his parents to 
Pennsylvania, the journey being made by team. 
In 1824 he accompanied them to Ohio, and re- 
mained under the parental roof until nineteen 
years of age. At that age he made the journey to 
this count}' by way of the Lakes, and since that 
time has been engaged in farming in Washington 
Township. His first homestead had only one acre 
of the one hundred acres cleared, and a primitive 
log cabin was the onl}' structure on the place. 
Under liis industrious management in a few years 
all this was changed and the farm bore little re- 
semblance to its former condition. 

For forty years Mr. Wing h.as owned and oper- 
ated the farm where he now resides. The Indians 
had not yet all departed for the West when he 
came to this section, and one of their trails jiassed 
not far from his door. He has in his possession a 
part of a deer horn, a memento of a noble animal 
which was killed in the j-ear 1837 where his 
house now stands. His education was such as was 
afforded by the district schools of his boyhood, 
which were conducted on the subscription plan, in 
a log cabin about 12x16 feet in dimensions, and 
he has frequently walked a distance of two and 
a-half miles to the nearest school. He has held the 
offices of Township Supervisor, Trustee, Clerk, 
Real-estate Assessor and School Director, and at all 
times has supported public enterprises. His first 
vote was cast for William Henry Harrison, and 



since the formation of the Republican party he 
has lent It his support. 

November 1.5, 1836, Mr. Wing married Almira 
Walden, by whom he has had seven children. A 
tragic occurrence was the death of five of these 
children in one week, all falling victims to virulent 
scarlet fever. Tliose living are: Thomas, who as- 
sists his father on the farm, and Lorenzo, an en- 
terprising young farmer of this township. 



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PAUL RAYMOND. A man who has the 
well-being of his community at heart, 
whether it lie in a humble or prominent 
way, always commands the respect of the people 
with whom he is brought in contact. Doubtless 
there are few of the citizens of Toledo who have 
taken a greater pride in its development than has 
Mr. Raymond, and though he has attained an age 
beyond the usual limit of business activity, he still 
conducts a real-estate business and aids in promot- 
ing the progress of the place. Through his suc- 
cessful ventures he has become more than ordi- 
narily prosperous, and has gained a place among 
the wealthy citizens of his city. 

October 18, 1810, was the natal day of Mr. Ray- 
mond, and Swanzey, Cheshire County, N. H., the 
place of his birth. He is a son of Dr. Paul and 
Sarah (Walker) Raymond, natives of Massachu- 
setts. His father, who engaged in the practice of 
medicine in New Hampshire, died when our sub- 
ject was onl}' three years old. The latter continued 
to reside with his mother in Swanzey until he was 
five years old, when they went to Vermont, and the 
days of his bo^'hood and youth were passed in the 
Green Mountain State, where he attended the com- 
mon schools. At the age of seventeen years he 
left the farm and became a clerk in a countiy 
store, where he worked for some time, economicallj' 
saving his earnings. 

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West, Mr. Raymond went to Michigan in 1834, 
and stopped for some montiis in Detroit. From 
there he went to Adrian, in tlie same state, where 
he engaged in the wiiolesale and retail drug busi- 
ness for about ten years, after whicli he embarked 
in farm pursuits in Lenawee County, wiiere he re- 
mained for about fifteen years. In 1866 he came 
to Toledo and opened a hardware store, and also 
engaged in the real-estate business, but after about 
four 3'ears sold out the hardware business and gave 
most of his attention to hi* real-estate affairs. He 
owns about two hundred acres of valuable land, 
most of it near the corporate limits of the city, 
and has platted what is known as Raymond's Ad- 
dition, from which a number of lots have been 
sold. He is also the owner of real estate in Jack- 
son, Mich. 

The lady who became the wife of Mr. Raymond 
January 27, 1844, was Miss Harriet, daughter of 
Dr. Southworth, of Allen Springs, N. Y. Mrs. 
Raj-mond was born April 22, 1824. The children 
born to herself and husband are: Erwin P., who is 
engaged in the practice of law at Toledo, occup3'- 
ing an office at No. 18 Law Building; Louise and 
Anna, who are at home; Josephine, who is the wife 
of Dr. Louis W. Heydrich, of this city; and An- 
drew, also a resident of Toledo. For seven years 
the daughter Louise taught drawing and painting 
in oil. She has painted many landscapes, heads 
and flowers, which aie works of merit, and has 
received high commendation from the press of To- 
ledo. The famil}' residence is situated at No. 14 
Eleventh Street. 

Throughout his long and useful life Mr. Ray- 
mond has maintained the principles of integrity 
and honor that were cliaracteristic of him in his 
earl}- years. Realizing that it is not only the 
amount that is earned, but also that wiiich is spent, 
that determines whether or not a man will achieve 
success, he made it a rule in youtii to save all that 
was possible out of his salary. lie was thus enabled 
to embark in business for himself, when he followed 
the same habits of economy and prudence tliat had 
hitherto been among his chief characteristics. His 
frugality brought the desired result, and now in 
his declining 3'ears he is able to surround his fam- 
ily with all the luxuries that wealth can secure. In 



a pleasant home, beyond the reach of want, he is 
passing the twilight years of his life, fortified 
against adversity and surrounded b.y all the com- 
forts he secured during the active business i)eriod 
of his life. He has always been intelligently in- 
terested in public questions, and gives his su|)port 
to the principles outlined in the platform of the 
Democratic party. 






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AVID VOGELMAN. until his recent de- 
mise, was one of the leading German- 
American citizens of the village of White- 
house, Lucas County, Ohio, where he had been 
engaged in running a shoe-shop for the past twen- 
ty-five years, and in that time had gained a repu- 
tation as a thrifty, industrious business man. 

The birth of Mr. Vogelman occurred in the city 
of Halle, Germany, November 18, 1838, he being 
one of three children born to John and Elizabeth 
(Thy) Vogelman. One brother, John, is still liv- 
ing in Germany, and Godfried is engaged in farm- 
ing in Arkansas. John Vogelman, who was a 
farmer by occupation, and also engaged in salt- 
mining, passed his entire life in the Fatherland. 
He was twice married, and lived to attain tiie good 
old age of seventy-five years, dying respected and 
mourned by all who knew him. 

Until he was seventeen years of age, David Vo- 
gelman remained under tlie parental roof, and 
then, being desirous of seeing something of the 
world, he started forth on foot, and spent about 
four 3'ears traveling in France, Italy, Austria and 
the northern part of German}'. On reaching his 
majority he returned home and entered the army, 
where he remained a short time. In 1864 he de- 
termined to seek his fortune in the United States, 
and took passage in the steamer "Hanca," the des- 
tination of which was New York City. From the 
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County, Ohio, where for a year he worked as a 
shoemaker in Napoleon. In 1866 he came to 
Whitehouse, ami from tliat time fortii steadily 
worked at liis trade with good success. 

While living in Napoleon, Ohio, Mr. Vogelnian 
was united in marriage, .lune 16, 1864, with Anna, 
daughter of John Ferherenger. They became the 
parents of one child, David, who died when one 
month old. 

In politics Mr. Vogelman was a Democrat, and 
in religion he was a German Lutheran, as is also 
liis wife. He passed away April 9, 189.5, deeply 
mourned by his wife and regretted b}' tlie many 
friends whom he had made during the long years 
he had spent in this place. 



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AMUEL .JEWELL, a prosi)erous citizen of 
Providence Township, Lucas Count\', is a 
native of Ohio, and was born January- 27, 
1833, in Wayne County, nine and one-half miles 
east of Wooster. He is the son of Samuel J. and 
Mary (Tremains) Jewell, natives, respectively, of 
New Jersey and Pennsylvania. His father, who was 
reared upon a farm in Vermont, received a very 
limited education, as his opportunities for attend- 
ing school were meager. In his youth he removed 
to Pennsylvania, where he was married, and later 
came to Ohio, settling in Wayne Count}' and pur- 
chasing a tract of eighty acres. Upon that place 
he made his home for a long period, but finally 
disposed of the place, and bought a tract of simi- 
lar size situated west of Wooster. Later he also 
sold this place, and, buying a small farm of ten 
acres, retired from active business cares. He passed 
away January 10, 1874, at the age of eighty-sev- 
en. His wife afterward removed to Indiana, and 
there remained until her death, at the age of sev- 
entj'-six. 

The parental family consisted of eleven chil- 



dren, as follows: Catherine; William; Lydia, Isaac 
and John, deceased; Caroline; Nancy; Samuel; 
Henr}-, deceased; David and Silas. The maternal 
grandfather of our subject, John Tremains, was 
tomahawked and scalped by an Indian, but sur- 
vived, living to tell the story of that and many 
other thrilling adventures, as he reached the ven- 
erable age of one hundred and fifteen years. Mr. 
Jewell remained with his parents until his mar- 
riage, which occurred in Wooster, Ohio, October 
5, 1854. The lady whom he first married was Eliza- 
beth M. Whitcomb, by whom he had five children, 
viz.: Hannah J., Tabitha C, Lydia E., David H., 
and Mary E., the last three deceased. Mrs. Eliza- 
beth Jewell died May 3, 1861. 

June 27, 1867, Mr. Jewell was marrie<l to Miss 
Sophia Graj', a daughter of H. B. and Elizabeth 
(Clantz) Graj'. Her father accompanied his par- 
ents to Ohio in a very early day, and settled in 
Tuscarawas County. In 1831 he removed to Lu- 
cas County and settled on a farm on section 8, 
Providence Township, where he resided for about 
forty-five years. When advanced in years he re- 
moved to Neapolis, this county, and there his 
death occurred, June 16, 1887. His wife, who still 
survives, is sixty -seven years of age. In their 
large family of children Mrs. Jewell was the eld- 
est. The others are: Mary C, Harvey W., Thomas, 
Charles, Rudolph, John, George H. (deceased), 
Millie and Minnie T. (deceased). 

After his marriage Mr. Jewell settled in White- 
house, and there continued to make his home un- 
til 1889, when he came to his present home in 
Providence Township. Four children were horn 
unto this union, namel}': Ida C, born August 15, 
1868, now the wife of Adam Strayer, of Provi- 
dence Township; Francis M., who was born Sep- 
tember 20, 1874, and is living in Neapolis; Myrta 
B., born December 29, 1878, at home; and Louis 
W., who was born September 11, 1881, and is a 
student in the public schools. 

A Democrat politic-all}', Mr. Jewell has served as 
Justice of the Peace for one term, and has also 
filled the important position of School Director. 
In religious belief he is a Methodist. He is con- 
nected fraternally with Lodge No. 447, K. of P., at 
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530, I. O. O. F., at Haskell, Ohio. As a citizen 
he has always maintained a commendable interest 
in matters peitaining to tiie welfare of the peo- 
ple, and has given his support to everything cal- 
culated to promote the material progress of the 
township and county. 



WILLIAM W. DIXON, the gentleman 
whose name heads this sketch, and who 
is now successfully engaged in that 
calling which has received the attention of man 
since the world began — farming — comes of sturdy 
English ancestry. An energetic, prosperous farm- 
er, he is well and favorably known throughout 
Lucas County. He is a native-born son of the 
Buckeye State, the place of his birth being Wash- 
ington Township, this county, and the date De- 
cember 11, 1850. 

The parents of Mr. Dixun were George and 
Rhoda (Southard) Dixon, both of English birth, 
the father having been born in Northumberland, 
and the mother in Devonshire, England. George 
Dixon was a ship carpenter by trade in the Old 
Country, but followed agricultural pursuits after 
coming to America. Ho left his native land in 
1833, and after an uneventful voyage arrived 
safely in this country. In 1834 he found himself 
in Lucas County, Ohio, where he purchased the 
farm our subject now occupies. He made his home 
here during the remainder of his life, and passed 
away on the old homestead at the age of eightj^- 
four years. Seven children blessed the union of 
this worthy couple, five of whom still survive. 
The maternal grandparents of our subject were 
James H. and Anna Southard. They were also 
born in Devonshire, England, but emigrated to 
this country in an early day, and settled in this 
county. 

Mr. Dixon was united in marriage, December 5, 



1878, with Miss Emma, a daughter of Eleazcr N. 
Smith, whose sketch will be found on another page 
of this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon are the par- 
ents of four children, as follows: Robert W., born 
September 1, 1879; Spencer S., March 4, 1882; 
Kate M., May 27, 1884, and George PI, July 15, 
1887. In connection with his farming interests, 
Mr. Dixon is extensivel}' engaged in the manu- 
facture and sale of vinegar and cider. In the fall 
of 1887 he, in partnership with his brother George, 
purchased a vinegar and cider mill, and they con- 
tinued to operate it together until the death of 
George, which occurred in February, 1892, since 
which time Mr. Dixon has carried on the business 
alone. He resides in West Toledo, which has been 
his home for the past eight years, but keeps an 
active supervision of his farm, which by his good 
management and perseverance is made to yield an 
abundant harvest yearl}'. 

Fraternally Mr. Dixon is a member of the Ma- 
sonic order, and is identified with Lodge No. 
457 of Toledo. Politically he is a Republican, 
and although never having aspired to public pfisi- 
tions, has tilled various local offices of honor and 
trust in his township. He takes an active interest 
in school work, and in every enterprise pertaining 
to the growth and welfare of the community in 
which he lives. He and his estimable wife attend 
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his wife 
is a devoted member, and to which the3' give 
liberally. 



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T7> DWIN THOMAS, one of the old settlers of 
I Cy Washington Township, has experienced the 
vicissitudes which fall to the lot of the 
frontiersman, and can relate many intertaining 
stories of the early days in Ohio. He well remem- 
bers Toledo as a village consisting of a few log 
cabins, and wlien not even a store had been estab- 
lished there, Monroe, Mich., being the trading- 




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point of this vicinity. He has held a number of 
offices in tlie community where he has dwelt for 
over sixty j'ears, among them being Constable, 
Township Assessor and, School Director, in which 
latter position he served for eighteen years, which 
is practical evidence of his interest in the cause of 
education. 

Levi Thomas, the fatlier of Edwin, was born in 
Virginia, and was of English extraction. Through- 
out life he followed agricultural pursuits, and in 
the War of 1812 he offered his services in the 
ranks. On reaching man's estate he married Han- 
nah Graham, by whom he had the following chil- 
dren: Hiram, Lara, p]dwin, Caroline, Leonard and 
Sarah (twins), Octavia and Lois (twins) and Han- 
nah. 

Edwin Thomas was born in Cuyahoga County, 
Ohio, August 8. 1818, and was reared on a farm. 
When twenty-two years of age he went foith to 
•fight his own battles, and began by renting land 
for about four 3ears, after which he purchased 
forty acres in Monroe County, Mich. In 1847 he 
purchased a part of his father's homestead in this 
county and engaged in its cultivation for tlirce 
years. Later he bought the remainder of the iiome 
farm. 

January 3, 1840, Mr. Thomas married Hannah 
Gunn, who died in 1846. Their two sons, Lewis 
L. and Wallace W., are both deceased, the former 
having died in infancy, and the latter at the age 
of twenty-seven years. May 16, 1847, Mr. Thomas 
married Maria AVorden, who was born May 13, 
1825, in New York State. Her parents, Jasper and 
Anna (Baker) Worden, were natives of Vermont 
and Connecticut, respectively, and were of Eng- 
lish descent. In 1835 they emigrated westward 
by the Lakes to Michigan. 

Edwin Thomas was a lad of but eleven j-ears 
when with his parents he came to this county, in 
the winter of 1829. They settled on eighty acres 
of Government land on section 15, Washington 
Township, paying $1.25 per acre. The father 
erected a block house, and before many years had 
passed had transformed his land into a thrifty and 
well cultivated farm. He was a member of the 
Disciples Church, and was revered and esteemed 
by all vvho knew him. His death occurred in 1836, 



and he was placed to rest in the Toledo Cemetery. 
Like his son, our subject, he was a supporter of 
the Whig party. The latter has of late years 
given his allegiance to the Republican organiza- 
tion. In religious belief Mrs. Tlioraas is a Meth- 
odist. 



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WILLIAM SIEGRIST, who is Superin- 
tendent of the Eagle Brewing Cora- 
pan}' of Toledo, and also a stockholder 
in the concern, helped to organize the company in 
1887, and has full control of the manuf.acturing 
department. He is a practical man, and thorough- 
ly understands every detail of the business. The 
brewery is equipped with the latest appliances and 
machinery, and is thus enabled to turn out thirty 
thousand barrels of a very superior grade of beer 
annually. Large quantities of this are consumed 
in Toledo alone, but their sales also extend to 
neighboring states. 

The birth of William Siegrist took place in Ba- 
den, Germany, November 7, 1846, his parents be- 
ing John and Louisa (Gerhard) Siegrist, who were 
both natives of Baden. The father was a brewer 
by trade, and followed that business successfully 
in his native land. Young William was literally 
brought up in the business, and by working in his 
father's brewery became familiar with the proper 
methods of manufacture at an early age. Accord- 
ing to the laws of his native land, he went to 
school until his fifteenth year, and obtained a good 
knowledge of his mother tongue and the general 
branches of learning. 

In 1871 our subject bade adieu to his old friends 
and crossed the Atlantic to make a home and fort- 
une in the United States. P'rom New York City 
he came direct to Toledo, and for the next three 
years was employed by the City Brewing Company. 
His ability and faithfulness to his employer's in- 
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as foreman in the Buckeye Brewing Companj''s 
worlis, and served acceptably as sucli for Ave years, 
since wliicli time he has been connected with the 
Eagle Brewery. In political matters he uses his 
right of franchise in favor of the Democracy. 

In June, 1873, Mr. Siegrist married Caroline 
Bornemann, who was born in Germany, but who 
came to the United States with her father in 1854. 
Mr. and Mrs. Siegrist have had born to them three 
children, but only one is now living, Louise, who 
became tlie wife of Fred Koclier, of this city. 



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JOHN VAN GUNTEN, one of the old settlers 
of Lucas County, resides on a good home- 
stead in Washington Township, where he 
carried on general farming and stock-raising. 
It is within his recollection when there were only 
a few houses in the city of Toledo, and when the 
Indians were still numerous in this locality. The 
first school which he attended was one on the sub- 
scription plan. The building, which was made of 
logs, with planks for seals, was situated two miles 
from his home, and to reach it a daily journey of 
four miles through the thick woods was necessary. 
Our subject was born April 16, 1831, in Switzer- 
land, his parents being Christian and Mary (Van 
Gunten) Van Gunten. Their other children were 
Christian, Mary, Annie (twin sister of John), Fred- 
erick, Jacob and Elizabeth. In 1834 the family 
sailed from their native land, and after a long and 
tiresome voyage of fifty-eight days reached New 
York City. From there they went to Albany, and 
thence to Buffalo by canal. The remainder of 
their journey was made on the Lakes to Lucas 
County. The father took up one hundred and 
fort}' acres of Government land in this township, 
paying for the same $1.25 per acre. In a small 
clearing he erected a log cabin with one room, but 
as time passed felled the limber and made many 



improvements on his farm. He died in 1852, 
in his sixty -sixth year. Religiously he was a mem- 
ber of the German Lutheran Church. The wife 
and mother survived until 1891, when she had 
reached the extreme old age of ninet^'-three years. 

John Van Gunten was only three years of age 
when he was brought to this vicinity, and lie was 
reared to manhood in the township which has since 
been his home. In 1847 he became the owner of a 
farm which is still in his possession, and in 1862 
he moved to the place where he now resides. The 
old log cabin of one room was supplanted in 1862 
by a substantial and more commodious dwelling, 
part of the owner's present house. The land has 
been cleared and yields abundant crops in return 
for the care bestowed upon it. In addition to the 
above-mentioned places he has also improved a 
farm of eighty acres in Wood County. 

Mr. Van Gunten has been twice married, his first 
union occurring in 1854, when Miss Mary Bick be- 
came his wife. To them was born one child. Mar}'. 
In 1862 our subject married the lady who now 
bears his name, and who before that event was 
Miss Amelia Brew. They have one son and four 
daughters, as follows: Julia, Caroline, Henry, 
Amelia and Hannah. The family attend the Ger- 
man Reformed Church, and give liberally to 
worthy purposes. In political faith Mr. Van Gun- 
ten is identified with the Rejiublican party. 



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ISAAC ORDWAY is engaged in conducting his 
farm, which is situated on section 13, Sylvania 
Township, Lucas County. The homestead, 
which numbers sevent}' acres within its bound- 
aries, is well improved, and in addition to this the 
proprietor owns a good sawmill. He is a veteran 
of the late Civil War, having served from April 
18, 1861, until June 3, 1865, with an interruption 
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now a member of Scott Post No. 43, G. A. R., of 
Blissfield. In his political relations he is a Repub- 
lican. Though he has served several terms as 
School Director, his business affairs have so fullj- 
taken up his time that he has liad no desire for 
serving in an official capacity. 

Born January 14, 1837, in Warren County, Pa., 
our subject is a son of Isaac and Sallie (Crane) 
Ordwaj', natives of Vermont and Albany, N. Y., 
respectively. Their family comprised the follow- 
ing children: Lyman and Henry, deceased; Aaron, 
a resident of Ashland, Mich.; Edwin, whose where- 
abouts are unknown; Tabitha, who lives in Eden- 
ville, Mich.; Eliza, deceased; Isaac, our subject; 
Israel and James, deceased; William, who lives in 
Petersburg, Mich.; and one who died in infancy. 
Isaac Ordway, Sr., who followed farming for his life 
occupation, in childhood moved from the Green 
Mountain State to Pennsylvania, and about 1848 
took up his abode in Ogden, Mich., where he passed 
the remainder of his life on a farm of eighty acres. 
His death occurred December 3, 1865, and that of 
his wife April 14, 1873. 

July 15, 1866, Isaac Ordway, Jr., married Tam- 
ma Butts, who was born October 15, 1849. Her 
parents were William and Jane A. (Gardner) Butts, 
natives of New York, the former born in 1827 
and the latter in 1832. Their eldest son, Ora, born 
November 30, 1851, now lives in Grosvenor, Mich.; 
Adam, born September 23, 1854, is engaged in 
farming in Washington Township, this county; 
Eugene, born April 14, 1857, now lives in Odgen, 
Mich.; Alderman, also of Ogden, was born May 23, 
1861; and William, who is now workiug for our 
subject, was born December 9, 1863. 

One of the first boys to don the blue in the War 
of the Rebellion, Isaac Ordway enlisted in Com- 
pany K, First Michigan Regiment, for three months' 
service, and August 20, 1862, re-enlisted for three 
years. He took part in the battles of Bull Run, 
Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., Petersburg, and in 
many engagements of lesser importance. He did 
not receive any wounds on the field of battle, but 
was injured by the kick of a horse and was in the 
hospital for nineteen days. 

Five children wore born to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac 
Ordway. The eldest, Lester, a blacksmith of Tem- 



perance, Mich., was born February 27, 1868. Cli- 
mena, born February 15, 1870, is now tlie wife of 
Herbert Bemis, of Selkirk, Mich. Ida J., born 
July 9, 1872, married Daniel Molosh, of Michigan. 
Cora B., wife of George Honeywell, was born De- 
cember 17, 1875, and lives in a house adjoining 
the home of her parents. Clara, born November 
3, 1879, is still at home. 

Beginning his life with few resources in a finan- 
cial way and with only a fair education, Mr. Ord- 
way deserves credit for the success which he has 
accomplished. He possesses the friendship and 
good-will of a large circle of friends and acquaint- 
ances. His faithful wife and helpmate lost her 
eyesight as the result of an attack of measles, and 
has been a great sufferer, as in addition to that 
misfortune she had a slight stroke of paralysis. 
She is patient and resigned to her fate and is min- 
istered to in her affliction by scoresof loving friends 
and relatives. 



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REV. TIMOTHY P. MCCARTHY, son of 
Timothy McCarthy and Abbie Sullivan, 
who is pastor of the Immaculate Concep- 
tion Church of Toledo, Ohio, was born November 
1, 1843, on a farm in the parish of Durrus, County 
Cork, Ireland. His boyhood years were passed on 
his father's farm and in attending the National 
schools of his native land. His soul, however, 
sought something more elevating than the details 
of farm work, and he early determined to enter 
into the true path of his future career. In Ma}', 
1865, he came to America and spent a year with 
his uncle on a farm near Buffalo, N. Y. 

In 1866 our subject began his classical studies in 
St. Benedict's College at Atchison, Kan., where he 
remained until October, 1867. With a strong let- 
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President of St. Benedict's College, he repaired, in 
October, 1867, to St. Vincent's College in Westmore- 
land, Pa., where he spent five years in the stud}' of 
the classics. Having completed his classical course, 
in June, 1872, he applied to Rt.-Rev. Richard Gil- 
mour for admittance into the diocese of Cleveland. 
The Right-Reverend Prelate accepted his services, 
on condition that he would successfully pass the 
examination before the faculty of St. Mary's Sem- 
inary at Cleveland, Ohio. This he did to the satis- 
faction of uU concerned, August 22, 1872. The 
subject of our sketch passed five years in this great 
school of philosophical and theological learning, 
having completed his studies in June, 1877, and 
was ordained a priest July 5 of the same year by 
Rt.-Rev. Richard Gilmour, Bishop of the Cleveland 
Diocese. 

Our subject was at once appointed temporary 
pastor at Avon, Lorain County, Ohio, with North 
Ridgeville as a mission in the absence of the regu- 
lar pastor. Here he spent about six weeks attend- 
ing to the spiritual welfare of the people. On the 
return of the regular pastor, our subject was ap- 
pointed pastor of North Ridge, Defiance County, 
Ohio, with Mud Creek, in the same county, as a mis- 
sion, hi this new field he labored from Septem- 
ber, 1877, until June, 1878. He was transferred to 
the Good Shepherd Parish of Toledo, Ohio, June 
22, 1878. Here he labored until August 7, 1887. 
During this time he built the fine pastoral resi- 
dence, put in a new sanctuary, frescoed the church, 
painted the pews, constructed vestibules, built 
fences, and planted trees, shrubberies and a fine vine- 
yard. Here he was happy and contented in the 
midst of his labors and the good-will of his people. 
He reduced the SI 0,000 debt to *2.500. He was 
transferred to St. Ann's Church of Fremont, Ohio, 
August 7, 1887, and ordered to build a church. 
He at once organized a Building Committee, and 
devised ways and means to enable him successfully 
to bring his project to the approval of the people. 
Plans and estimates were furnished, and a contract 
for a 125,000 church was let in the spring of 1888. 
The structure was to he completed November 1, 
1889. 

Our subject was removed to the Immaculate 
Conception Church of Toledo, Ohio. March 9, 1889, 



and again ordered by his Bishop to build a $40,000 
church. He entered into this enterprise with a 
strong determination to carry it through, the more 
so as he met with a stout opposition from many 
of his parishioners on the plea that a new church 
was not necessary. The contract for the church 
was let in the spring of 1891, at a cost of $42,345. 
Tiie foundation was laid that year, on the 1st of 
May, 1892. Rt.-Rev. Ignatius Frederic Horst- 
mann. Bishop of Cleveland, blessed the corner- 
stone in the i)resence of the greatest outpouring 
of people Toledo ever witnessed. Tlie structure 
was enclosed the same year. Work was again re- 
sumed on the building in 1894. It is one of the 
grandest church edifices in Ohio. It measures one 
hundred and sixty-two feet, six inches in length, 
eighty-eight feet in transept, sixty-eight feet in 
main auditorium, and sixt3'-five feet, six inches 
from floor to top of center nave. It is purely 
Gothic in style. Besides the amount of the con- 
tract it will cost about 820,000 more to furnish 
and heat the church. The building will be ready 
for divine service in 1897. 

Personally Father McCarthy is a man of fine 
physique, genial manners and unvarying courtesy, 
affable in his intercourse with others, and one 
who is an honor to the priesthood of the Catholic 
Church and to the citizenship of Toledo. He is 
devoted to the interests of his adopted country, 
and Toledo has no citizen more interested in its 
welfare than he. 



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FRANK E. ROFF, one of Toledo's native 
sons and influential business men, was act- 
ive in the management of the Street Rail- 
way Company for ten years, and is now President 
of the Crescent Livery Company. He is an active 
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tion, and is also a member of the Masonic frater- 
nity, belonging to S:inford Collins Loiigc. 

The father of our subject, Charles B. Roff, a na- 
tive of New Jerse}-, was born in Essex County 
about 1818. His parents were Stephen and Mary 
(Ball) Koff, who both died in the Empire State. 
Charles B. Roflf was a hardware merchant after 
coming to Toledo, in the year 1854. He was 
a representative man, a leading Republican, and 
served in the City Council for two terms. His 
death occurred when he had reached his sixtieth 
year. His wife, who was before her marriage Miss 
Clara Manley, was born in Richfield Springs, N.Y., 
and is now living in her native state. She became 
the mother of two sons, one of wjiora is now trav- 
eling in Europe. 

The birth of Frank E. Roff occurred October 24, 
1859, and he remained under the parental roof 
until his father's death. He received an unusually 
fine education, as after leaving the Toledo public 
schools he pursued his studies at Hellmuth College 
of London, Canada, for two years, after which he 
went to Russell's School, at New Haven, Conn. He 
then entered Bradford Seminary in Middletown, 
and later was enrolled at the University of Michigan 
in Ann Arbor. 

His father had investments in the Toledo Street 
Railway, and the young man after leaving college 
returned to look after his business affairs. Having 
been blessed with the qualities necessaiy to the 
achievement of success, he has prospered and is 
well-to-do. His parents were formerly members of 
Trinity Church, which he also usually attends, al- 
though he is not a member of any congregation. 



Cpr LBERT W. FISHER, M. D. The medical 
/ — \ profession in Toledo is represented li}' a 
number of skillful practitioners, who have 
an extended knowledge of therapeutics and hold 
enviable reputations as physicians of ability. This 
noble profession affords to the student a never- 



ending source of investigation and experiment. 
New remedies are being constantly discovered, 
steady progress is being made in surgery, and new 
diseases are presenting themselves under varying 
forms of civilization. Whatever may be said of dis- 
coveries in other fields of knowledge, and certainly 
they are astonishing, it can be truthfully said of 
this science that not one can equal it in the great 
strides it is making toward a comprehensive grasp 
of the whole subject of man in relation to health 
and disease, the prevention and the cure of ills to 
which the human flesh is heir. 

In the noble army of workers in this great field 
stands Albert W. Fisher, M. D., of Toledo. A 
sketch of the life of one so well known will be of 
interest to our readers, and we therefore take 
pleasure in presenting the following facts concern- 
ing his history. He was born in Sunbury, North- 
umberland County, Pa., November 4, 1835, and is 
the son of Rev. Richard A. and Amelia C. (Wei- 
ser) Fisher. His father, who was for many years 
a minister in the German Reformed Church, died 
in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pa., in 1857, and 
was buried in Sunbury, Pa. 

In the parental family there were five sons and 
five daughters, of whom the Doctor was the next 
to the eldest. He was reared in Sunbury, Pa., and 
on arriving at man's estate began the stud}' of 
medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. J. B. 
Masser, of that place. Afterward he carried on 
his studies in the Jefferson Medical College, from 
which institution he was graduated in March, 1860. 
The following year he entered the army as Assist- 
ant Surgeon of the Fifty-seventh Pennsylvania In- 
fantry, assigned to the Army of the Potomac. He 
continued in that capacity until the fall of 1862, 
when he was compelled to resign on account of ill 
health. 

Coming to Toledo in 1862, Dr. Fisher has since 
conducted a large and profitable practice in this 
city. In 1875 he was appointed Health Officer for 
the city of Toledo, which position he held for six 
consecutive years. He also served in that capacity 
during 1883-84 and 1891-92. In 1893 he held 
the position of Acting Surgeon of the St. Vincent 
Hospital. In 1879 he received a similar appoint- 
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Actinu; Surgeon of that institution until the fall 
of 1892, when he resigned. In everything per- 
taining to the profession he is deeply interested, 
and holds meuihership in tiic Toledo Medical As- 
s.ocialion, the Ohio State Medical Society and the 
N(jrtliwestern Medical Association. He was one 
of the organizers of the Toledo Medical College, 
and was Dean of the faculty for the first five years, 
and Professor of Nervous Diseases and Clinical 
Surgery. 

Miss Mary E., daughter of Henry Wise, of Sun- 
bury, Pa., became the wife of Dr. Fisher in 1861, 
and seven children have been born of their union, 
named as follows: Richard A., Mary M. A., Charles 
E., William H., Nevin W., Frank R. and Amelia L. 
Socially the Doctor is identified with the Order of 
Elks, and is also connected with the Grand Army 
of the Republic. With his wife lie holds member- 
ship in the Westminster Church of Toledo, and is 
a generous contributor to its benefactions. 



HON. BYRON F. RITCHIE. Intimately 
associated with the history of Toledo for 
many years, the subject of tliis sketch is 
also well and favorably known throughout the 
state. He is one of the foremost members of the 
Bar of this city, as well as one of its leaders in pub- 
lic affairs, and during the period of his service as 
a Member of Congress gained a widespread repu- 
tation for superior ability. Nature endowed him 
with rare gifts, among which was intellectual acu- 
men of high order, logical, discriminating and 
comprehensive. A close reasoner and impressive 
speaker, he has gained merited prominence in the 
legal fraternity, and as he is now but in the prime 
of manhood, the coining years will undoubtedly 
bring him added honors and successes in his pro- 
fession. 

In presenting this biographical sketch of Hon. 



Byron F. Ritchie, we deem it our duty to first 
briefly advert to the life story of those from whom 
he draws his origin. His paternal ancestors were 
of Scotch origin, and his father, James M., who 
was a native of the "land of thistles," was born in 
Dunfermline in 1829, but emigrated in early life 
to the United States. He was a man of great abil- 
ity, and though he had only very limited means 
on coming to America, by industry and the exer- 
cise of wise judgment he achieved success. He 
married Miss Tirzah Foster, who was born in New 
York State in 1833, and they settled in Ohio in 
1854. For a number of years he made his home 
'.n (irafton, where he conducted an extensive gen- 
eral practice, but, desirous of a larger field for 
work, he came to Toledo in 1860, and from that 
time onward was closely identified with the public 
affairs of this city. In political views he was al- 
ways a devoted champion of Republican principles, 
and in public matters took an active part. His fel- 
low-citizens, appreciating his fitness for positions 
of large responsibility, elected him to represent 
them in the Fortj'-seventh Congress of the United 
States, and in this, as in all other positions held 
by him, he rendered able service in behalf of his 
constituents. 

The birth of Byron F. Ritchie occurred in Graf- 
ton, Ohio, January 29, 1853, and in that place the 
first seven years of his life were passed. In Janu- 
uary, 1860, he accompanied his parents to Toledo, 
where he at once entered the common schools, con- 
tinuing his studies here until his graduation, in 
June, 1870. From boyhood the legal profession 
fad been the goal of his ambition, and with this 
in view he began the study of law under the su- 
pervision of his father. He was admitted to the 
Bar b}' the Supreme Court in 1874, and has since 
practiced his chosen profession in Toledo. 

While taking an active part in politics, Mr. 
Ritchie has always held aloof from public otlice, 
and with only one exception has steadfastly re- 
fused political preferment. Believing that free 
trade would promote the industrial and commer- 
cial welfare of our country, and would aid in 
crushing out the monopolies which have been fos- 
tered by the protective tendencies of our legisla- 
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ance to the Democratic party. In November, 1892, 
he was elected to Congress from the Toledo dis- 
trict, defeating his opponent, Hon. .7. M. Asiiley 
(wlio had gained considerable notoriety at tlie time 
of the impeachment of President Johnson), by 
fourteen plurality in a district tliat usually gave a 
Republican majority of three thousand. He served 
until the close of the Fifty-third Congress, gain- 
ing the respect of other legislators and tlie confi- 
dence of his constituents, to whose interests he 
was ever faithful. Tliough the junior of the ma- 
jority of the Congressmen, he stood side by side 
with tiiem in ability, energy and tact. His party 
found in liira a judicious leader, and Iiis district a 
loyal champion. At tlie expiration of liis term of 
service, he resumed the practice of law in Toledo, 
and has since been thus engaged. 

In Williamsburg, Ind., April 11, 1878, occurred 
the marriage of Hon. B. F. Ritcliie and Miss Kate 
Ingersoll Taj lor. Their only child, Violet B., was 
born August 27, 1881, and is a student in the pub- 
lic scliools of Toledo. Mrs. Ritchie is the daugh- 
ter of Dr. Linus P. Taylor, formerly of Williams- 
burg. Ind., but later a resident of Toledo. He is 
remembered as one of the most prominent and tal- 
ented physicians of Indiana. His death occurred 
in 1892. In religious belief Mr. Ritchie is liberal 
and tolerant, granting to others tliat freedom of 
opinion which he demands for himself. He is a 
worthy representative of one of the leading fami- 
lies of Toledo, and by his upright life is adding 
honors to the illustrious name he bears. 



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HON. .JAMES M. RITCHIE, a leading 
member of the Toledo Bar, represented 
the Sixth Congressional District of Ohio 
(comprising the counties of Lucas, Fulton, Will- 
iams, Wood, Ottawa and Henry) in the Forty-sev- 
enth Congress, having been elected in 1880. He 



served on a number of important committees, and 
faithfully advocated the rights of his constituents. 
He was elected on the Republican ticket, his op- 
ponent being Hon. Frank Hurd. When his term 
of office closed he resumed his law practice, in 
which he has gained an enviable reputation. In 
1867 he was elected Police Judge for a term of 
two years, but resigned after serving for eighteen 
months, as his regular practice necessitated his en- 
tire attention. 

A native of Scotland, J. M. Ritchie was born in 
Dunfermline. July 28, 1829. His father, Thomas 
M., was a teacher by profession, but in later years 
was a merchant and agriculturist. The family re- 
moved to the United States in 1832, settling near 
Ogdensburg, N. Y. The mother of our subject 
bore the maiden name of Ann Robertson, and her 
birth also occurred in Scotland. She and her 
husband both died in Ogdensburg. In that city 
the boyhood of James M. was passed and his early 
education acquired. After completing the public- 
school course he entered a home academy, and 
subsequently engaged in teaching for six years, 
three years in the Empire State, and the remainder 
of the time in Ohio. 

Being an ambitious young man, our subject con- 
cluded to adopt the legal profession and during ■ 
the intervals of his teaching, industriously pe- 
rused musty law-books. He was admitted to the 
Bar April 19, 1857, in this city. On beginning his 
practice he located in Lorain Count}', this state, 
where, however, he remained only a short time. 
In 1858 he returned to Toledo and formed a part- 
nership with Judge F. A. Jones, which connection 
existed for several years. He was next a partner 
of Hon. Henry E. Howe, the firm being known as 
Ritchie & Howe. When his son, Byron F., was 
admitted to the Bar, the j'Oung man was taken in- 
to the firm, which then became Ritchie, Howe & 
Ritchie, and thus continued until 1881, the law 
office being in the Gardner Building. The fam- 
ily residence is at No. 21 Tenth Street. 

In 1852 Mr. Ritchie was married to Miss Tirzali 
A. Foster, of Lisbon, N. Y. .She was a daughter 
of David Foster, and died in 1854, leaving one 
son, Bj'ron Foster Ritchie, his law partner and 
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Ritchie married Mant S. Jones, of Grafton, tliis 
state, wliose deatli occurred eleven j-ears later. 
Her father was Hon. John R. Jones, of Grafton. By 
this union our subject had one daughter, Ada, who 
is still living at home. In 1869 he married Eug- 
enia, a sister of his second wife, and to thein have 
been born two children, Carrie E. and Alaurice A., 
who reside with tiieir ])arents. 

Mr. Ritchie was for a time a Democrat, though 
he never voted the ticket. In 1848 he became a 
Free-Soiler, and on the organization of the Repub- 
lican part3' he espoused its principles and has since 
faithfully defended them. He has taken an act- 
ive part in county, state and national politics, and 
in 1880 was a Blaine delegate to the national con- 
vention which nominated James A. Garfield. For 
naany 3'ears he has been identified witii the Inde- 
pendent Order of Odd Fellows. 



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OLIVER PERRY HELLER, a progressive 
farmer of Lucas Count}', and the owner of 
a valuable farm of eighty acres situated 
on section 23, Providence Township, was born in 
Tuscarawas County, Ohio, September 20, 1838. 
The family of which he is a member resided in 
Pennsylvania for several successive generations, 
and his grandfather, John Heller, was born in 
Northampton County, that state. In 1815 he re- 
moved to Ohio and settled upon Government land 
in Tuscarawas County, where he continued to re- 
side until his death. 

Emanuel, father of our subject, was born in 
Westmoreland County, Pa., July 16, 1812, and was 
reared in Tuscarawas County. There, March 28, 
1836, he married Miss Mary Ann Demuth, whose 
birth occurred in Pennsylvania June 16, 1816. 



They became the parents of fourteen children, con- 
cerning whom we note the following: James was 
born August 2, 1837, and died October 2 follow- 
ing; Oliver Perry is the next in order of birth; 
John W., born December 11, 1840, is living in 
Providence Township; Ranatus, born August 20, 
1842, was a soldier, and was killed on the steamer 
"Sultana," April 29, 1865; Martin S., born Janu- 
ary 10, 1845, is a resident of Providence Township; 
Mary J. was born March 8, 1847; Levi D. was born 
February 4, 1849; Josiah, who was born March 24, 
1851, is a physician; Lida was born May 10, 1853, 
and is the wife of James Crockett; Elizabeth, born 
December 16, 1855, is the wife of Charles Gray; 
Rosanna was born June 3, 1857, and died on the 
27th of August following; Louis was born Sep- 
tember 21, 1859, and died in October; Win field C. 
was born September 10, 1858; and Jeannette, who 
was born .January 5, 1862, completes the family 
circle. 

The father of this family came to Lucas County 
in 1846, and settled in Providence Township, 
where he entered a forty-acre tract of farm land. 
Building a log hut, he began the work of clearing 
and improving a farm. He continued to make his 
home here until his death, March 16, 1886, at the 
age of seventy-four. His wife died at the old 
homestead January 30, 1892. Our subject was a 
lad of eight years when the family came to Lucas 
County, and here he has since resided. During 
the winter seasons he attended school, while the 
summer months were devoted to farm work. In 
that way the years of his bo.\hood were passed. 

October 29, 1861, Mr. Heller married Miss Mar- 
garet, daughter of James and Agues (Reed) Gras- 
sam, natives of Scotland. On the 16th of October 
of that year, he enlisted at Napoleon, under S. H. 
Stedman, as a member of the Sixty-eighth Ohio 
Infantry. Proceeding to Camp Chase, he was or- 
dered from there, January 1, 1862, to Columbus, 
Ohio, which place he left February 10 forFt. Don- 
elson. He was assigned to Wood's Brigade, and 
February 14 took part in the three-days battle at 
that place. Later he took part in the battle of 
Shiloh, where he was disabled, in the Vicksburg 
campaign of 1863, and the Atlanta campaign of 
the following year. On the 28th of October, 1864, 




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he was mustered out at Chattanooga, the term of 
his service having expired. 

On his return home Mr. Heller began the work 
of cultivating his father-in-law's farm, where he 
remained for twent3'-four years. In the year 1890 
he bought his present property on section 23, and 
here, two years later, he erected the commodious 
residence now occupied by his family. He has 
held a number of important public positions, hav- 
ing been twice elected to represent his district in 
the State Legislature. For fifteen years he has 
been Justice of the Peace, has also been Township 
Trustee, and in 1890 was Census Enumerator. 

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Heller consists of 
nine children, of whom eight are living. Agnes 
R., who was born September 20, 1865. married 
Heniy Barnard, of Providence Township; Mary, 
whose birth occurred January 7, 1867, is with her 
parents; John Wilson was born June 19, 1868, and 
married Henrietta Barnes; Bruce G., whose birth 
occurred in September, 1869, is with his parents; 
Glenn D. was born April 26, 1871; Nellie, May 21, 
1874i Worth C, September 11, 1876; Grace, who 
was born June 12, 1878, died the same day; and 
Jean K. was born July 27, 1880. 



r~Y RUDOLPH BRAND, one of the active 
V^y and progressive young business men of 
Toledo, is Postmaster of this city, having 
been appointed by Piesident Cleveland, August 3, 
1894, and entering upon his duties the following 
month. An unswerving Democrat politically, he 
is one of the leaders of the party in northwestern 
Ohio, and his advice is frequently sought by other 
prominent members of this political organization 
throughout the state. No combination of circum- 
stances, no personal feeling, has any weight with 
him against the triumphs of Democracy, nor does 
he ever swerve from the views and principles pro- 
mulgated by tiiat party. He keenly appreciates 
the demand of the countrj' for constant watchful- 
ness and protection against the frequent endeavors 
of the money power to control legislation, remem- 
bering the saying of Thomas Jefferson, that " where 
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the money of the country is lodged, there will its 
political influence be. " 

Before considering in detail the events that have 
given special interest to the life of Mr. Brand, some 
mention of his ancestry will not be amiss. His 
father, Henry Brand, who is remembered as one of 
the honored pioneers of Toledo, was a native of 
Germany, and in early manhood emigiated to the 
United States. After a short sojourn in New York, 
he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and in the early '50s 
settled in Toledo, where he became one of the in- 
fluential business men and so continued for many 
years. 

Forming a partnership with Joseph Grasser in 
1863, Henr}' Brand established a brewery, which 
five years later was merged into the Union Brew- 
ingCompany. In 1878 the Grasser & Brand Brew- 
ing Company succeeded to the business, which, 
with a capital of *500,000, is now one of the im- 
portant enterprises of Toledo. Much of the suc- 
cess of the concern was due to the ability of Henr^' 
Brand, its founder and financial manager. Polit- 
ically a stanch Democrat, he was one of the prom- 
inent members of the party here, and was the last 
City Treasurer that Toledo ever had, the Legis- 
lature (which was Re|)ublican) having consolidated 
the office with that of County Treasurer. 

The death of Mr. Brand occurred in this city 
March 13, 1889. His wife, who bore the maiden 
name of Francisca Henner, and who was a native 
of Germany, passed away twent^'-five hours after 
his demise, March 15, 1889. The funeral services 
of both were held on the 17th of that month, at 
which time a large concourse of their friends assem- 
bled to pay the last tribute of respect to the dead. 
Their family consisted of nine children, all but 
two of whom are still living. 

The subject of this sketch was born in Toledo, 
Octolier 18, 1863, and received the rudiments of 
his education in the common schools of this city. 
Later he took a commercial course in the Toledo 
Business College, after which, when only seventeen 
years of age, he was given a position as cashier in 
the brewing establishment which had been founded 
by his father. On reaching his majority he w.as 
made Treasurer of the company, and after his 
father's death became Secretary and general mana- 



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ger. These important positions he still holds, and 
to his good business methods and financial sagaci- 
ty much of the success of the fiini may be justly 
attributed. 

From early boyliood Mv. Brand has always taken 
a deep interest in political affairs. When barely 
of age he was placed on the Democratic Executive 
Committee of Lucas County, and served tlirough 
the Presidential campaigns of 1884, 1888 and 1892. 
In the fall of 1893 he was the Democratic nomi- 
nee for the State Senate, and though defeated he 
won laurels through having made one of the best 
and most honorable campaigns ever known in the 
state. In the spring of 1893, and again in 1895, 
he was elected to represent the Fifth Ward on the 
School Board, and as Chairman of the Building 
Committee rendered most efficient service. 

The appointment of Mr. Brand as Postmaster, 
upon the recommendation of Congressman Ritchie, 
was a triumph, not only for himself, but also for 
the principles he represents. While he is the 
youngest Postmaster the city has ever had, it may 
with equal truth be said that he is one of the most 
efficient and popular. The work of the office, un- 
der his supervision, is conducted upon strict busi- 
ness principles, and the results have been eminent- 
ly satisfactory to the people. 

In December, 1893, Mr. Brand was united in 
marriage with Miss Leonia, daughter of George 
Schuch, of Toledo. Mrs. Brand is a graduate of 
the high school of this city and is a lady of refine- 
ment and culture, popular in the best social circles. 
The family residence is at No. 323 Olive Street. 
Socially Mr. Brand is identified with the Elks, and 
is a i)rominent member of the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows, in which he has attained the uni- 
formed rank. He has made such a record for bus- 
iness shrewdness and political leadership that it is 
safe to predict for him a successful future. 



RICHARD WAITE, a prominent member of 
the Toledo Bar, is a brother of the late 
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the 
liniled States, vvhose history appears elsewhere in 
this volume, and is a member of the firm of Waite 



& Snider, which, in addition to managing a gen- 
eral law practice, deals extensively in real estate. 

The birth of Richard Waite occurred September 
26, 1831, his parents being Henry M. and Maria 
(Selden) Waite. His paternal grandfather was 
Reinick Waite, a farmer in Connecticut. The fa- 
ther, Henry M., who was a graduate of Yale, was 
a native of Lyme, Conn., born February 9, 1787. 
For years he was engaged in legal practice at the 
place of his birth, and attained prominence, being 
chosen successively as Representative and Senator 
in the State Legislature. In 1834 he was ap- 
pointed Associate Judge of the Supreme Court of 
Errors of Connecticut, and later was Chief Justice 
of the state, a position he held until 1857, when 
he retired on account of his age. The Waite fam- 
ily settled at Lyme prior to 1700, and have had 
many prominent and representative members in 
public life. xVmong these was Marvin Waite, 
who was a Presidential Elector and cast his vote 
for Washington at his first election, in 1789. The 
wife of Henry M. Waite was a granddaughter of 
Col. Samuel Selden, who commanded a Connecti- 
cut regiment in the Colonial army. He was made 
prisoner September 17, 1776, and died in the fol- 
lowing October, being buried in the old brick 
churchyard where the New York Times office now 
stands. 

In the family of eight childen, seven sons and a 
daughter, Richard Waite is the youngest, and his 
brother. Chief Justice Waite, was the eldest. His 
early school days were quietly passed in Lyme, 
Conn., after which he prepared for college at Will- 
iston Seminary, Easthampton, Mass. He then en- 
tered Yale College, from which he was graduated in 
the Class of '53. After his graduation he came 
direct to Toledo, and began studying law with his 
brother, Morrison R., being admitted to the Bar in 
1855. He then entered into partnership with his 
brother, the firm name becoming M. R.& R. Waite. 
This connection continued until the senior mem- 
ber of the firm was appointed Chief Justice of the 
United States Supreme Court. Soon after that 
event Richard Waite and his nephew, E. T. Waite^ 
joined their interests, under the style of R. & E. T. 
Waite. The death of the junior member dissolved 
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Mr. Waite associated with him O. B. Snider, under 
the present firm name. He is a straightforward and 
unswerving Republican in political convictions. 

May 21, 1857, Richard Waite was united in 
marriage with Miss Alice J. Voris, of Newark, 
N. J., whose fattier, William Voris, was a resident 
of Brooklj'n, N. Y. Of the nine children born to 
Mr. and Mrs. Waite, only five are now living, 
three sons and two daughters, namely: Richard, 
Jr., who is a civil engineer; and Maria, Alice L. 
William H. and John B. For many years the par- 
ents have been leading members and active work- 
ers in Trinity Episcopal Church. They move in 
the best social circles of the city, and are honored 
and esteemed by all who know them. 



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r~y HARLES H. KENNEDY, M. D., of Sylva- 
\^ J nia, is one of the pioneer members of his 
profession in Lucas County. He has been 
actively engaged in practice in this place for the 
past forty-five .years, has been very successful, and 
is now well-to-do. For several years after first com- 
ing here he practiced by permit, and then took a 
regular course of training in the Michigan State 
University, from which he was graduated in 1867. 
In his political convictions he is a radical Repub- 
lican. 

A son of Isaac and Catherine (Cook) Kennedy, 
the Doctor was born August 27, 1810, in Utica, 
N. Y. His parents were both natives of New York 
State. The father, who was born about 1795, died 
in 1854. P'or years he was an overseer in the 
Crown Glass Works of Deerfield, N. Y. He was 
the father of nine children, as follows: Sidney R., 
who was born in 1808, and isnow deceased; Betsy, 
born in 1812, and who is also deceased; Mrs. Cath- 
erine Campbell, whose birth occurred in 1817, and 
who is now a resident of Washington; Mrs. Polly 
E. Ware, born in 1818, and now living in Wiscon- 



sin; Austin, deceased, who was born about 1822; 
Julia A., who is living on the old homestead in 
New York with a brother; Clinton, who was born 
in 1828, and is a commercial traveler by occupa- 
tion; and Charles H., who is next to the eldest of 
the family. 

In August, 1832, Dr. Kennedy married Saman- 
tlia A. Page, whose father was of English descent, 
and was employed as a sailor on the high seas. 
Six children were born to the union of the Doctor 
and his wife, as follows: Mary E., Mrs. Seeley, 
born in October, 1833, in Erie County, Pa., 
and now a resident of California; Mrs. Char- 
lotte Hamilton, born in 1835, now a resident of 
Quincy, 111.; Catherine, born in 1837, who died in 
Quincy, 111., in 1883; Theodore, born about 1841; 
Margaret, who was born about 1842, and died when 
ten years of age; and Charles L., born in 1849. 
and now a practicing physician in Detroit. The 
latter was at one time Judge of a police court in 
Toledo. Theodore was killed by lightning in 
1868, in Macomb, 111. Mrs. Samantha Kennedy 
died in 1872. The present wife of the Doctor, to 
whom he was married in 1882, was a Mrs. Lecn- 
ardson, who was born August 3, 1829. 



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JUDGE LINDLEY W. MORRIS, of Toledo, 
who occupies the responsible and trustwor- 
thy position of Judge of the Court of Com- 
mon Pleas, First Sub-division of the Fourth 
Judicial District of Ohio, has been engaged in the 
practice of law in this city for the past fifteen 
years, and has given his whole time and energies 
to his chosen profession. During the three years 
from 1891 to 1893, inclusive, he was a member of 
the City Council, and served for one term as 
President of that honorable body. He is an in- 
fluential man in the ranks of the Republican party 
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that ticket for the position which he has since been 
honored with, but at tiiat time was defeateri bj- 
the opposition, who had as tlieir candidate Judge 
Lemon. In 1893 Judge Morris was again a can- 
didate for tlie Judgeship of tiie Common Pleas 
Court, and was successful, entering upon his duties 
October 8, 1894, his tenure of ofHce to cover a pe- 
riod of five years. 

The birth of Judge Morris occurred in Colum- 
biana County, Ohio, October 16, 1853. His parents, 
Thomas C. and Minerva J. (Preston) Morris, na- 
tives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively, were 
married in Columbiana County in March, 1850. 
The father was a farmer by occupation, and on his 
homestead Lindley W. spent his boyhood days 
in an uneventful manner, obtaining a practical 
and useful knowledge of general work. His edu- 
cation was limited to that afforded by the district 
schools until he was sixteen years of age. In 1874 
he entered Oberlin College, from which he was 
graduated in 1878. Going then to New Lisbon, 
Ohio, he entered the law office of Nichols & Fire- 
stone, where he studied for two years. In May, 
1880, he was admitted to the Bar before the Su- 
preme Court at Columbus, Ohio, and in the fall of 
the same year began his regular practice in this 
city. 

In December, 1894, occurred the marriage of 
Judge JMorris and Miss Fannie May Darling, who 
is a daughter of Col. Henry A. and Mary M. (New- 
comb) Darling, natives of Massachusetts, where 
Mrs. INIorris was reared to womanhood. She is a 
lady of good education and social attainments, 
wlio [(resides with charming hospitality over the 
pleasant home of her distinguished husband. 



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MATTHP:W BARTLETT. The commercial 
importance and prosperity of Toledo at 
present is unquestionably due to the wis- 
dom, foresight and enterprise of her business men, 
and it is a fitting tribute to those who have hon- 
orably distinguished themselves in the commercial 
arena that their name-s and lives should be com- 



memorated among those of the leading men in all 
branches. It is a fact worth3- of consideration 
that nearly all of our prominent businessmen have 
struggled from obscurity up to the foremost [)laces 
in every branch of trade. As a representative of 
this class, we present the following brief outline of 
one who has gained, without assistance from others, 
the leading (losition he holds to-day among the citi- 
zens of Toledo. 

Mr. Bartlett was born in the parish of Somer- 
set, England, April 19, 1841, and is the son of 
Matthew and Fannie Bartlett, the former of whom 
was a native of Devonshire, and a cabinet-maker 
and builder by trade. Our subject is the third 
in a family of ten children, there being six sons 
and four daughters. At the age of five years he 
was sent to the Broad Street School, which was 
founded in 1744 and is still in existence, being 
in charge of St. Michael's Church of England. 
Five years were spent in that institution, after 
which he returned home. Soon, however, he ran 
away, with a boyish love of adventure and a desire 
to see more of the great world. For a time he was 
employed as a messenger boy between Bristol and 
Clifton. 

Going to Loudon, Mr. Bartlett took passage on 
board an American ship, and after seventy-two 
days upon the ocean he arrived in New York Cit^-. 
There he boarded the " Francis Skiddy,'-' travel- 
ing up the Hudson to Albany, N. Y. From there 
he proceeded b}' stage to Troy, N. Y., where an 
uncle resided, and with him he made his home 
until 1854. During that year he came to Toledo 
and accepted a position with Ralph Cross, a jew- 
eler, with wliom he remained for three years. 
Then entering the office of Dr. Estill, he learned 
the dental business, acquiring a thorough knowl- 
edge of all departments of the profession during 
the three years he was thus engaged. 

Securing a clerkship in the dry-goods store of S. 
Smiley, Mr. Bartlett remained in that business 
until 1861, when he started out for himself. In 
partnership with James Moore, under the firm name 
of Moore & Bartlett, he embarked in business on 
Summit Street, the connection lasting until 1864. 
He is one of the veterans of the late war, having 
enlisted for service in the Union arinv as a mem- 




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ber of Coiii|jai*y B, One Hundred iind Thiitietli 
Oliio Infantry, Col. Henr3' Phillips commanding 
the regiment, which was .assigned to the Army of 
the Potomac, Thirteenth Army Corps. He took 
part in numerous important engagements, includ- 
ing the siege of Petersburg. In September, 1864, 
he was discharged. On the expiration of Ins term 
of service he returned to Toledo, and about one 
year afterward accepted a position as head clerk 
for La Salle cfe Kpstein, dry-goods merchants, with 
whom he remained until 1868. 

In company with S. Smiley, our subject pur- 
chased the furniture business owned by Rigby Bros., 
and this partnership continued until the death of 
Mr. Smilej', four months later. In 1890 Mr. Bart- 
lett erected a fine business block, a five-story brick 
structure with a stone front, the entire space being 
utilized in his business. There is a substantial 
freight elevator for the purpose of removing the 
goods from one floor to another. An extensive 
business is conducted in the manufacture and sale 
of furniture and bedding, and the reliable trans- 
actions of the proprietor have gained for him the 
confidence of other business men of the place. 

On New Year's Day of 1866 occurred the marri- 
age of Mr. Bartlett and Miss Josephine Holmes. 
They have one son, Charles. .Socially' our subject is 
a member of Wapaukonica Lodge No. 3, 1. O. O. F., 
and has passed all the chairs u|) to that of Grand 
Master of State. He is also connected with For- 
syth Post No. 15, G. A. R. In Concord Lodge No. 
149, K. of P., he has served as Past Chancellor, and 
is actively connected with the work of the order. 
He organized the latter lodge, and was instrumental 
in elevating the moral and social status of the 
lodges of Toledo. He is a member of the Board 
of Police Commissioners, and is also a member of 
the Board of Memorial Hall Trustees. Politically 
he is a Republican. 



HORACE S. WALBRIDGE, deceased. It 
may with justice be said that few citizens 
of Toledo have accomplished more for 
the development of the resources of the cit3' and 
county than did Mr. Walbridge. Intimately asso- 



ciated with the history of the place from the time 
of its incorporation under its present name until 
the da3' of his death, he made an enviable reputa- 
tion as a business man and citizen, and left to pos- 
terity as a precious bequest the memory of loyalty 
and self-sacrificing devotion to principle and the 
uplifting of humanity. He is remembered as one 
of the pioneers of the city, a man who by his in- 
dustry, enterprise and public-spirit contributed 
more largely to its progress than any one citizen. 
Surviving to witness its wonderful prosperity, he 
could in the last years of his life congratulate him- 
self upon the fruition of his early hopes and rejoice 
in the part he had taken to secure such fortunate 
results. 

The son of Chester and Mary (Walbridge) Wal- 
bridge, the subject of this memoir was born in Syr- 
acuse. N. Y., July 21, 1828. At the age of three 
years he was taken by his parents to Columbus, 
Ohio, and in 1834 brought by them to Port Law- 
rence, which soon afterward was incorporated un- 
der the name of Toledo. The family being poor, 
he was obliged when only twelve years old to be- 
come self-supporting, but this fact, instead of prov- 
ing detrimental to him, was the secret of his future 
success, for it enabled him to develop, in youth, 
the qualities of industry, perseverance and deter- 
mination that were so helpful to him in later years. 

After having been engaged in various mercan- 
tile capacities, Mr. Walbridge superintended the 
construction of a sawmill at Ottawa Lake, Mich., 
in the winter of 1845-46, and in the spring took a 
cargo of straw hats by canal to Cincinnati. On his 
return to Toledo, he entered the employ of Thomas 
Watkins in the grain commission business, and 
about 1854 took charge of the house of P. Buck- 
ingham & Co., of this city. At the expiration of 
a 3'ear he was admitted as a member of the latter 
firm, continuing thus until February 1, 1857. Sub- 
sequently- the title was changed to Brown, Wal- 
bridge & King, afterward to Brown, Walbridge & 
Co., and still later to H. S. Walbridge & Co. (the 
"Co." being Ebenezer Walbridge), under which 
title it was conducted until the retirement of the 
firm in 1868. In 1865 the firm of Walbridge, 
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was there continued until Mr. Walbridge witiidrew 
from tiie commission business. 

For many years Mr. Walbridge was closely con- 
nected with the real-estate interests of Toledo, and 
was extensively' engaged in buying and selling 
valuable property. In July. 1877, the firm of 
H. S. Walbridge &, Co. was organized by the ad- 
mission of his SOD, Thomas H. Through their en- 
ergy and judicious management large tracts of land 
previously not available were placed on the mar- 
ket, including many sub-divisions, also Waibridge's 
First, Second and Third Additions, Englewood, 
Stickney Avenue, Parkland, Baker and Braun's 
Additions. For some years he was President of 
the Real Estate Board of Toledo. In 1876 he pro- 
moted Woodlawn Cemetery, and in 1877, at its 
organization, he was chosen President, and held 
the office until his death. 

The city of Toledo in 18G9 appointed Mr. Wal- 
bridge Tiustee for the construction of the Toledo 
& Woodville Railroad, and during tlie building of 
the line he filled the position of President of the 
board for five years. Among the other roads 
which received his active assistance were the Co- 
lumbus & Toledo and the Detroit & Toledo branch 
of the Canada Southern. His connection with the 
banking interests of the city extended o>ver a quar- 
ter of a centur}-, and he was regarded as one of the 
shrewdest financiers of the country. In 1868 he 
owned and operated a private bank, known as the 
People's Bank, at the same time holding the posi- 
tion of President of the Northwestern Savings 
Bank, and in addition to these was Vice-President 
of the Toledo National Bank and a Director of 
the Second National and Northern National Banks. 

Scarcely any measure was ever proposed for the 
welfare of the peojile and the prosperity of the 
city that did not receive tlie heart\' sympathy and 
active co-operation of Mr. Walbridge, and to his 
efforts in many instances was due the adoption 
of plans that proved of the greatest benefit to the 
place. In the organization of the Toledo Gas 
Lightand Coke Company he largely aided, and of it 
he was elected Vice-President. He was also inter- 
ested financially in manj' of the manufacturing 
industries of Toledo. In 1868 he assisted Mat- 
thew Shoemaker in establishing the Union Manu- 



facturing Company. He was one of the prime fac- 
tors in the establishment of the Maumee Rolling 
Mill, and was manager and President of that im- 
portant enterprise. For more than thirty years he 
was an officer in Trinity Episcopal Cliurch and 
a generous contributor to the good works of that 
denomination. His benefactions to other worthy 
causes were equally liberal, and among the institu- 
tions that were the recipients of his generous con- 
tributions were the Protestant Orphans' Home, the 
Home for Friendless Women and the Protestant 
Hospital. For several years he was President of 
the Toledo Society for the Suppression of Vice. 

In October, 1863, Mr. Walbridge married Isa- 
bella D., daughter of Thomas and Mary (Davis) 
Watkins, and of their children three are now living, 
Thomas II.; Narcissa Grace, wife of Arthur J. Secor; 
and Mary Davis, wife of E. W. Newton. 

Politically Mr. Walbridge was a firm adherent 
of the principles of the Republican party. He 
was the originator, owner and builder of the splen- 
did office building known as "The Nasby." For 
many years he was President of the Toledo Board 
of Trade, and being a man of indefatigable indus- 
try, he bore a leading part in many other of the 
important enterprises calculated to foster and en- 
courage the growtli of the city. In his death,. Jan- 
uary 31, 1893, Toledo lost one of its truest friends 
and most progressive citizens. 



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REV. PETER SCHNITZLER, S. J., is the 
efficient and popular pastor of St. Mary's 
Catholic Church m Toledo, and is a gen- 
tleman of superior intellect, thorough education 
and genial manners. Though a native of Ger- 
many, he has been a resident of the United States 
for a quarter of a century. He was assigned to his 
present charge in 1893, and during the brief time 
which has since elapsed he has greatly increased 
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and brought renewed activity into every depart- 
ment of its work. In the arduous duties devolv- 
ing upon liim he has as liis assistants tlie Revs. 
Michael Zoeller and L. M. Kramer, S. J. 

St. Mary's Catholic Church was founded in 1854, 
and has steadily grown from a very small charter 
membership to a large congregation, numbering 
nine hundred families. Tlie parochial school in 
connection with the church has an average attend- 
ance of about seven liundred and twenty children. 
An efficient corps of teachers impart instruction to 
the pupils in all branches of elementary, scientific 
and classical departments. The following-named 
priests have preceded Rev. Mr. Schnitzler as pas- 
tor.s of St. Mary's: Rev. M. Zoeller, Rev. Al. Sigg, 
Rev. Anselm Leiter, Rev. William Kockeiols, Rev. 
Nicholas Greisch, Rev. P. Spicher and Rev. Ch. 
Evrard. Tlie priest's residence is at No. 618 Michi- 
gan Street. 

The birth of the subject of this notice occurred 
in German}' in 1837. He received a tiiorough ele- 
mentary education in the parochial schools of 
Veringendorf, and acquired botli a practical and 
theoretical knowledge of his mother tongue. 
lie pursued his higher studies in Sigmaringen, 
Munster, Aix-la-Chapelle and Maria-Laach,and was 
ordained priest September 13, 1868. In 1870 he 
set sail for the United States, and in this country 
he has since made his home, having held a number 
of important charges in various parts of the coun- 
try. He was for many years at Mankato, Minn., 
and during twelve years started many missions in 
different dioceses of the United States. He is de- 
voted in his zeal for the church, a man of high 
religious principles and noble character, and strives 
to be a faithful shepherd of his Master's flock. 



T7> MMETT P. BLACK, a popular young busi- 

r C) ness man, and tlie efficient agent of the 

Northwestern Natural Gas Company in 

Maumee, was born July 10, 1867, being the second 

child of William H. and Sarah (Truby) Black. 



The former was a native of New York, where he 
was reared and educated. After arriving at man's 
estate, he removed to Findlay, Ohio, and embarked 
in mercantile pursuits, which business he success- 
fully conducts at the present time. He served 
about a year as a private in the late war, and is 
now serving as Captain of Company A, Second 
Regiment Ohio National Guards. Socially he is a 
member of the Knights of Pythias. He has al- 
ways lead an honorable, upright life, and is reliable 
in all his business transactions. He is of Irisli ex- 
traction, but his parents were natives of the 
United States. 

The mother of our subject was a native of the 
Buckeye State, and resided here until her death, 
when only thirt}' years of age. Her parents were 
born in this country, but her grandparents, who 
emigrated to America in a very early day, were 
natives of England. Her father lost his life in 
defense of his country in the late war. 

The subject of this sketch received his education 
in tlie public schools of his childhood's home, and 
remained with liis parents until lie was about 
seventeen years of age, when he started out in life 
for himself. He first found employment as a 
switchman on the Lake Erie & Western Railroad, 
at Lima, but only occupied this position for three 
weeks, finding it uncongenial and not at all to his 
taste. Giving up his position, he went to Marion, 
Ind., and worked for the gas company of that 
cit3' for one year, and tiien returned to Ohio and 
located in Toledo, where he soon found employ- 
ment witli the Northwestern Gas Company. He 
remained in their employ in that city until 1890, 
when he came to Maumee as their agent in this 
city, and he has remained in that capacity until 
the present time. 

November 29, 1888, Mr. Black and Miss Alice 
Meeker were united in marriage, and as the result 
of tills union two ciiildren have been born, Rus- 
sell and Edna. Mr. Black is a stanch Democrat in 
his political views, and takes a deep interest in 
local politics. Fraternally he is identified with 
Maumee Lodge No. 682, I. O. 0. F., and also of 
Maumee Encampment No. 254. He is not a mem- 
ber of any church, but contributes liberally to the 
support of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mrs. 



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Black is a devoted member. He holds a good po- 
sition financially, and witli his family stands high 
in the social circles of Maumee and vicinity. 



MARS BEARING, President of the First 
National Bank of Toledo, is recognized 
as one of the able financiers of the city 
and northwestern Ohio, and for more than a quar- 
ter of a century has contributed by his judgment 
and financial assistance to many important busi- 
ness enterprises, which he has aided in placing on 
a sound basis, thereby promoting the growth and 
development of the commercial, manufacturing 
and financial interests of Toledo. His residence 
in this city covers a period of more than thirty- 
five years, and to write tiie history of his life is, to 
some extent, to write also the history of the place 
with which his name is so closely linked. 

In 1863 Mr. Nearing became interested in the 
banking business as a stockholder, seven years 
later was made Vice-President of the First Na- 
tional Bank, and in 1887 was elected President of 
that institution. The First National Bank of To- 
ledo has a capital stock of ^500,000, and a surplus 
of $600,000. Largely through the shrewd, and at 
the same time broad and liberal, management of 
affairs by Mr. Nearing, the bank has stood firm 
during panics and has weatiiered safely all the 
storms of financial depression. 

Referring to the history of the familj', we find 
that the father of our subject, Neptune Nearing, 
was born in Vermont, and after his marriage re- 
moved to New York State. In 1834 he brought 
his family to Ohio and settled near the county line 
between Wood and Lucas Counties. At that time 
the country was a vast wilderness, and it required 
the utmost exertion on his part to clear the land 
and improve a farm, but this ditlicult task he ac- 
complished, and lived to enjoy tlie fruits of his la- 
bors. Mis death occurred at the old homestead in 



1846. In character he was generous and strictly 
honorable in all his dealings, and though an en- 
terprising and shrewd business man, never over- 
stepped the limits of right and justice. Though 
almost a half-century has elapsed since his death, 
he is still remembered as one of the stalwart pio- 
neers of northwestern Ohio. 

Mars Nearing is one of two children born to 
Neptune and Eunice (Bonney) Nearing, iiis sister 
being Eunice, who died in New York in 1892. 
He was born in Le Roy, N. Y., .Tune 22, 1825, and 
passed the first eight years of his life in the Em- 
pire State. He came West with his parents and 
settled in Wood County, where he had such edu- 
cational advantages as the primitive schools of 
that day afforded. However, though his practical 
training was meager, he has always been a close 
reader and thinker, and to-day we find him to be 
a man well posted on the current topics of the day. 

Leaving home at the age of seventeen years, 
Mr. Nearing secured a clerkship in a country store 
in Lucas County. For two years he was in the 
employ of L. L. Morehouse, with whom he after- 
ward became interested as a partner in the firm of 
Morehouse & Co. They conducted a general store 
for eleven years, and at tiie expiration of that 
time the junior member sold out to his partner. 
In 1858 Mr. Nearing established his permanent 
abode in Toledo and at once embarked in the pork- 
packing business, which he carried on for two 
years. From 1863 to 1865 lie was in partnership 
with C'alvin Cone in the manufacture of cut and 
smoking tobacco, and for over a quarter of a cent- 
ury his interests have been almost exclusively in 
connection with banking. 

In early manhood Mr. Nearing was an old-line 
Whig, and since the organization of the Repub- 
lican party he has been one of its loyal supporters. 
In 1861 he was appointed Dej^uty Internal Reve- 
nue Collector of the Tenth Ohio District for two 
years. His marriage occurred in 1869 and united 
him with Miss Mary E., daughter of the late V. H. 
Ketciiam. They reside in a beautiful and well 
appointed home at No. 1617 Madison Avenue, 
where it is their especial pleasure to entertain their 
large circle of friends. 

Personally Mr. Nearing is a man of sound men- 




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tal calibre, incorruptible character and general 
trustworthiness, and is influential in Toledo. His 
success is largely due to his habits of economy and 
industry, which, formed in youth, have been of 
the greatest issistance to him since. He has al- 
ways made it a rule to attend personally to his 
business affairs, to which he still gives his super- 
vision with a vigor and energy not often possessed 
by men much his junior in years. He is held in 
high yjersonal consideration, as he is in every sense 
a manlj% straightforward gentleman, in whom his 
fellow-citizens place implicit trust. 



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FREDERICK BLAKE DODGE. Intimately 
associated for many years with some of 
the most important enterprises of Toledo, 
the name of this gentleman was honored wherever 
known, and his death was recognized as a public 
loss. He came to this city in earl>' manhood, and 
continued to reside here until his demise. During 
this long period he contributed of his ability and 
means to the advancement of progressive measures, 
and aided to a large degree the development of its 
manufacturing and commercial interests. 

A native of New Hampshire, Mr. Dodge was 
born in the city of Lyme, March 19, 1838. In his 
youth he was the recipient of exceptional educa- 
tional advantages, of which he availed himself to 
the utmost, being a diligent and painstaking stu- 
dent. He prepared for college at Kimball Acad- 
emy, at Meriden, N. H., and was graduated from 
Dartmoutli College in 1860. Soon after he came 
West and accepted the position of Principal of the 
Toledo High School. Later he spent a year in the 
Adjutant-General's office at Columbus, Ohio, after 
which he returned to Boston for the purpose of 



studying law. Admitted to the Bar, he practiced 
the legal profession for a short time in Toledo, but 
soon transferred his attention to other lines. 

Forming a partnership with Hon. T. P. Brown, 
Mr. Dodge embarked in the insurance business in 
1868, and two years later formed the firm of 
Brown & Dodge, by which E. O. Brown and him- 
self were associated for many years, and which 
business is now continued by his sons. Vov many 
years he was Secretary and manager of the Toledo 
Fire and Marine Insurance Company. He was also 
interested in real estate, and successfully car- 
ried out a number of large deals, as well as many 
of less magnitude. In the management of many 
manufacturing enterprises he was active. and among 
the more prominent in which he was interested at 
the time of his death were the following: Toledo 
Electric Company, Toledo White Lime Company, 
Central Chandelier Company, Yaryan Manufact- 
uring Company, Milburn Wagon Company and 
Toledo Cotton Mills Company. 

The political affiliations of Mr. Dodge brought 
him into active sympathy with the Republican 
party, and he was deeply interested in such meas- 
ures as promised the growth of that organization. 
At one time he was a member of the Board of Al- 
dermen of Toledo. Interested in educational ad- 
vantages, he did his part toward raising the stand- 
ard of the schools, and for a long time was a 
member of the Teachers' Examining Committee of 
Lucas County. 

In October, 1864, Mr. Dodge was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Caroline E. Perkins, of Newbury- 
port, Mass. They became the parents of five chil- 
dren, four of whom, Frederick H., Georgiana W., 
Henry P. and Agnes B., together with the widow, 
survive him. Mr. Dodge died suddenly, of apo- 
plexy, at lus home, January 1, 1893. True to 
every duty of life as a man, husband and father, 
he possessed a wide circle of friends, and his mem- 
ory is revered in the hearts of the many who knew 
and loved him for his excellent qualities and kind- 
liness of heart. As a business man lie was success- 
ful, and his prosperity was gained solely through 
his unaided efforts. For some time he was a mem- 
ber of the Board of Trade of Toledo, and his name 
was also associated with many other important en- 



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terprises. Identifying himself with every interest 
of llie county, political, manufacturing and com- 
mercial, he was justly accounted one of her sub- 
stantial men of affairs, and one of her law-abiding 
citizens. His walk through life was marked by 
the utmost propriety, a sincere regard for others, 
and the exercise of the highest principles of honor. 



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/^~y EORGE F. EICHENLAUB, a resident of 
V^ T Washington Township, Lucas County, is 
engaged in market-gardening, finding a 
ready sale for the products of his farm in the ad- 
jacent city of Toledo. For the past eight years 
he has owned and operated his farm, which com- 
prises twenty-seven acres, and is doing very well 
financially. He is a native of Bavaria, his birth 
having occurred on the beautiful River Rhine, De- 
cember 17, 1828. 

The parents of our subject were Joseph and 
Margaret Eichenlaub, whose family numbered six 
sons and three daughters. The early boyhood of 
our subject was passed on his father's farm, and 
when twelve years of age he began working at the 
trade of a butcher. He was obliged to pay $280 
in order to learn the business, and dui'ing the four 
years of his apprenticeship received only his board 
and clothes. After learning his trade he attended 
Heidelberg College for two years, in order to be 
more fully equipped for the battle of life. 

After completing his course at college, young 
Eichenlaub bade adieu to his old friends and set 
forth to make his livelihood and a home in the 
United States. After a long and tiresome journey, 
which consumed seventy-six days, he landed at 
New Orleans, in which city he remained for two 
years. He then returned to Europe, where he vis- 
ited his relatives for a short time, after which he 
once more set his face westward. The voyage 
this time was not of such long duration, only 



forty-six days being spent on the ocean. The two 
years following his return he worked industriouslj', 
and then once more, becoming homesick, he sailed 
for Germany. The return voyage to the United 
Slates took ninety -six days. 

In 1849 Mr. Eichenlaub went to Erie, Pa., where 
he started a butcher-shop, but finding a good op- 
portunity to sell out, went from there to Kendall- 
ville, Ind., and opened a shop in that place, which 
he conducted for two 3'ears. For the succeeding 
twelve years he was in the same business at La- 
Porte, Ind. In 1873 he settled in Toledo, and 
for some time conducted a shop on Summit Street, 
but in 1887 moved to his present farm. 

July 4, 1850, Mr. Eichenlaub married Barbara 
Fellenberger, and they have had two sons and two 
daughters, as follows: Mary, Frank (deceased), 
Emma and Joseph. The family are members of 
the Catholic Church, and are respected by their 
friends and neighbors. In his political faith our 
subject uses his ballot in favor of the Democracy. 



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eAPT. OSCAR N. GUNN.an honored resi- 
dent of Maumee, has a war record of wliich 
he may well be proud, as he participated 
in many of the most famous campaigns and battles 
of the late Civil War, and won his title by gallant 
and meritorious service. In 1873 he came to make 
a permanent home in this city, and has been en- 
gaged in painting, paper-hanging and decorative 
work since that time. He is now a member of the 
School Board, and has held various other local 
offices. For four years, under President Hayes' 
administration, he was Postmaster here. 

Captain Gunn was born October 12, 1836, in 
Lucas Count}', his parents being Richard and Mary 
(Brant) Gunn, and he was next to the youngest 
of eight children. William E., the eldest, was a 
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was killed in a charge at Vicksburg, when within 
fifteen feet of the breastworks. He was about fort j' 
years of age at the time, and is now sleeping his 
last sleep on the famous battlefield. Melissa died 
in her eighteenth year, and Mary died when about 
twenty-three years of age. Montague is now liv- 
ing in Ft. Dodge, Iowa. Orilla died at the age of 
about fifty-five years. Richard 0., who was a mem- 
ber of the Ninety-fifth Illinois Regiment in the 
late war, and held the rank of Corporal, was also 
wounded at Vicksburg, and died in the hospital 
at Keokuk, Iowa, aged about twenty-seven years. 
Eleanor is the wife of Allen Boomer, of Arkansas. 

Richard Gunn was a native of Massachusetts, 
and was a lad of about ten years when his parents 
removed to New York State, where he remained 
until the fall of 1816. At that time, in company 
with a cousin, he came to Lucas County and took 
up land near Waterville, after which he went back 
to his old home and remained until the fall of 
1817, when he settled on his claim. He made the 
journey from Buffalo to Sandusky by steamer, 
and from the last-named point proceeded by ox- 
team, reaching bis claim when there were few set- 
tlers in this locality. He cultivated his farm until 
his death, which occurred in 1839. He was born 
in October, 1791, and took |)art in the War of 1812. 
His parents were born in Massachusetts, but his 
grandparents were natives of Scotland. Mary, the 
wife of Richard Gunn, who was born in Massachu- 
setts, April 11, 1802, died two years after her hus- 
band's demise, and was placed by his side in the 
Providence Cemetery. Her grandparents were 
born in Holland, but her parents were natives of 
the Bay State. 

Capt. O. N. Gunn was only three years old at 
the time of his father's death, and two years later 
was again bereaved by the death of his mother. 
The family was separated and he went to live with 
a cousin, Alfred B. Gunn, of Fulton County. He 
was reared on his relative's new and unimproved 
farm, which he helped to clear and improve, and 
attended school two or three months of each year 
until the spring of 1861, when he began working 
for a farmer by the month. 

April 19, 1861, our subject promptly responded 
to the call foi one hundred-days men by offering 



his services to Company F, Fourteenth Ohio In- 
fautry. His term of enlistment expired August 
13 following, and thirteen days later he re-enlisted 
in Company I of the same regiment for three 
years. He was elected Orderly-Sergeant, August 
2, 1863, and was promoted to the rank of Second 
Lieutenant of Company D November 18, 1864. 
Then after serving as First Lieutenant, he was 
made Captain of Company D, January 6, 1865, 
and held that rank until he was mustered out at 
Cleveland, July 24, 1865. Among the battles in 
which he took an active part are the following: 
Philippi, Laurel Hill, Bealington Heights, Carrick's 
Ford, Logan's Crossroads, Mill Spring, Chicka- 
mauga. Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Rock3' 
Face Ridge, Buzzard's Roost, Snake Creek Gap, 
Resaca, Atlanta and Jonesboro. In the engage- 
ment last mentioned Captain Gunn 's brigade made 
a gallant charge, and he led his company, which 
was the fiist over the second line of works. He 
then went with Sherman on his march to the sea, 
and thence to Washington, where he took part in 
the Grand Review. In the battle of Chickamauga 
be received a slight gunshot wound, and the scar 
over his left eye he will carry to his grave. Thir- 
teen balls passed tiirough his clothing. His sword 
belt was cut off by a ball which passed through it, 
and a spent grapeshot, which struck him in the 
back of the neck, knocked him down. He was 
with his company in every battle in which they 
were engaged, and was only absent from the ranks 
two months, when he was sick with typhoid fever. 

January 4, 1864, Captain Gunn returned home 
on a furlough, and on the 16th of the same month 
married Mrs. Sarah Ellen (Davis) Gunn. After the 
war they settled on a rented farm near Grand Rap- 
ids, Ohio, to vvhich place they later removed. The 
Captain carried the mail from Grand Rapids to 
Tontogany for two years, after which he conducted 
a farm in Lucas County for a year, and then fin- 
ally settled in Maumee. 

Captain and Mrs. Gunn have had no children 
of their own, but adopted a son, Martin E., who 
lives in Maumee. During the war Mrs. Gunn 
went to the South to look for a wounded brother 
who hart gone out as a member of the One Hun- 
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wounded. She found him at the Louisville Hos- 
pital, nursed him until he was able to travel, and 
then took him home. Socially Captain Gunn is a 
member of Northern Light Lodge No. 40, F. & 
A. M., of Mauraee; of C. B. Mitchell Post No. 84, 
G. A. R.; and of the Union Veteran Union No. 49, 
of Toledo. He is quite an active worker in Re- 
publican party ranks. He and his wife are mem- 
bers of the Presbyterian Church, and possess the 
confidence and love of a host of friends. 



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BERNHARD BECKER, M. D., is one of the 
worthy German-American citizens of To- 
ledo, and is a successful medical practi- 
tioner. He IS a member of the Permanent Ger- 
man Congress of Surgeons at Berlin, and belongs 
to the Toledo, the Ohio State, the Northwestern 
Ohio and the American Medical Associations. He 
is also a Fellow S. Sc, of London, England, and 
in every possible manner endeavors to keep fully 
abreast of the times in all discoveries and inven- 
tions along the line of his chosen work. For 
eighteen months he was City Physician and Sur- 
geon, and was formerly on the staff of practition- 
ers at St. Vincent's Hospital. He is nowemploj'ed 
as surgeon of the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw 
Railroad. 

The birth of Dr. Becker occurred in Frankenau, 
Germany, in the year 1857. He is the fifth in a 
family numbering three sons and three daughters 
born to the Rev. D. and Fredericka (Bingell) 
Becker. The father was a minister in the Lutheran 
Church, and devoted the greater part of his life 
to his sacred calling. 

Dr. Becker received fine educational advantages 
in the excellent schools of his native land, and 
took the degree of Master of Arts at Fulda. He 
then took up the study of medicine, attending 
colleges in Marburg, Germanj^and Zurich, Switzer- 



land, finally' graduating in 1882 with the degree 
of Doctor of Medicine. For four years he was 
engaged in practice in Switzerland, and then, in 
1886, set sail for the United States, and by way of 
New York City came direct to Toledo, where he 
at once embarked ia general practice, and now has 
a large and growing clientage. 

The home of Dr. Becker is at No. 603 Oakwood 
Avenue. The lady who presides over its hospitable 
board with womanly grace was formerly Miss Mary 
Kroeger, late of Hamburg, Germany. She is a 
daughter of the late Imperial Austrian Consul, 
Charles Kroeger-Ebole, at that cit}'. The marriage 
of the Doctor and wife took place in December, 
1885, in Germanj'. They have one son, who bears 
the name of Curt H. C. 

Since becoming a naturalized citizen of the 
United States, Dr. Becker has given his allegiance 
to the Democratic party, and never fails in the 
discharge of his duties as a citizen, being interested 
in whatever promises to advance the prosperity of 
this city and country. 






T7> RWIN P. RAYMOND, who is an attorney- 
r^ C) at-law in Toledo, and a well known mem- 
ber of the profession, has served in several 
public capacities, having been a member of the 
City Council, a member of the Police Board, and 
for two years City Solicitoi. For the past twelve 
j-ears he has been one of the Trustees of the Pub- 
lic Library. In politics he is a stanch Democrat. 
The parents of the above-named gentleman are 
Paul and Harriet (Southworth) Raymond. (See 
the former's history, which appears elsewhere in 
this work.) Paul Raymond, who is a native of 
New Hampshire, has been for many years a suc- 
cessful merchant, and is also a prominent real-es- 
tate dealer of this city. His wife was born in 
eastern New York, and by her marriage has be- 




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come the mother of five children, of whom our 
subject is the eldest. 

Erwin P. Ra3mond was born in Adrian, Lena- 
wee County, Mich., March 9, 1845, and with his 
parents came to this city in 1866. His first steps 
in the direction of obtaining an education were 
taken in the public schools of Toledo. Later he 
entered the high school, where he took a special 
course. Having determined to enter the legal 
profession, he next attended the State University 
of Michigan, and was graduated from the law de- 
partment in 1871. He passed the required exami- 
nations before the Supreme Court of Ohio, and 
was admitted to the Lucas County Bar. On com- 
mencing his active practice he associated with 
himself Charles Dodge, the firm being known as 
Dodge & Raymond. After a long and successful 
business connection the partnership was dissolved 
by mutual consent, at the end of twelve years, 
and since that time Mr. Raymond has conducted 
his general law practice alone. 

In October, 1875, a marriage ceremony was per- 
formed by which Miss Margaret L. Johnson, of 
Toledo, became the wife of Erwin P. Raymond. 
The lady, who is a daughter of Ferdinand John- 
son, is a native of Toledo. Three children have 
been born to her and her husband, a son and two 
daughters, Harriet B., Horton J. and Clara P. 



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JACOB FOLGER. The annals of poor boys 
who have become wealthy men are to be 
found everywhere in America, and nowhere 
more than in the thriving cities of Ohio. It 
is not alone to the native-born that this good for- 
tune has come, but many who have emigrated from 
the older countries of Europe (where geiierations 
of hardship and poverty have disheartened the 
people) have found in the New World the pros- 
perity which the}- could not have attained at 
home. 

It is the life record of such a one that we now 
present. Mr. Folger, who is a wholesale dealer in 



fresh and salt meats, and is the principal pork- 
packer of Toledo, was born in Bavaria, Germany, 
April 6, 1844, and is the son of Joiinand Cather- 
ine Folger, being the youngest of their seven chil- 
dren who lived to years of maturit}-. At the age 
of six years he entered the public schools of his 
native land, where he continued until thirteen 
years of age, meantime gaining a practical educa- 
tion in his native language. 

When in his thirteenth year Mr. P'olger sailed 
for the United States, and after a voyage of seven 
weeks he landed in New York City, where he 
spent three years with a brother, the proprietor of 
a meat-market in that city. In 1860 he came to 
Toledo, Ohio, where he entered the employ of 
GotleibStahal, the proprietor of a meat-market, re- 
maining with that gentleman for three years. In 
1864 he embarked in business for himself, forming 
a partnersliip with Benjamin Emch, under the firm 
name of Folger ife Emch. He has since conducted 
an increasing business, and is now recognized as 
the principal packer of the city. His slaughter 
houses are located near Toledo, while his whole- 
sale and retail house is on St. Clair Street. The 
former is well equipped with steam power and with 
all the latest appliances for the business. Owing 
to the strong competition in the sale of dressed 
beef, he gives his attention now [jrincipally to the 
slaughtering and packing of pork, and also manu- 
factures sausage and lard upon an extensive scale. 

The salting and smoking of the meats are done 
at the business house, Nos. 9 and 11 St. ClairStreet, 
a building especially fitted up for the business. 
For some years Mr. Folger has been the sole pro- 
prietor of the concern, and his remarkable success 
has won for him a foi'emost place among the busi- 
ness men of Toledo. In addition to a large local 
trade, he sells to jobbers of meats at different points 
in Ohio and other states. 

Turning our attention from tlie business to the 
domestic history of Mr. Folger, we find that he 
occupies a pleasant residence on Cherry Street, 
in one of the best neighborhoods in the city. His 
attractive home is presided over with grace and an 
unfailing hospitality by his accomplished wife, with 
whom he was united in marri.age in 1864. She 
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daughter of Benjamin Erach, the former partner 
of Mr. Folger. She was horn in Wood County, 
Ohio, and tliere grew to womanhood, receiving 
such advantages as the schools of tliat county af- 
forded. Her family consists of three sons and 
four daughters, to whom have been given the best 
educational advantages, and who are fitted for po- 
sitions of influence in society and the business 
world. 

Mr. Folger is loyal to the interests of his adopt- 
ed couutr3', and believing that protection will best 
promote the success of home industries, he favors 
the Republican platform and principles. He has 
held the ofBce of President of Forest Cemetery, 
and also served one term as a member of the City 
Council. He began in business with limited means, 
but by energ}', tact and close attention to details, 
he has accumulated valuable property. 



T~A BENEZER DONALDSON, one of the hon- 
r C) ored and respected pioneer residents of 
Grand Rapids, Wood County, is a native 
of tliis state, and was born September 8. 1826, in 
Perry County. He was the second child in the 
family of four born to James and Anna (Peugh) 
Donaldson. The former was born May 6, 1803, in 
Washington County, Pa., and was reared on a 
farm. He attended the common schools of his 
home locality until 1818, when he removed with 
his parents to Perry County, Ohio, remaining 
there until 1830. The family then came to Wood 
County, and located on Government land on Bea- 
ver Creek, about two miles from Grand Rapids. 
The only other family living near this place at the 
time was that of Alexander Brown, who settled 
there in 1828. 

Tlie Indians were numerous when the family 
lirst look up their quarters in this part of Ohio, 



and, as may be supposed, the country was in a very 
uncultivated state, but b^- unceasing industry and 
perseverance Mr. Donaldson cleared and cultivated 
a portion of the land he had taken up, and re- 
mained upon it until some time in 1837. Having 
disposed of his property about this time, he pur- 
chased another farm in the same township, and re- 
moved his family there. He made his home on 
this latter farm until 1872, when he came to Grand 
Rapids. Here he followed the occupation of a 
teamster and mail-carrier until his death, which 
occurred in March, 1886, of Bright's disease. He 
was a strong Republican in politics, and served his 
township as Trustee for a number of years. 

The grandfather of our subject was born in 
1775, and when a mere boy served in Shays' Re- 
bellion. The faniilj- dates back in America to 
Jacob Donaldson, who was born in Scotland and 
came to America in 1730. He settled in eastern 
Pennsylvania, but was killed by the Indians be- 
fore the Revolutionar3' War, probably in the 
French and Indian War. He had three daughters 
and one son. The latter, Isaac Donaldson, mar- 
ried Martha Reynolds in 1769, and in a few years 
removed with his growing family to Indiana 
County, Pa., took up a tract of Government land, 
and entered vigorously upon its improvement. 
While living there, in company with a Mr. Barn- 
hill, he was returning from a visit to a neighbor, 
when they were pursued by Indians, and Mr. 
Barnhill was captured. Mr. Donaldson outran the 
Indians, but was shot bj" an Indian lying under 
the fence not far from the house, and was scalped 
and tomahawked. 

The mother of our subject was born June 11, 
1804. She was a native of Virginia, and in 1805 
came with her parents to Perry Count}-, Ohio, 
where they were among the first white settlers. 
Both of her grandfathers participated in the In- 
dian Wars. She was of Welsh-Irisii ancestry, but 
her parents were natives of America. 

Ebenezer Donaldson, or "Squire" Donaldson, as 
he is familiarly called, was but four years of age 
when he came with his parents to this county. He 
remained at home until of iige, spending his boy- 
hood days assisting his father on the farm, and 
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house. He remembers many incidents of those 
early pioneer days, and relates them to tlie great 
interest of the young people of his acquaintance. 
When about twenty-three years of age he moved 
to a farm given to him by his father, in Weston 
Township, where he set up housekeeping soon after 
his marriage. In 1854 he sold out and bought 
another place in Wasliington Township, and im- 
mediately took possession of his new home, re- 
maining tliere until 1873. 

During the late Civil War Mr. Donaldson served 
his country faithfully for three years. On the 
18th of September, 1861, he enlisted in Company 
H, Twent^'-first Regiment Ohio Volunteers, en- 
listing as a private. He was soon promoted, how- 
ever, to the office of Sergeant, and saw a great 
deal of hard service in those three years, partici- 
pating in a number of engagements. He was cap- 
tured by Morgan in Tennessee in 1862, but was 
paroled and kept at Camp Wallace, at Columbus, 
until March, 1863, when he rejoined his regiment 
at Murfreesboro. He marched with it from Chat- 
tanooga to Atlanta. He was in Hospitals No. 8 
and 19 in Nashville for about one year, and at the 
expiration of his service, or September 18, 1864, 
he was honorably discharged, and returned to his 
old home, taking up his work where he had laid it 
down at the call of his countrj'. 

After returning from the war Mr. Donaldson 
continued to follow agricultural pursuits until 
1873, when he sold out his farm and removed to 
Grand Kapids, where lie has since made his home. 
Since coming to this city lie has filled various of- 
fices of honor and trust. He has held the respon- 
sible position of Postmaster of the city for a num- 
ber of years, and is now serving as Justice of the 
Peace. He is also engaged in llie insurance busi- 
ness in this city in the interest of the Plicenix In- 
surance Company. 

September 20, 1849, Mr. Donaldson married 
Miss Ann C. Dubbs, of Wood County, and six 
children liave been born to the worthy couple: 
Mary E., who is the wife of William A. Watson, a 
farmer of this township; Stella, now Mrs. Paul B. 
Palmer, of Toledo; Florence, who married David 
Richards, of this county; Olive, a very prominent 
teacher of Latin in the Smead Private School at 



Toledo; Carrie, the wife of W. W. Edwards, a 
banker, of Leipsic, Ohio; and Alexander J., a 
farmer in Henry County, this state. Florence has 
quite a reputation as a temperance lecturer, hav- 
ing delivered lectures all over the countiT, and 
at one time she spent two months in the city of 
Cleveland, Ohio, where she lectured every evening 
to crowded houses on that all-important tlieme. 

Politically our worthy subject is a stanch Re- 
publican, who has alwaj's taken a deep interest in 
local politics. He is a man of good moral charac- 
ter, is highly respected and has the confidence of 
the entire community. He and his vvife are mem- 
bers of the Methodist Church. 



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JOHN C. JONES was born near Lock, Knox 
County, Ohio, April 9, 1857, and was a son 
of Basil and Isabel (Evans') Jones. When 
he was a year and a-half old his mother died? 
and he went to live with his grandparents, Mr. 
and Mrs. Joseph Evans, of Licking County, Ohio, 
where he remained until five years of age, when, 
his father having remarried, he went to live with 
him. 

At the age of seventeen Mr. Jones began teach- 
ing school in the winter and attending school in 
the spring and fall, until June 3, 1881, when he 
graduated from the normal school at Utica, Ohio. 
He continued to teach in Licking County until the 
fall of 1886, when he took charge of the public 
schools of Sylvania, Lucas County, this state, where 
he remained for five years. Then, becoming tired 
of teaching, he turned his attention to the study 
of law, registering with Hon. J. K. Hamilton and 
the late J. D. Ford at Toledo, Ohio. October 5, 
1892, he passed a successful examination before 
the Supreme Court of Ohio, and was admitted to 
the practice of law. He at once took an office with 



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L. W. Morris, and after the latter was elected 
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas he became 
associated with George B. Boone. He takes quite an 
active interest in matters of education, and is a 
member of the Count}- Board of Scliool P^xaminers. 
He belongs to the Knights of the IVIaccabces, and 
is the present Commander of Enterprise Tent No. 
138, at Sylvania, Ohio. 

JJecember 24, 1885, Mr. Jones was married to 
Addie M., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Harris, 
of St. Louisville, Ohio. Four children have been 
the result of tiiis union, namely: Waite D., born Oc- 
tober 19, 188G; Bernice, born September 20, 1889, 
and who died December 9, 1891; Bessie, born Oc- 
tober 21, 1891; and Lucile, born December 14, 
1893. Mrs. Jones is a lady of good education and 
social attainments, and is a member of the Con- 
gregational Church. 

In politics Mr. Jones is identified with the Re- 
publican party. He and his wife took a four- 
years course of reading and study as members of 
the Chautauqua Circle, belonging to the Class of 
'89. Mr. Jones' present address is Sylvania, Ohio. 



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r^ APT. JOHN H. FISHP:R, another of the 
v^\y old pioneer settlers and prominent farmers 
of Wood County, resides on section 8, 
Weston Township. He was born December 17, 
1818, in Orleans County, N. Y., being the fourth 
child in the family of nine born unto Peter and 
Lydia (Oakley) Fisher. Tiie father, who was also 
a native of the Empire Stale, was born in 1777. 
He was a farmer by occupation, and followed that 
calling all his life, the greater part of the time in 
New York. Late in life, however, he removed to 
Michigan, and settled in Oakland County, where 
he spent the remainder of bis days. He was called 
to the land beyond April 7, 1866, in the eighty- 
eighth year of his age. The mother of our sub- 



ject was born in 1798, and passed away June 6, 
1880. Her parents were Virginians bj' birth, and 
her father was an officer in the Revolutionary 
War. 

John H. Fisher, the subject of this sketch, was 
reared on a farm, and remained at home with his 
parents until he was fifteen years old. He was 
first employed .as a teamster on the Erie Canal, and 
followed that calling for about two years, after 
which he engaged in the canal business between 
Cleveland and Portsmouth, and remained there for 
about three years. In thes])ringof 1843 he gave 
up his position, and, going to Toledo, worked on 
the canal at that place for three years. After this 
he became captain of a boat on the canal, and held 
that position for twelve years, and by his pleasant, 
genial disposition gained many friends during that- 
time. Becoming tired, however, of the life of a 
sailor, he gave up the vocation and came to Wood 
County, where he purchased some land and settled 
down to the life of a farmer. He now owns one 
hundred and seventy-five acres of land in this and 
Henry County (a portion of which adjoins the 
city of Grand Rapids) and has a beautiful home on 
the banks of the Maumee River, where he is sur- 
rounded by all the comforts and many of the lux- 
uries of life. For a number of years he owned 
and operated a sawmill, and was very successful 
in all his business transactions, but what he has 
he has earned by his own industrious habits and 
his energy. He is known all over the county as 
"Captain" Fisher, and is honored and respected as 
an honest, upright gentleman and worthy old 
pioneer. 

January 27, 1848, Captain Fisher and MissChar- 
lotta, daughter of William and Bridget (Boyle) 
Groober, were united in marriage. Her father was 
a native of Lancaster County, Pa., where the 
family had lived for some generations, and where 
he was reared and learned the tanner's trade. 
After having come to the years of maturity, he 
came to Ohio and located near Wooster, where he 
remained two years, after which he removed to 
this county and settled on a farm where the city 
of Grand Rapids now stands. Here he engaged 
in farming, and continued to follow that occuim- 
tion until his death, which occurred at the age of 




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seventy-two years. Mrs. Fisher's maternal grand- 
parents were of Scolcb-Irish descent, but her mother 
was born in Pennsylvania, April 20, 1809, and lier 
death occurred liere June 30, 1888. 

Two cliildren have blessed the union of Cajitain 
and Mrs. Fisher. William, born August 20, 1849, 
died in infancy. Frances Lillian, who was born 
August 15, 1850, married Alexander Williamson, 
and 'resides in Bowling Green, Ohio. They are 
the parents of four children: Grace Lillian, who 
married, December 25,1894, William Hutchinson, 
of Waterville; Alma Gertrude, who married, June 
28, 1893, George F. Hosbury, of Toledo; and 
Mabel Charlotte and John, who are at home. 

Mr. Fisher is a stanch Republican in his politi- 
cal views, but has never aspired to political hon- 
ors, although taking a deep interest in local 
affairs and ever}' enterprise pertaining to the 
growth and welfare of the community in which 
he lives. He and his wife are members of the 
Presbyterian Church at Grand Rapids. 



JASPER P. COLLINS. In compiling a vol- 
ume dedicated to the successful business men 
of Toledo, conspicuous mention belongs to 
the subject of this notice, who is now en- 
gaged in the real-estate and loan business, being 
the owner of extensive real-estate interests in the 
western part of the city. The nobility of charac- 
ter he has ever displa3'ed, and the wisdom govern- 
ing his conduct, have inspired unbounded confi- 
dence in his disposition and honor on the part of 
his friends, and his acquaintances concede to him 
abilities of the highest order, unimpeachable in- 
tegrity and inflexible firmness of purpose. 

A native of New York, Mr. Collins was born in 
Brownsville, Jefferson County, October 1, 1834, 
being the son of John W. and Sarah (Peck) Col- 
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lins, also natives of the Empire State. His father 
came to Toledo in 1834, and here continued to re- 
side until his death in 1884, at the age of eighty- 
three years. In connection with his brother, San- 
ford L., he embarked in the hotel business at 
Tremainsville (now within the city limits of To- 
ledo), which they continued for a short time, at 
the same time carrying on a general store across the 
street from the hotel. They dealt largely with the 
Indians and early settlers. 

After completing a thorough education, Mr. 
Collins at first embarked in farming, but later 
made a specialty of dairying. For years he was 
thus engaged, during which time he furnished sev- 
eral of the leading hotels of Toledo with milk. 
He originated a process of cooling the milk so that 
the anim.ll heat was taken out of it, thus render- 
ing it possible to make a delivery only once a day, 
instead of twice, as before. In 1892, havinggaincd 
a handsome competence through his energetic ef- 
forts, he retired from the dairy business, and now 
devotes his attention to the oversight of his real- 
estate and money-loaning interests. He was in- 
strumental in the donation of twenty acres of 
ground upon which the Jewel Sewing Machine 
Company located, the plant being now enlarged 
and occupied by the Lozier Bicycle Company. 

In the fall of 1857 Mr. Collins was united in 
marriage with Miss Miriam Ackley, of Cleveland, 
Ohio, who died in 1868, leaving two daughters. 
Jennie S., the elder of the two, is the wife of F. 1. 
King, of Toledo; and Julia A., the X'ounger, is the 
wife of Peter C. Storr, of St. Paul, Minn. The pres- 
ent wife of Mr. Collins, whom he married in 1871, 
was Miss Mary F. Blinn, a native of Perrysburg, 
Ohio. Her parents, Judge Nathaniel D. and Maria 
(Parker) Blinn, were natives, respectively', of Dover 
Corners, Ohio, and Massachusetts. Her paternal 
grandfather was a pioneer of Cleveland, and as- 
sisted in building the m.acadaraized road between 
Sandusky and Perrysburg, this state. Mrs. Collins 
is a lefined and cultured lady, and stands high in 
the best society of Toledo. Her home at No. 3403 
Detroit Avenue is a pleasant one, and it is her 
particular enjoyment to throw wide open its doors 
for the entertainment of her many friends. By 
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mother of a son, Ralph B., a promising J'ounjr man, 
and at present a student in the Toledo schools. 

.Sociall}- Mr. Collins is a member of the Masonic 
order, having attained the degree of Knight Tem- 
pl.Tr. In politics he has always been a stanch Re- 
publican. 



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DANIEL A. BROWN, a retired business man 
and well known citizen of Toledo, is a 
native of New England, having been born 
in (Jrleans County,Vt.,on the 7th of May, 1828. His 
parents were Ammi and Sara (Miltimore) Brown, 
the father a native of Winchendon, Mass., and the 
mother of New Hampshire. They came to Ohio 
and located in Toledo, where they remained until 
the time of their death, the father passing away in 
that city at the age of seventy-six years, and the 
mother at the age of eighty-five years. 

The gentleman whose name heads this sketch re- 
mained in the home of his birth until he was eight- 
een years of age. He attended the public schools 
and received a fair education, which he has made 
good use of in his business career. In 1846 he 
started oul in life for himself, first going to 
Briglits, now included in Boston, Mass., where he 
engaged in the stock business, buying and ship- 
ping stock. 'I'his venture proved a success, and he 
continued to carry on the business until 1851, 
when he decided to go West and "grow up with 
the country." He made his way to Cleveland, 
Ohio, and again embarked in the same vocation. 
He remained in that city about three years, and 
then removed to Toledo, where he formed a part- 
nership with Stillraan Brown, a cousin, and con- 
ducted the same business which he had followed 
in Boston and Cleveland. In 1859 this firm took 
charge of the Toledo Stock Yards, doing an im- 
mense business, slaughtering one thousand hogs a 
day, and at the same time carrying on an extensive 
packing trade. In ten years' time the partners had 



accumulated a comfortable fortune and retired 
from that business, our subject at present being 
engaged in looking after his real-estate interests. 

Mr. Brown was married, in 1862, to Miss Amelia 
Fisher, a native of Wooster, Ohio, and an estima- 
ble lady, who is highly esteemed for her many 
lady-like qualities and her generosity. She has 
become the mother of five children, one son and 
four daughters, as follows: Alma C, the wife of 
C. E. Russell; Belle, now Mrs. A. M. Chesbrough, 
who resides in Toledo; Daniel A., Jr.; Mary A. 
and Henrietta AV. The family occupy a high posi- 
tion in the social circles of Toledo, and their beau- 
tiful residence. No. 651 Miami Street, is a large 
brick dwelling, which, with its prett3' surround- 
ings, presents an attractive appearance. 

Politically Mr. Brown is a Democrat, and has 
always supported the nominees of that party with 
his influence and ballot. Fraternally he is a mem- 
ber of the Free and Accepted Masons, and is iden- 
tified with Rubicon Lodge. 



Cy EORGE ZELLER, a prominent stone con- 
^ T tractor and builder of Maumee, is a na- 
tive of Ohio. He was born January 24, 
1855, in Maumee, and is the eldest in a family of 
six children born to Leo and Mary (Stewart) Zeller. 
His parents were both natives of Germany, the 
former born March 14, 1826, and the latter in 
18.30. Leo Zeller was reared and educated in his 
native land, and in his youth learned the tanner's 
trade. After coming to this country he engaged 
in the same occupation, and continued in the busi- 
ness until his death, which occurred March 14. 
1877. The mother passed away June 1, 1889, at 
the age of fift^'-nine years. Both were exemplary 
members of the Catholic Church, and were highlj' 
esteemed by their many friends and neighbors. 
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with tiis parents, and attended tlie public scliools 
of Muuinee. After leaving scliool at an early 
age he learned the tanner's trade. He worked at 
ditching about two summers, but spent the winter 
months at his trade in Maumee. He also specu- 
lated in wood and timber for a time, and was suc- 
cessful. Determined to try something else whereby 
he might still further better his financial condi- 
tion, m 1877 he purchased a canal-boat, with 
which he went into business for himself. He also 
became interested in a stone quarry at Waler- 
ville, Ohio, and was soon enjoying a large and lu- 
crative trade in that line. He started out on a 
small scale, but increased his facilities for business 
as his trade increased, and at the [jresent time is 
doing an extensive business in crushed stone for 
building roads. He is a first-class business man, 
and has the respect and confidence of the entire 
community. 

On the 24th of .June, 1888, Mr. Zeller was mar- 
ried to Miss Minnie Kesler, and this union has 
been blessed by the birth of one child, a lovely 
little daughter, Mary, born June U, 1891. Mr. 
Zeller is a stanch Democrat in his political views, 
and takes a great inleiest in local politics. He is 
an active .v-oiker in his partj-, but has never as- 
pired to public office. Fraternally he is a member 
of the Knights of Pythias, being identified with 
Perrysburg Lodge No. 554. 



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JOHN R. HIGHT is the owner of a good home- 
stead of thirty acres, which is situated on 
section 12, Swan Creek Township, Fulton 
County, Ohio. Here he has made his home 
for the past twenty-two years, prior to which time 
he lived for thirty-one 3'ears in Providence Town- 
ship, Lucas Count}'. Both he and his father were 
pioneers in Ohio, their first home m the Buckeye 



State having been in Wayne County, where they 
lived for a period of nine years. In 1842 Mr. 
Hight came to this portion of the state, with whose 
upbuilding he has ever since been actively con- 
cerned. 

The parents of John R. were George and Eve 
(Rickel) Hight, natives of Bedford County, Pa., 
and Maryland, respectively. The former was a 
distiller for some sixteen years, but was obliged 
to give up the business on account of his health. 
He was a man of temperate habits, and was never 
known to touch liquor in any form. In 1835 he 
emigrated to Ohio and leased land in Wayne 
County. In 1842 he sold his lease and, going to 
Lucas County, located on a forty-acre tract of 
timber-land in Providence Township. He cleared 
thirty acres of the tract, which he sold in 1853. 
The proceeds he invested in an eighty-acre farm 
in Pulaski County, Ind., where he continued to re- 
side until his death. 

The family of George and Eve Hight numbered 
six children, of whom John R. is the eldest. The 
next 3'ounger, Sophia M., married Henry Byers, of 
Lucas Count}', and has four children. William is 
a carpenter by trade. Ellen is a resident of In- 
diana. Jesse died in the army, while at Memphis, 
Tenn.; and George, who married Kate Capis, was 
also a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, and was 
wounded five times while defending the Old Flag. 

John R. Hight was born October 24, 1820, in 
Bedford County, Pa., and continued to dwell un- 
der tiie parental roof until he reached his majority, 
when he started out to make his own living inde- 
pendently, and worked at various occupations for. 
two years. He then came to the Maumee Valley 
and, obtaining a school, engaged in teaching at 
Monclova for two terms. Later he taught several 
terms in Providence Township. After his mar- 
riage he turned his attention to agricultural affairs, 
conducting a rented farm for sometime. He then 
learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed 
more or less until October, 1861, at which time he 
enlisted in the Civil War in Company H, Sixty- 
eighth Ohio Infantry. Going to Camp Chase, he 
was drilled for three weeks, and then was sent by 
boat to Kentucky, and from there to Ft. Henry. 
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Landing was wounded by a tree falling upon him. 
He was taken to the hospital at Camp Dennison, 
where he remained for two weeks, being then 
granted a furlougli, after wliicli he reported at 
Camp Chase, and was given an honorable discharge 
from the service. Returning home, he spent the 
next fifteen years in Providence Township, and 
on selling out his interests there, came to this 
county and bought eighty .acres of land, on which 
there were no improvements. Tiic place now bears 
little resemblance to its former condition, everj'- 
tliing being kept up in a thrifty manner. 

Mr. Iliglit is a strong Republican, and fraternally 
is a member of Philii) Hendricks Post No. 201, 
G. A. R., of Colton, Ohio. He belongs to Lodge 
No. 409, I. (). O. F., of Texas, Ohio, and is con- 
nected with several other lodges. He has assisted 
in laying out and keeping in good order the high- 
ways in the vicinity of his home, and is always 
actively interested in whatever tends to the public 
weal. 

On the 4th of .July, 1851, ,lohn R. Hight married 
Eliza .1., widow of George Harris, and daughter of 
James and Catherine (King) Donahue. The for- 
mer died in 1850, but the latter lived until 1893. 
They were the parents of nine children, of whom 
Mrs. Hight is the eldest. James is a resident of 
Henry County, Ohio. Catherine, who married Al 
Hancock, Februar3' 10, 1892, has three children 
and is a resident of Lucas County. William mar- 
ried Harriet Morgan, by whom he has five chil- 
dren. Mary wedded T. B. Pinkerton, a teacher of 
WaterviUe. David, a resident of Columbus, mar- 
ried .Sarah Murray. Thomas died in the battle of 
the Wilderness, at the age of twenty-one years. 
Theopholis, of Indiana, married Louise Tavey; 
and Barbara married James Murr.ay, a carpenter. 

The union of Mr. and Mrs. Hight was blessed 
with five children, all sons. James T., born April 
7, 1853, is an engineer in Illinois. He married 
Emily Warren, by whom he has seven children. 
AVilliam G., whose birth occurred August 7, 1855, 
is a carpenter by trade, and is now in Toledo. He 
married Amelia Smith, who has borne him two 
children. John Charles, who lives in this count}', 
!\n(] is engaged in a successful l)usiness enterprise, 
WHS born Noveml>er II, 1859. He married Emma 



Britton, and has one child. Ulysses S., born June 
1, 1862, married Cora Miller, and is an agricultur- 
ist of Fulton County. Ohio. Thomas J., born 
April 8, 1870, is unmarried and lives at home. 



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REV. FELIX S. MOTULEWSKI, pastor of 
St. Anthony's Catholic Church of Toledo, 
is a native of Russian Poland, and was 
born on the 2d of January, 1868. He spent 
the first twenty years of his life in his native 
land, and until nineteen years of age was a jiupil 
in the public schools, after which he en lered the 
gymnasium at Suvalki, a town of Poland, and on 
leaving there entered the theological seminary 
at Sejn}', which is also in Poland. The follow- 
ing year, after leaving the latter institution, he 
emigrated to America, landing in the oHy of New 
York July 4, 1890. Thence he made his way to 
Cleveland, and entering St. Mary's Theological 
Seminary, was a student there one year. 

Joseph Motulewski, the father of our subject, 
was a dealer in lime and cement in Poland, and 
still makes that country his home. He was mar- 
ried to Mary Dombroski, who was also born in Po- 
land, and who became the mother of eight children. 

The original of tliis.sketch was ordained a priest 
at Cleveland in 1891, and for one 3'ear acted as 
assistant pastor of St. Stanislaus Church of that 
city. At the expiration of that time he was sent 
to Berea, Ohio, where he was given charge of St. 
Albert's Church, and remained until 1893, the 
year of his coming to Toledo. Since locating here 
he has finished the fine brick and stone edifice 
which was begun some time before, and wiwch is 
now one of the finest churches in the city. It is 
centrally located, on one of the most desirable 
sites in Toledo, and cost when completed ? 100,000. 
It is of a modern style of architecture, handsomely 
finished and furnished, and has a seating capacity 




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of seventeen bunrtred. The congregation num- 
bers eight hundred families, making a membersliip 
of almost Ave thousand. 

Father Motulewski also has charge of the large 
parociiial school, numbering four hundred and 
sixt\- pupils, and which is presided over by six sis- 
ters and one lay teacher, who arc thoroughly 
qualilicd for the work which is before them in ed- 
ucating the children. Allhougli young in years. 
Father Motulewski 's fine education has in every wa3- 
qualified him to assume the duties of the important 
position which he holds, and the rapid increase in 
tlie membership of the churcii shows witii what 
success his efforts have been crowned. He is loved 
and looked up to by all his families, and is a de- 
vout worker in the Church of Rome, conscien- 
tiously living up to what he jjelieves to be right. 



JOHN WILSON, an influential resident of 
Providence Township, Lucas County, is a 
native of Scotland, but has made his home 
in the United States for a quarter of a cen- 
tuiy. He is an active Republican in politics, and 
since 1878 has been Township Treasurer. His 
farm is situated on section 22, and is improved 
witli commodious and substantial buildings. In 
1893 he erected a new brick house at a cost of 
$2,500, and some five years previous put up a fine 
large barn. He carries on general farming, and 
as a stock-raiser has been particularly successful. 
He keeps a good grade of horses, and raises many 
sheep and Poland-China hogs. 

A son of David and Agnes (Pierson) Wilson, 
our subject was born November 22, 1845, in Scot- 
land. His father died in Scotland, the laud of 
his birth, at the age of seventy-two years, and 
the mother also spent her entire life in that coun- 
try. David Wilson was one of seven children. 



who have all passed to the home beyond. To 
himself and wife were born nine children: Thomas, 
who died in childhood; Jane; John, whose name 
heads tin's sketch; Archibald, who married a Miss 
Wilson and has four children; David; Robert, 
formerly of Minnesota, but who died in 1888; 
Agnes, who married Robert Kelly, an engineer in 
Scotland, and has twoehildien; James; and Helen, 
who became the wife of William Harvey, who died 
in 1883. Mrs. Harvey is now living in Toronto, 
Canada. 

The first thirty years of the life of John Wilson 
were spent in his native land, where he received 
good educational advantages. In 1870 he emi- 
grated to America, and after fourteen days on the 
ocean landed in New York City, July 20. He was 
without means, but was willing' to accept whatever 
business offered whereby he might gain an honest 
livelihood. For five years he worked on a farm 
in New York State, and during this time managed 
to save from his earnings $1,184. While engaged 
in hauling logs in 1872 he met with an accident, 
one of his legs being broken, and he was confined 
to his bed for some time. In 1875 he went to 
Saginaw, Mich., and worked in the pine woods for 
one season, and the next spring he came to the 
Buckeye State. Obtaining work at the infirmary 
at Napoleon, he remained there for a year, and in 
1876 he bought forty acres of land, four years 
later purchasing forty acres more. 

The marriage of John Wilson took place in 
Heniy Count}', this state, February 27, 1877, Miss 
Emma B. Strayer becoming his wife. She was born 
September 1, 1850, and is one of the eight chil- 
dren of Henry and Barbara (Ness) Strayer, the 
former of whom died February' 11, 1878. Her 
brothers and sisters are as follows: Susan, who 
married Ben Cole, by whom she had one child; 
Catherine, Mrs. Henry Keeler, of this township; 
Jacob; John, who married Sophia Benson, and has 
six children; Mary E. and Daniel N., who are de- 
ceased; and Abraham L., of Henry County, whose 
wife was formerly Sarah Jaybird. Mrs. Susan 
Cole died in 1861, and her husband's death oc- 
curred while he was in the Union service during 
the late war. To Mr. and Mrs. John Wilson has 
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being April 29, 1883. Tlie family linve many sin- 
cere friends among their neighbors and acquaint- 
ances and are justly esteemed for their sterling 
worth. 



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< EWIS E. WEBB, the efficient Principal of 
j Cy tlie graded schools at Grand Rapids, but 
who resides in IMaumee, was born Marc^li 
4, 1860, in Perrysburg, this slate, and is the young- 
est child born to tiie union of John and Mary 
(Jones) Webb. The paternal grandfather of our 
subject was born in Pennsylvania, upon the banks 
of the Susquehanna River, and resided with his 
parents near Wyoming at the time of the terrible 
massacre by tlie Indians at that place. Immedi- 
ately after that horrible tragedy his parents re- 
moved to Berks County, Pa., and shortly after 
their arrival in that county the grandfather went 
to Reading, which was the county seat, and learned 
the hatter's trade. In February, 1794, he was 
married, and with Ins young wife went to New 
York City, where he engaged in the manufacture 
of hats. The family occupied a small house on 
Madison Lane, and he used one room for his fac- 
tory, doing the work himself and selling his jn'od- 
ucts at retail. 

In this same little building, on the 27th of Au- 
gust, 1795, John Webb, Jr., the father of our sub- 
ject, was born, and six months afterward the fam- 
ily removed to Hagerstown, Md. For two 3'ears 
Mr. Webb engaged in the occupation of a hatter 
in that city, and then returned to nis native state 
and located in Lewistown. He remained in this 
place only one year, however, and then journeyed 
to Mifflinburg, and again engaged at his old trade. 
John, Jr., having by this time attained the age of 
sixteen years, decided to follow the occupation of 
his father, and consequently' learned the hatter's 
trade with that wortiiy gentleman. In 1814 the 
family again made a change in their place of resi- 



dence, this time going farther west, and settling 
in Canton, Ohio, where the father and son worked 
together at their trade, without, however, any un- 
derstanding between them as to the division of 
the proceeds of their labor. 

In 1820 John Webb, Jr., took a trip east to 
Union, Pa., and on the 8tli of March of the fol- 
lowing year married Miss Elizabeth Charles. Im- 
mediately after the ceremony, he returned with 
his young wife to Canton, Ohio, and entered into 
a formal partnership with his father. They con- 
tinued to carry on the manufacture of hats until 
the 1st of November, 1822, when the partnership 
was dissolved, and our subject's father, with his 
wife and son Charles, then an infant, started for 
Perrysburg, Ohio, arriving at their destination on 
the 6th of the same month, after passing through 
many difficulties en route. They first went with 
the household goods by wagon to Portland (now 
Sandusky City), expecting to take a boat there 
for the Maumee River, but, finding none, tbey 
were compelled to take passage on a horse-boat 
(or mud-scow) to Lower Sandusky, leaving their 
goods to be shipped at the first opportunity. Ar- 
riving in Lower Sandusky, or Fremont, as it is 
now called, by previous arrangement the3' met 
Thomas Webb, a brother, and Thomas R. Mc- 
Knight, a brother-in-law of Mr. Webb, with two 
horses and a side-saddle. Mr. McKnight and M»s. 
Webb, with the baby, rode the horses, while Mr. 
Webb, his little brother, and a man by the name 
of Ilawley, who had been waiting for company 
through the swamps, followed on foot. They fol- 
lowed the Sandusky River for about two miles, 
and then took a well beaten trail for the West, ar- 
riving on the night of the first day at the crossing 
of the Portage River, now called Elmore, the only 
place where the river had a rock bottom and could 
be forded. The next day they came through to 
Perrysburg, striking the river about one and one- 
half miles below the town. At that time no wagon 
had ever traveled through the swamps, and Per- 
rysburg was uninhabited except b}' beasts and 
birds of the forest. 

After leaving Lower Sandusky, the solitary trav- 
elers discovered no habitation until they reached 
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found one lone lo": cabin, in wliicli the wayfarer 
might find food and slielter for tlie niglit, it being- 
impossible to travel from Lower Sandusky to the 
Maumee River in one day. The next dwelling 
was at the end of tlieir journey, and was owned 
and occupied by Victor Jenison and his famil3% 
It was situated on the south bank of the Maumee 
River, just below the present site of Perrysburg. 
Mr. Jenison made a little clearing about his cabin, 
and cultivated a small tract of bottom land, which 
had probabl}' been formed by the alluvium of the 
river, and had never been grown over with tim- 
ber. At that time he was supposed to be a "squat- 
ter," and was soon after compelled to buy of a 
nun-resident in order to secure a title. The town 
of Perrysburg had been survej-ed and platted by 
the Government in 1817, five years prior to Mr. 
Webb's arrival, but at that time there was no one 
living on it, and no portion was cleared excepting 
lot No. 144, now occupied by the residence of the 
late Fiancis Hollenbeck. who was one of the first 
settlers of the town and a warm friend of Mr. Webb. 
The logs made from this timber were used by Mr. 
McKnight in erecting a dwelling for himself and 
family. 

Mr. Webb and Lis family took up their liead- 
quarters in a frame building at tlie head of the 
bayou, neai' the extension of Weft Boundary 
Street (then called Givens' Lane), thus becoming 
the lirst settlers of Perrysburg. Messrs. McKnight. 
Aurora and Samuel Spofford, Jacob and James 
AVilkison, Mrs. Owens, and one other person, with 
their families, resided at Orleans, a village located 
on the flats at the foot of Ft. Meigs Hill. Mr. 
Webb assisted liis brother-in-law in erecting his 
log house on lot No. 144, carrying up one corner, 
and "chinking and daubing" the stiucture. The 
latter took possession of his new home in the fol- 
lowing spring, or in 1823. Perrysburg was the 
county seat at the time, and Mr. McKniglit was 
chosen Clerk, but the first few terms of court were 
held in Maumee, there being no house in Perrys- 
burg in which it could be held. Subsequently 
three or four terras were held at Orleans, in a 
warehouse belonging to a Mr. HoUister. This 
gentleman was a resident of Maumee at the time, 
but owned the building and occupied the ground- 



floor as a storeroom. Soon after his arrival Mr. 
Webb fitted up a shop in the basement of his 
dwelling for tlie manufacture of hats, but did not 
commence working at Ins trade until the year 
1824, being unable to procure the necessary tools. 
He manufactured the first hats which were ever 
made in the Maumee Valley, the only other es- 
tablishment of the kind in the West at that time 
being situated at Detroit, Mich. He bought some 
land on the north side of what is now known as 
Front Street, extending to the river, and at once 
erected a log building to be used as a factoiy, the 
basement of which is still plainly discernible upon 
the river bank. He commenced business in this 
building in 1824, and by hard work, industry and 
frugality was enabled to save enough from the 
proceeds of his labor to pay for the land which he 
had previously purchased, and the lot on which 
he built the residence in wliich he passed his last 
days. 

Mr. Webb was elected Sheriff of Wood County 
in 1826, and was re-elected in 1828. In Maj', 
1831, he was appointed County Clerk, and con- 
tinued in office eleven years. He was then suc- 
ceeded by .loseph Utley, who immediately ap- 
poiiUed him Deputy, and he served under that 
worthy gentleman until the expiration of the term. 
He was again unanimously elected to the office of 
Sheriff, and the following year was re-elected. 
George W.Porter was executed November 5, 1830, 
and Mr. Webb, who was at that time Sheriff, per- 
formed the details of the execution. Porter had 
murdered a man by the name of Richardson, and 
was tried and sentenced to death. When Mr. 
Webb realized that he would be obliged to exe- 
cute a fellow-being, he recoiled in horror from the 
act, but before the time came for the final scene 
he had become resigned to the performance of his 
unpleasant task. This was brought about largely 
by Porter himself, who was under Mr. Webb's 
care for six months before the day set apart for 
the execution. He talked frequently with the 
Sheriff about his crime, and expressed a willing- 
ness and desire to die, and, in fact, he would not 
hear of any effort being made to secure a pardon. 
He regretted the deed, but did not want to live 
with such a load upon his mind. The execution 



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took place at the foot of Ft. Meigs, in order that 
the spectators might occupy the hill-side and wit- 
ness the performance. Among the large crowd 
present were many from New York and Michigan, 
who came expressly for the occasion. Tliis was 
llie first execution tliat ever took place in tlie iiis- 
tory of Maumee Valley. 

In 1848 Mr. Webb was again elected County 
Clerk, and faithfully performed the duties of that 
office until 1860, when he retired to private life. 
His declining years were spent in reading, and his 
mind was a storehouse of information, both re- 
garding the early history of the county and the 
current events of the day. He always took an 
active part in politics, and was an earnest Repub- 
lican from the time of the organization of the 
party. He was married three limes, and became 
the father of eighteen children, of whom our sub- 
ject is the youngest. His first wife was Miss Eliz- 
abeth Charles, their wedding taking place on the 
8th of March, 1821. Some time after her death he 
was united in marriage with Miss Mary Dean, the 
date of the event being July 18, 1834. February 
23, ISf)!, Miss Mary A. Jones became his wife. 
She was an able and prominent teacher in the pub- 
lic schools of Perrysburg, and still makes^ber 
home in that city. There was probably no citizen 
in the valley who had more warm and true friends 
than John Webb, Jr., or, as he was called by al- 
most everyone in the count}', "Uncle John." It 
is doubtful if he had an enemy in the world, and 
his name is inscribed among the most worthy of 
the old pioneers of the Maumee Valley. By his 
industry and good management he gained a com- 
petence for himself and family, and never did a 
dishonest or dishonorable act in liis life. He passed 
away on the ninetieth anniversary of his birth, 
August 27, 1885. 

Our subject remained at home with his parents 
and attended the public schools of Perrysburg un- 
til nineteen years of age, when he began teaching 
in the district schools of Wood County. After five 
years spent in teaching in the different schools 
of the county, he was engaged to teach in the 
graded schools of Weston, Ohio, remaining there 
three years. He then removed to Maumee, and 
became Principal of the schools of that cit}', hold- 



ing this important position for six years, after 
which he was offered and accepted the posil'on of 
Principal of the graded scliools of Grand Rapids, 
and this position he has efficiently and acceptably 
filled to the present time. 

July 7, 1884, Lewis E. Webb and Miss Minnie, 
daughter of George and Catherine (Hufford) Gelz, 
were united in marriage, and to this union two 
children liave been born: John K., September 18, 
1886; and Bessie May, March 22, 1890. Our sub- 
ject, like his father, is a good Republican, and 
takes an active part in local politics. Fraternally 
he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows, and is identified with Lodge No. 682. He 
is also a member of the National Union, Ft. Meigs 
Lodge No. 74, of Maumee. In his profession he 
has gained a splendid reputation as a school 
teacher, and numbers his friends b}' the score. 
Though not a member of any church, he believes 
in doing right because it is right. He is public- 
spirited and liberal, giving of his means and in- 
duence to the support of any enterprise that is 
for the good of humanity or the welfare of the 
community. 



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r~y' HARLES W. WILKINSON was born and 
^^W grew to manhood on the homestead which 
he now owns and operates, and which is 
situated on section 1, Washington Township, Lu- 
cas County. In addition to general farming he 
has been quite successful in running a dairy busi- 
ness, for which purpose bis farm is well adapted. 
A son of William and Oleona (Flint) Wilkinson, 
Charles W. was born April 22, 1844, and up to the 
age of twenty-one passed his time quietly in farm 
work and in attending the district schools. At 
that age he enlisted as a private in Com pan}' I, 
One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Infantry, and 
was mustered into service at'Johnston Island. He 
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lioned in Point Rock. He received an honorable 
discharge September 16, 1865, the same year he 
enlisted, and at once returned home. 

As soon as he was old enough the charge of the 
old homestead fell upon the shoulders of our sub- 
ject, who had been trained as a practical farmer. 
He now owns eighty-three acies in his home place 
and another tract of eighty' acres in Michigan. 
His education, while not of the best, was practical, 
and has been amply sutlicient for his needs, and he 
has further supplemented it by jjrivate reading 
and observation. 

September 2, 1870, the marriage of Mr. Wilkin- 
son and Miss Sarah A. Van Wormer was celebrated. 
The lady was born in Indiana, February 10, 1848, 
and is a daughter of Aaron and Philletta (Wagon- 
er) Van AVormer. Two children, sons, have come 
to bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, 
namelj': Arden C, who was born January 1, 1874; 
and J. Edwin, whose birth occurred June 14, 1876. 
They are now attending business college in Tole- 
do, and are bright, promising young men. 

In questions of politics Mr. Wilkinson is alwa3's 
to be found on the side of the Republican party. 
Both he and his worthy wife are members of the 
Congregational Church, to which they are liberal 
contributors. 



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JOHN W. WAMSHER is engaged in market- 
gardening on his valuable and well improved 
farm on section 19, Washington Township, 
Lucas County, on which place he has made 
his home since 1874. During the late Civil War 
he was one of the brave soldiers who fought in de- 
fense of the Union, and suffered the untold hor- 
rors of Libby and Andersonville Prisons, while a 
captive in the hands of the Confederates. 

A son of John and L3dia (Kline) Wamsher, our 
subject was one of seven children, the others being 



Jacob, William, Joel, Jsaac, Moses and Bessie. The 
parents were both natives of Pennsylvania, and 
were of German extraction. John W. was born in 
Schuylkill County, Pa., November 26, 1843, and 
in youth began working in the railroad shops at 
Philadelphia, serving an apprenticeship of four 
years. The first year he received twenty-five cents 
a day, the second year fifty, the third year seven- 
ty-five and the fourth -^1 per day. 

In 1862 our subject enlisted as a private in Coni- 
pan3' I, One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Pennsyl- 
vania Infantry, being mustered in at Harrisburg. 
Among the numerous important battles in whicli 
he took part were the following: South Mountain, 
Antietam, Philippi, Winchester, Fredericksburg, 
Monocaey, Chancellorsville and Cedar Ci'eek. At 
the battle of Chancelloi'sville he was taken prison- 
er, Ma3' 3, 1863, and was conveyed to Thunder 
Castle at Richmond. Ten days later he was re- 
moved to Belle Isle, where he spent a week, then 
for three weeks was confined in Libby Prison, and 
finally landed in Andersonville. Here he was kept 
for four months and a-half, after which he was 
paroled, being sent to Annapolis, Md. From there 
he proceeded to Harrisburg, where he was dis- 
charged on account of disabilit}', and for six 
months or more he was unable to do any active 
work. 

July 16, 1864, Mr. Wamsher re-enlisted in 
Company I, One Hundred and Niuet^'-fifth Penn- 
sylvania Infantry, and went on Sheridan's cam- 
paign. He received his final discliarge from the 
army at Harrisburg, April 15, 1865. At the bat- 
tle of Antietam he was wounded by a minie-ball, 
which lodged in his right ankle, and was not ex- 
tracted for two months. During all this time, how- 
ever, he was not absent from his regiment. When 
captured at Chancellorsville he had been wounded 
by a minie-ball in the left wrist. On being taken 
prisoner he weighed one hundred and forty-three 
pounds, and when he once more breathed the air 
of liberty he was emaciated almost beyond the 
power of description, weighing only seventy-six 
pounds. When in Libb3' Prison he received two 
meals a day, breakfast consisting of one-fourth of 
a biscuit, and supper of a small ladleful of soup. 
At Andersonville his rations were no better; in 



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fact, hardly as much as at Libby. He made a dug- 
out in the side of the iiill for a place of slielter. 
Many a friend and comrade has he seen siiot down 
for the slightest reason during that terrible time. 

On his return to Pennsylvania Mr. Wamsiier 
worked at his trade in Heading until October, 
1866, when he removed to this county. For a 
year he lived in Providence Township, after which 
for six years he cultivated a farm in Wood Coun- 
ty. Then, purchasing the farm where he now 
lives, he has since engaged in its improvement. 
He has been a stalwart supi)orter of the Republi- 
can party since becoming a voter, and faithfully 
discharges the duties of citizenship. 

March 27, 1877, Mr. Wamsher married Miss Anna 
Fox, a native of Bohemia. Five children have 
come to grace their union, and are as follows: 
Walter, John, Myrtle, Iva and Pearl, tiie latter of 
whom died in infancy. 



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NATHAN GARDNER, one of the honored 
pioneers and prominent agriculturists of 
Lucas County, now living on his farm in 
Oregon Township, was born April 5, 1821, in 
Wayne County, N. Y., being the eldest in the fam- 
ily of three children born to Robert and Cather- 
ine (Cliapple) Gardner. Mercy, the next in order 
of birth, was the wife of Charles C03', of Wood 
County, Oiiio, where she made her home until her 
death, which occurred at an advanced age. Cath- 
erine, the other sister, still resides in this county. 
Robert Gardner, the father of our subject, came 
to this country as a Britisli soldier in 1812, but 
joined tiie American troops, and fought with them 
until the close of the war. In 1830 he came to 
Ohio, and settled in Lucas County. Here he pur- 
chased several acres of laud and proceeded to clear 
a space on which to build his log cabin, the most 
fashionable residence of those early da^'S. It Vvas 



soon completed, and the family took possession of 
their new home and began the struggle for exist- 
ence, an arduous task, indeed, in those days. He 
remained on this farm until his death, which oc- 
curred at the advanced age of seventy-eight years. 
The mother was a native of New York State, and 
passed away at the age of thirty-five years. 

Our subject spent his early life at home on 
the farm witli his father, attending the common 
scliools of that day when not employed at work 
on the farm or hunting in the forests near his 
home. When nineteen years of age he became a 
sailor on the lakes, running between Toledo and 
Buffalo, and followed this vocation for about five 
years. Becoming convinced at the end of that 
time that this was not his calling, he gave up the 
occupation and returned to this county, purchas- 
ing the farm of forty acres on which he now re- 
sides, which at that time was in a wild, unculti- 
vated state. Toledo was but a small village, and 
the land that now comprises the fertile farm was 
bought for 12.50 per acre. The land was all cov- 
ered with a heavy growth of timber, and Mr. 
Gardner, being young and energetic, immediately 
set about clearing and cultivating it and adding 
the necessary improvements. This was soon ac- 
complished by the occasional aid of a few friends 
and neighbors and by his own industr3' and deter- 
mination to succeed. First a substantial log cabin 
made its appearance among the loft}- forest trees, 
and day by day other improvements were added, 
until in a few short years a flourishing farm took 
the place of the wilderness. Deer and other wild 
game were then in the count}'^ in abundance, and 
often made their appearance very near the house. 
He has made his home on this farm since 1844, 
and has been an eye-witness of the great trans- 
formation that has taken place in this county 
since then, lie is a man highly respected in the 
community, and has been an important factor in 
the upbuilding and improvement of Oregon Town- 
ship, taking an active interest in all public im- 
provements and a very prominent part in agri- 
culture and stock-raising. 

On the 12th of February, 1851, Mr. Gardner 
and Miss Sarah Ridout were united in marriage, 
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S. is a turner b}' trade, and resides in East Toledo; 
Thaddeus M. resides on the old homestead with 
his father; Isaac also makes his home on the same 
farm; Maria Catherine is the wife of George Oak- 
wood, of Toledo; Wallace Orlando, a well-driller 
by occupation, resides in Toledo; Grant is a resi- 
dent of the city of Toledo; John G. resides in 
East Toledo; Addie E., now Mrs. .James Rabbit, 
makes her home in Toledo; Nathan G. is a mail- 
carrier of Toledo; and Malcolm M. is also a letter- 
carrier of the same place. The mother of this fam- 
ily was called to the land beyond October 18, 
1888, at her home on the old farm where she first 
went to housekeeping. 

Mr. Gardner is an old ".Jackson Democrat," and 
has always taken an active interest in local poli- 
tics. He has served as Supervisor, Assessor and 
School Director, besides filling various other of- 
fices in his township. He is not a member of any 
church, but is public-spirited and a liberal giver 
to any enterprise or good work that is for the bet- 
terment or improvement of the community in 
which he lives. 



JUDGE IRWIN I. MILLARD, one of the lead- 
ing members of the Toledo (Ohio) Bar, and 
.Judge of the Probate Court, has been en- 
gaged in the practice of his yjrofession -m 
this city for the jiast twenty-eight years, and in that 
time has built up a most enviable reputation. For 
man}' years he was a member of the firm of Bissell 
<fe Gorrill, this connection existing until 1891. In 
that year the subject of this sketch was elected to 
his present position, in which he served most ac- 
ceptably for a term of three years. In 1893 he 
was re-elected, on the Republican ticket, and is 
still acting with credit to himself and to the full 
satisfaction of his constituents. 

The birth of Judge Millard occurred in Rich- 



land County, Ohio, December 9, 1838. His father, 
Joseph, was born in Chester County, Pa., and 
learned the miller's trade. For a number of years 
he operated a flouring-mill at Lodi, Ohio, and was 
one of the prosperous business men of his commu- 
nity. He died in 1857, respected and loved by 
all. His parents were Rev. Thomas and Hannah 
Millard. The former was a circuit-rider, and an 
intimate friend of Peter Cartwright. The mother 
of Judge Millard bore the maiden name of JIary 
Immel. 

Irwin I. Millard is the youngest of three broth- 
ers, and passed his boyhood in Huron and Wayne 
Counties, Ohio. During this period he attended 
the public schools, later supplementing his ele- 
mentary education by a course of study in Frenkes- 
burg Academy. After comjjleting the course there 
he taught school for the next three years. In 
1861 he entered his country's service, and enlist- 
ed in Company I, Fifteenth Ohio Infantr^^, Col. 
Moses Dickey having command of the regiment, 
which was assigned to duty in the Army of the 
Ohio, and was stationed at Bowling Careen, Ky. 
While there the Judge was taken ill, and for some 
time was in the hospital. In 1862 he was dis- 
charged on a surgeon's certificate, and returned 
to Crawford County, Ohio. When he recovered 
his health he again engaged in teaching school, at 
Weilersville. 

It was in the spring of 1863 that Judge Millard 
came to make his home in Toledo. He was offered 
the position of clerk in the Recorder's office, and 
acted in that capacity for one year. Later he be- 
came bookkeeper for Alonzo Goddard, consignee of 
the Erie Railway line of steamboats and the Miami 
& Erie Canal Line in this cit}'. At the end of a 
year in that position he entered the law office of 
Messrs. Bissell & Gorrill to prosecute legal studies, 
and in the spring of 1867 he was duly admitted 
to the Toledo Bar, after which he was taken into 
partnership by his former preceptor. 

March 12, 1863, Judge Millard married Miss 
Mary C. Keller, of Weilersville, Ohio. Mrs. Mil- 
lard is the daughter of George Keller, and was 
born in September, 1843, in Crawford County. 
To the Judge and wife have been born seven chil- 
dren, four sons and three daughters, namely: Ir- 



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win G., George W., John Frederick, Ralph B., Clara 
M., Edna G. and Edith B. 

In his social relations the Judge is identified 
with Toledo Post No. 107, G. A. R. He is a man 
who is popular with liis fellow-citizens, and thor- 
oughly deserves the confidence and esteem wiiich 
the_v bestow upon liim in a large measure. 



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FRANK B. DRAKE, General Manager of 
the Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw Rail- 
way Company, was born in Elmira, N. Y.. 
February 23, 1864. He is a son of Andrew Jack- 
son and Mary A. (Buchanan) Drake, the former 
born in Reading Center, Steuben County, N. Y., 
October 23, 1827, and the latter near Attica, N. Y., 
August 18, 1826. His father has followed the life- 
long occupation of a carriage and car builder, and 
now makes his home in Pittsburg, Pa. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was 
Benjamin Drake, a soldier of the War of 1812, 
who was born near Watkins, N. Y., December 12, 
1791, and died July 17,1862. His wife, whose 
maiden name was Catherine Dunham, was born in 
Lexington, Greene County, N. Y., April 20, 1794, 
and passed from earth November 3, 1852. The 
maternal grandparents were William and Betsey 
(Osgood) Buchanan. 

The subject of this notice is one of seven chil- 
dren, four of whom are now living. He attended 
the public schools and free academy at Palmira, 
N. Y., until seventeen years of age, when he en- 
tered the employ of the Erie & Atlantic Sleeping 
Car Company (afterwards incorporated with the 
Pullman Palace Car Company) as junior clerk in 
the shops at Elmira, N. Y. After about two years' 
service he was promoted to be senior clerk, and con- 
tinued in that capacity until September 1, 1887, 



when he went to St. Louis, Mo., as private secre- 
tary and stenographer to William P. Robinson, 
General Traffic Manager of the Missouri, Kansas 
& Texas Railroad. 

October 8, 1887, 31r. Drake was united in mar- 
riage with Miss Nellie Burnham, the ceremony 
being performed by Rev. Thomas K. Beecher in 
Park Church, Elmira, N. Y. Mrs. Drake is the 
daughter of Andrew and Julia J. (Locke) Burn- 
ham, the former born at Pittsfield, N. Y., May 30, 
1821, and the latter in Chenango County, April 
5, 1830. Her mother died January 26, 1878, and 
her father departed this life about two years later. 
Her maternal grandparents were Emmons and 
Polly (Benson) Locke. 

In the position above stated Mr. Drake remained 
until the latter part of 1881, when the Missouri, 
Kansas & Texas w.as absorbed by the Missouri Pacific 
Railroad, and Mr. Robinson's office was abolished. 
Mr. Drake then went temporarily into the office of 
the Auditor of the latter company, but one month 
later resigned to accept a position as stenographer 
in the general freiglit office of the Indianapolis & 
St. Louis Railroad. After six weeks there, he re- 
signed to take the still higher position of travel- 
ing private secretary to A. A. Talmage, General 
Manager of the Missouri P.acific Railroad system, 
where he remained two years, or until December 
1, 1883. 

Promoted at that time to be Train Master of the 
Eastern Division of the same road, after six weeks 
Mr. Drake's jurisdiction as Train Master was ex- 
tended over the Middle Division of the same road. 
In August, 1884, he was called to the office of H. M. 
Iloxie, Vice-President and General Manager of 
the Missouri Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain 
& Southern .Systems, to act as chief clerk. In 
February, 1885, he was sent to Kansas City as Su- 
perintendent of the line between Kansas City and 
Omaha. In July of the same year he was sent 
to vSedaha, Mo., as Assistant Superintendent of the 
INIissouri Pacific proper, and the Missouri, Kansas 
& Texas north of Denison, Tex. April 7, 1886, 
he was promoted to the position of Superintend- 
ent of the Missouri Pacific proper and its branches 
(two thousand miles in all), and continued in that 
office until July, 1887, when he resigned to become 




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General Manager of the Cincinnati, Jackson & 
Mackinaw Railway. lie has since made tiis home 
in Toledo, and is still connected with this road, 
having, December 5, 1894, been appointed Receiver 
in addition to General Manager. 



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(Tpr LBERT KIRK. There is nothing of more 
r — \ interest to the general reader than a sketch 
of one who has won for himself both an 
enviable reputation and handsome competence, 
though beginning without capital or influential 
friends. According to this principle, a brief ac- 
count of the life of Mr. Kirk cannot fail to prove 
interesting. He ranks among the retired business 
men of Toledo, and has gained a suflicient amount 
of this world's goods to make him easy and comfort- 
able for the rest of his days through the exercise 
of energy and sound judgment. A man of sterling 
worth and superior intelligence, he has been closelj- 
identified with the commercial and social prosperity 
of the city where he has made his home since 1854. 
A native of Ohio, Mr. Kirk was born in Stark 
County, near the city of Massillon, September 23, 
1826. The family of which he is a member origi- 
nated in Germany, but has been represented in 
America for a number of generations. His parents, 
William and Maria (Miller) Kirk, were natives, re- 
siiectlvely, of Bald Eagle, York County, Pa., and 
Ohio, the mother being a daughter of John Miller, 
one of the early settlers of the Buckeye State. The 
parental family consisted of nine children, who at- 
tained years of maturity, and of these eight are 
still living. 

Albert, who is the fourth child in orderof birth, 
spent his boyhood years on the home farm, and al- 
ternated agricultural pursuits with attendance at 
the district schools until leaching his eighteenth 
year. Going at that time to Canal Fultoii, Ohio, he 
served an apprenticeship of four years to the trade 



of a tinner, and later spent one year in Medina 
County, this state, then for three years he lived in 
Cleveland. The year 1854 witnessed his arrival in 
Toledo, with the subsequent commercial history of 
which he has been intimately associated. He began 
in the manufacture of crackers with George Worts, 
the business at first being very small, but as their 
capital increased they increased the business until 
1866, when the firm was changed to Worts & Co., 
and so continued until 1873, when the firm was 
changed to Worts, Kirk & Bigelow, and was operat- 
ed under this name until 1890, when it was merged 
into the United States Baking Company. During 
these years Mr. Kirk gained a name as a shrewd, far- 
seeing, discriminating and successful business man. 
The plant vvas situated on St. Clair Street, and the 
machinery was driven by a neat twenty-five horse- 
powerengine. Constant employment was given to 
thirty or forty employes, and five traveling sales- 
men represented the concern in the states of Ohio, 
Indiana and Michigan prior to its becoming amal- 
gamated with the United Stales Baking Company. 
After having continued uninterruptedly in busi- 
ness for twenty-six years, the partners finally, as 
stated above, sold out their business, in 1890, still, 
however, retaining their stock in the United States 
Baking Company, as well as their real estate. 

The lady who in 1855 became the wife of Mr. 
Kirk W.1S known in maidenhood as Miss Hannah 
S. Worts, and was a resident of Toledo, being a 
daughter of Mannister C. Worts, a resident of this 
city, but a native of England. Mrs. Kirk was born 
in Detroit, and at the age of two years was taken 
to Oswego, N. Y., where she w,as reared and edu- 
cated, coming with her parents to Toledo in 1853. 
The union of Mr. and Mrs. Kirk resulted in the 
birth of six children, four of whom are still living, 
as follows: Ezra E., Edward A., Bessie M. and 
Arthur W. The family' is one of prominence so- 
cially, and is identified religiously with St. Paul's 
Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. Kirk 
has served as a Trustee for the past thirty years. 
They have a pleasant home, which occupies a val- 
uable building site on Jefferson Street, one of the 
principal residence streets of the cit3'. 

With everything pertaining to the progress of 
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Kirk is in hearty sympathy, and his co-operation 
may always be relied upon to support progress- 
ive measures. For two and one-half years he 
served as a member of tlie City Council, and in 
other local i)Ositions has been instrumental in pro- 
moting needed reforms. In his social connections 
he is identified with Toledo Lodge No. 144, F. & 
A. M. In politics Mr. Kirk has alwaj's been a 
stanch Republican. 

Tiie fine property wliicli Mr. Kirk owns and the 
comforts which surround his family are a credita- 
ble showing for one who began in early youth with 
very little means and without influence, and indi- 
cate the sturdy nature of the man to whose deter- 
mination and unfl.agging industry they are due. 
His experiences have been diverse, his struggles 
hard and obstacles many; but, undeterred by mis- 
fortune or hardship, he lias worked steadily onward, 
until he is now one of the well-to-do citizens of 
Toledo. In all his enterprises he has received the 
co-opciation of his wife, a lady of relinement, to 
whom he owes no small share of his success. 



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^^^ APT.- JOHN B. VAN RKNSSELAER sailed 
^\y/ the Great Lakes from the time he was 
ten years of age until 1879, or for nearly 
fort3' years. In the year mentioned he embarked 
in the mercantile business in Maumee, and con- 
ducted the same until March, 1892, when he sold 
out his interests to his son and retired to private 
life. His dwelling-place has been in Maumee for 
upwards of fifteen years, and he is a well known 
and esteemed citizen. He owns about two hun- 
dred acres of land in this county, and about sixty 
lots in the town. His wife is the owner of the old 
and historical fort at Miami. 

The youngest of three sons, John B. Van Rensse- 
laer was born August 6, 1827, in Albany, N. Y., 
his parents being Philip and Harriet (Morehouse) 



Van Rensselaer. The former's birth occurred near 
Alban}', and for a number of years he was mana- 
ger of an agricultural paper published in that city. 
He received a medical education, but did not en- 
gage in practice until his later years. In 1837 he 
settled at Put-in-Ba3% Ohio, and built the first 
frame house in that city. There he made his home 
for five years, and for that period had charge of 
the Seven Islands as superintendent. Subsequent- 
ly he removed to Pt. Clinton, where he lived for 
tiiree years and practiced his profession. He then 
returned to New York City and continued in the 
same calling until advancing years caused iiim to 
retire from active life, when he went West and 
lived with his sons until his death, wiiicli occurred 
when he was in his eighty-second year. His fa- 
ther, Robert S., a native of New England, wtis a 
Colonel in the War of the Revolution, and a de- 
scendant of the celebrated Van Rensselaers, who 
were emigrants from Holland and owned a large 
section of land where New York City now stands. 
Grandfather Van Rensselaer was a merchant and 
sea-captain in early life. Philip and Harriet Van 
Rensselaer had three sons: James, who died in To- 
ledo, when in his seventieth year; Peter Sanders, 
who is a farmer of Ottawa County, Ohio; and our 
subject. 

When he was only ten years old John B. Van 
Rensselaer was emi)loyed on his father's sailing- 
vessel, and during the next few years filled all 
the positions from that of cook to captain. He 
was pilot of a vessel when only fifteen years of 
age, and two years later look charge of a packet 
running from Sandusky to Plaster Bead for one 
season, being captain of the boat. He also sailed 
from Chicago to Buffalo and Toledo, and was a 
captain altogether eighteen years. 

On the 21st of October, 1850, our subject mar- 
ried Miss Eliza Marston, who was born September 
5, 1831. Her parents, James and Maria (Patten) 
Marston, were natives of Maine and Rhode Island, 
respectively. The father, who was a blacksmith, 
came to Ohio in 1833, settling at Walerville, where 
he lived for a number of years, later removing to 
Wisconsin, where he departed this life when in his 
fifty -sixth year. The line of his ancestry can be 
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first became interwoven with the history of New 
Hampshire. Mrs. Maria Marston died in 1880, 
aged seven ty-eiglit years. Her ])arents were na- 
tive Americans, but her grandi)arents were born in 
Ireland. Two children have been born to our 
subject and wife: Sarah J., whose birth occurred 
December 1, 1851; and Sanders M., who was born 
May 21, 1853. The former died August 24, 1878. 
Sanders M. is now engaged in the mercantile busi- 
ness in Maumee, being his fatlier's successor. 

Politically Mr. Van Rensselaer is a stanch Re- 
publican. His estimable wife is on the Advisory 
Board of the Lucas County Children's Home and 
has served as its President. 



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T7> MANUEL LAHR. This honored resident 
r O of Providence Township is one of the rep- 
resentative citizens of Lucas County, and 
removed to his present abode in 1862. He is a 
native of Pennsylvania, having been born in 
Northumberland County, July 29, 1824, in a town 
located on the banks of the Susquehanna Rivr. 
He is the son of Peter and Barbara (Oxenrighter) 
Lahr, who were born in Alsace, France, of German 
parents. The father was well-to-do, and in his na- 
tive land was a manufacturer of spinning-wheels, 
for which article there was great demand many 
years ago. He was twice married, his first wife 
leavinga family of seven children: George, Henry, 
John, Lizzie, Katie, David and Hugh, the latter 
two twins. 

To Peter and Barbara Lahr there were born 
eight children, of wiiom Emanuel was the second. 
The eldest was Marj', then followed Sarah, Peter, 
Michael, Louisa, Esther and Daniel. Of these two 
families, including fifteen children, eight are now 
living. When the family emigrated to this coun- 
try they immediately took up their abode in the 



Keystone State, where the father worked at his 
trade of making spinning-wheels. He departed 
this life in Pcnns3'lvania in 1861, at the advanced 
age of eighty-four years. His second wife also 
died in Pennsylvania. 

Emanuel Lahr attended school in his neighbor- 
hood in the winter months, and in the summer his 
services were utilized on the farm of his father. 
At the age of twelve years, however, he secured a 
jjosition with a neighbor, working on his estate for 
his board and clothes. A few months later he was 
given a salary of $3 per month, but shortly after, 
thinking to still better his condition, he left the 
employ of this gentleman and began working in a 
clover-raill, being at this time fourteen years of 
age. After one winter spent in working in the 
mill he returned to farm life, and two years later 
we find him a carpenter's apprentice, which occu- 
pation he followed eight years after becoming 
thoroughly familiar with it. 

In the year 1850 Mr. Lahr took contracts on his 
own account, and for twelve years following did 
a good business in his native state. In 1862 he 
removed to this state, and, purchasing forty acres 
of farm land in Providence Township, established 
his home there. He worked industriously to im- 
prove this tract, and in 1870 completed the erec- 
tion of two large barns and made many other val- 
uable improvements. Later he purchased eighty 
acres of timber-land, which he later disposed of at 
a good advance in price. 

January 23, 1849, Mr. Lahr was married to So- 
phia Wayne, a native of Pennsylvania. Of the 
children resulting from this marriage, James, born 
February 23, 1850, is now living in Providence 
Township; Fiana, born December 20, 1852, first 
married Elijah Jones, and then William Box, with 
whom she makes her home in Grand Rapids, Ohio; 
Emma, whose birth occurred August 10, 1855, is 
deceased; John, whose birth occurred Septembers, 
1859. makes his home in Ohio; Mary, born August 
17, 1861, is the wife of William LaBarr; William, 
born February 5, 1868, lives in Lucas County, this 
state. 

In politics our subject is a stanch supporter of 
the Republican party. He has been Supervisor of 
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of Trustee for two years, and for the same length 
of time gave satisfaction as a member of the Scliool 
Board. In religious matters he is identified with 
tlie German Lutheran Ciuircli. 



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T7>- RNEST TORGLER, a well known resident 
I Cy of Wasiiington Township, Lucas County, 
was born in German^', but lias lived in the 
United States since he was twelve years of age, 
and, with tlie exception of the time when he was 
fighting the battles of his adopted country, has 
lived since 1852 on tlie farm that he now owns, 
which is located on section 8. 

The parents of our subject were Ernest and Au- 
gusta (Ranfeldt) Torgler. Their daughter Emily 
became the wife of Robert Winters, since deceased, 
and Elizabeth, who has passed from tins life, was 
formerly the wife of Valentine Brown. Ernest 
Torgler, Sr., was a painter and artist in the Father- 
land, but after coming to America, settled on a 
farm and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. 
The place which is now owned by our subject was 
the old homestead, but it was then unimproved, 
and the price which lie paid for it was onl}' $S an 
acre. His death occurred February 13, 1869, and 
he was interred In Forest Cemetery. He was a 
stanch Republican, politically, as is also his son. 

Ernest Torgler of this sketch was born March 
29, 1840, and received his early education in the 
scliools of Germany. He was married October 5, 
1868, to Augusta Schacker, by whom he has had 
eleven children, three of whom died in infancy. 
The others are Ernest R., a bookkeeper; Lewis G.; 
Augusta; Carl, a student at Davis College; Edith; 
Walter; Arthur; and Herbert, who is also de- 
ceased. 

August 22, 1862, Mr. Torgler enlisted as a pri- 
vate in Company G, Thirty-seventh Ohio Volun- 
teers, and was mustered in at Columbus. He is 



the proud possessor of a flag that was presented to 
the Thirty -seventh Regiment by the ladies of To- 
ledo on starting away for the front in 1861. This 
flag was presented by tlie ladies of Toledo to the 
regiment, and by the other members was tendered 
as a mark of respect and good-will to Mr. Torgler, 
who had carried it for a year in the war. His first 
engagement was at the siege of Vicksburg, and 
soon after the surrender of that place with his regi- 
ment he went into camp, and while there was pro- 
moted to the rank of Corporal. After participa- 
ting iu the battle of Jackson, he marched across 
the country from Memphis to Chattanooga. At 
the battle of Mission Ridge he was a color-bearer, 
and after that important engagment was sent to 
Knoxville, whence he went on the Atlanta Cam- 
paign, afterwards going with .Slierman on his 
march to the sea. As proof of the gallant part he 
took while in the army, it may be mentioned that 
by an act of Congress he was (iresented with a 
badge of honor for meritorious service at the bat- 
tle of Ezra Chapel, July 28, 1864. He was honor- 
ably discharged from the service in October, 186.5. 
Since the war he has been a member of the Grand 
Army of the Republic. 



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WILLIAM LEYBOURN, pio|irietor of 
a valuable fruit and dairy farm in 
Washington Township, Lucas County, 
is one of the honored pioneers of this section, to 
which he came when only a year old, and he grew 
to manhood upon the homestead where he now re- 
sides. During the late war lie was one of the 
brave boys who went to the defense of the Union, 
and of late years perpetuates his army recollec- 
tions by membership with the Grand Army of tlie 
Republic. 

Born in Canada, near Mercer, Mr. Leybouru is 




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a son of John and Jane (Burton) Leybourn, the 
date of his birth being July 19, 1824. John Ley- 
bourn was bom in England in 1800, and came to 
the United States in 1825, after a few years' resi- 
dence in Canada. For some time he worked in 
Toledo, but in 1828 purchased forty acres of land 
on section 22, Washington Township. On this 
farm he erected a log cabin and set to work indus- 
triously to clear away the heavy timber. In the 
early days of his residence here he served as Con- 
stable. He died March 4, 1838, and is now sleep- 
ing his last sleep in Collingwood Cemetery. After 
his death his widow married his brother Anthony'. 

Our subject is one of seven children, the others 
being as follows: Samuel, Elizabeth, Eliza, Eve- 
line, Stephen B. and Mar}'. He remained with his 
mother until reaching his majority, when he rented 
land and embarked in the battle of life on his own 
account. In 1862 he returned to the old home- 
stead, which he has managed ever since. 

June 18, 1873, Mr. Leybourn married Sarah 
Wilson, who was born in Bloomington, Iowa, May 
8, 1845. Her parents were William and Rebecca 
{Shearer) Wilson, natives of New York and Penn- 
sylvania, respectively. Four children have been 
born to our subject and wife, namely: Hessie, 
April 5, 1874; William C, July 7,1876; Charles 
W., May 31, 1880; and Arthur, January 22, 1883. 
The daughter is a successful teacher, and the eld- 
est son assists his father on the home farm. 

In politics Mr. Leybourn has been a Repub- 
lican since becoming a voter. On tiie 12lhof May, 
1864, he enlisted in Company' I, One Hundred and 
Thirtieth Ohio Infantr}', and was mustered into 
the service at Johnson's Island. From there he 
was sent to Washington, thence to Richmond, 
where he was on guard duty until he received his 
honorable discharge, in September, 1864. He has 
many interesting recollections of pioneer times. 
In his school days he had to go a distance of a 
mile and a-half to the nearest school, and Indians 
were no unusual sight. As he first saw Toledo it 
was a small village, with but one store or so. His 
father had to do his trading for several years after 
coming here in Monroe, Mich., and when he wished 
to vote was obliged to go to Toledo. The farm 
which has been owned by himself and father for a 
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period of over sixty-five years is one of the best 
in this locality, and many substantial improve- 
ments have been made upon it by its present pro- 
gressive owner. 



PHILIP SCHMIDT, proprietor of the City 
Bottling Works of Toledo, is a prosperous 
and enterprising business man of this place, 
lie was one of the organizers of the Ketcham Na- 
tional Bank, and has been interested in other local 
enterprises. Since 1878 he has had full control 
of the bottling works, when he succeeded to the 
former owner, Mr. Schrenk. 

Born in Bavaria, Germany, in the year 1843, 
our subject is a son of Henry and Anna M. (Melt- 
zcr) Schmidt, also natives of Bavaria, and the 
former a farmer by occupation. Until he was 
seventeen years of age young Philip attended the 
common schools of his native land and remained 
with his parents. In 1860 he set sail f()r the United 
States, his destination being New York City. On 
landing there he continued his journey to Cincin- 
nati, whence a brother had preceded him. There 
he at once set to work to learn the wagon-maker's 
trade, and was thus occupied for two years and 
a-half. 

It was in the year 1865 that Mr. Schmidt came 
to make his permanent abode in this city, and for 
a number of years he worked successfully at his 
trade. After that, for a period of two years, he 
was cniplo3'ed in the old Grasser Brand Garden, 
and in 1869 he bought out the interest of William 
Enderman, and in partnership with John Schrenk 
established the City Bottling Works. This concern 
continued to do business until January, 1878, when, 
his partner retiring from the firm, our subject be- 
came sole proprietor. He manufactures a large as- 
sortment of soft drinks, soda water, etc., and also 
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has an extensive patronage and, as he endeavors 
to meet the wants of liis customers, merits the suc- 
cess whicli has attended liis efforts. His large plant 
is well equipped with modern machinery, and is in 
every respect a model one of the kind. 

September 21, 1869, Mr. Schmidt married Eliza- 
beth, daughter of Jacob Riess, an old settler of the 
Buckeye State. Mrs. Schmidt is a native of Toledo, 
and by her marriage has become the mother of 
three sons and four daughters, namely: Katie, 
JMillie, Charlotta, Waller H., Carl Philip, Maria Lil- 
lian and one son, Edward, who died in infanc}'. 
Tiie pleasant residence of tlie famih- is at No. 719 
Michigan Street. 

Fraternally Mr. Schmidt is identified with the 
Indeiiendent Order of Odd Fellows, and in polities 
he is a stanch defender of the principles and can- 
didates set forth by the Republican party. 



MICHAEL BEST, one of the enterprising 
farmers of Washington Township, Lucas 
Couut3', has owned a good farm on sec- 
lion 21,wiiere he makes his home, for over a quar- 
ter of a century. He was one of the first of our 
brave soldier boys to respond to the President's 
call for troops, and served from the beginning to 
the end of tiie War of the Rebellion. He was fre- 
quently commended for his bravery and his un- 
swerving faithfulness to the duties devolving upon 
him during his service. In many of the most im- 
portant battles of the war lie was actively engaged, 
and for one whole month, night and da}', was un- 
der steady fire from the enem>'. 

The parents of Michael Best were Jacob and 
Lucy Best, natives of German}-, who had eight 
cliildren, seven of whom, Philip, John, Elizabeth, 
Margaret, Henry, Jacob and Conrad, are deceased, 
tlius leaving our subject the only survivor of the 
family. He was born in Darmstadt, Germany, De- 



cember 16, 1839, and when seven years of age 
started with his parents on a sailing-vessel to seek 
a home in the United States. At the end of a 
voyage of forty-eight days they reached New 
York City, from which place they went to Buffalo 
and thence to Toledo by way of the Great Lakes. 
The father purcliased forty acres of land in Wash- 
ington Township, but death called him from his 
labors before he had accomplished anything of 
what he had undertaken, for he died only three 
weeks after settling on his farm. He was a mem- 
ber of the Lutheran Church, to which his wife also 
belonged. She died on the same day, and both 
were buried in the same grave. 

Thus left an orphan at the tender age of seven 
years, Michael Best was early pushed out into the 
world to make his own living. From the time he 
was twelve until he was fifteen years of age, he 
worked for Lyman Haughton, prior to which time 
he did errands and such work for neighbors in re- 
turn for his board. April 21, 1861, the young 
man enlisted as a private in Company B, Four- 
teenth Ohio Lifantry, being mustered into the 
service at Toledo. His first active engagement 
was at Philippi; then followed Winchester, Port 
Republic, Manassas Gap, Fredericksburg, Chancell- 
orsville, Gettysburg, the battle of the Wilderness, 
and many others. He went with Grant on the 
Richmond campaign, and at the battle of Peters- 
burg was stationed on Ft. Hell for a mouth, this 
being the time he was under constant fire. He 
was mustered out of the service at Cleveland, 
Ohio, June 16, 1865, with the rank of Sergeant, 
having been promoted from private to Corporal 
and from Corporal to Sergeant. 

For a short time after returning from the War, 
Mr. Best worked on a farm, after which he rented 
land for a year, and finally, in 1867, moved to the 
farm where he has since lived. This place com- 
prises flft3'-two acres, whicli are devoted to gene- 
ral farming and to the raising of vegetables and 
garden truck for the adjacent city markets. Our 
subject is industrious and has always been a hard- 
working man. The prosperity which he enjoys 
he has achieved b}' himself, unassisted b\' anyone 
save his good wife and sons. 

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Haughton, and their union has been blessed with 
seven eliildien, six of whom are living. In order 
of birth they are as follows: Orrin J., Mabel E., 
Althea M., Alfred L.,Elva and Harold. Conrad R. 
is deceased. 

Mr. Best's educational advantages were extreme- 
ly limited, owing to the untimely death of his par- 
ents, and he has been obliged to make up for this 
lack as best he could by private reading and ob- 
servation. In politics he is a Prohibitionist, being 
a strong believer in the temperance cause. 



FRANK CONVERSE, one of the enterpris- 
ing agriculturists of Lucas County, has 
been engaged in the cultivation of the old 
homestead on section 4, Providence Township, for 
almost a quarter of a century. This farm, which 
comi)rises one hundred and sixty acres, was for- 
merly the ijropertj' of his father, and was partially 
cleared by that Wbrtiiy old settler. Man^' im- 
provements have been placed thereon of late years, 
thus greatly increasing its market value. 

The father of the gentleman whose name heads 
this article, William W. Converse, was born Octo- 
ber 14, 1822, in New York, and his early life was 
devoted to carpentering and ship-building in the 
city of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1840 he was married, 
in Wellington, Ohio, to Cordelia Litzfield, who 
was born April 17, 1824. February 22, 1876, Mr. 
Converse settled in this county, buying one hun- 
dred and fifty-three acres, the place now owned 
by his son Frank. He engaged in its operation 
and management until his death, which occurred 
April 26, 1879. His good wife survived him un- 
til June 16, 1894. 

In a family of six children, who grew to mature 
years, Frank Converse is tlie eldest. Corintha, 



the next younger, born September 23, 184.5, mar- 
ried Joseph S. Coombs. Edison, born April 2.3, 
1847, is engaged in farming in Paulding County, 
Ohio. Henry was born August 18, 1852, and is a 
resident of Wellington, Ohio. Harley, born in 
Illinois, January 17, 1855, is a resident of White- 
house, Ohio; and George, whose birth also oc- 
curred in the Prairie State, June 15, 1862, makes 
his home in Victor, Colo. 

Frank Converse is a native of Wellington, Ohio, 
his birtii having occurred August 18, 1843. His 
boyhood was passed on a farm until he was in his 
twelfth 3"ear, wlien he moved with the family to 
Bureau County, 111. At the end of nine years 
tliey returned to their former home in Wellington, 
and in 1871 Frank came to make a permanent 
home in this township. 

July 3, 1872, Mr. Converse and Ina I. Coombs 
were married in Michigan. The lady was born in 
Grand Rapids, Ohio, October 2, 1855, and is a 
daughter of Joseph and Sidney (Adams) Coombs, 
natives of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, re- 
spectively. Mrs. Coombs died January 4, 1877, 
in Whitehouse, but the father is still living, his 
home being in Toledo. Their othei- children were 
as follows: Edison A., born March 7, 1850; Emma 
L., May 5, 1853; Charles A., September 24, 1857; 
William H., September 30, 1860; Joseph A., Feb- 
ruary 5, 1863; John F., July 10, 1866; Albert, 
July 4, 1870; and Myrtle, June 4, 1873. The eld- 
est, Emma, is deceased. The three eldest sons are 
residents of Chicago, in which cit}' Albert also 
makes his home, and John lives in Toledo. Myrtle 
is the wife of Clarence C'lyne, of Miamisburg. 

To Mr. and Mrs. Converse have been born the 
following children: Harley C, born December 27, 
1876; Emily, November 18, 1879; Edith, April 3, 
1881; Linnie L., February 21, 1883; Ina C, March 
7, 1885; Frank J., April 13, 1887; George H., July 
23, 1889; and Cora, July 11, 1892. The only 
death in the family was that of little Emily, wlio 
lived but ten days, her death occurring November 
28, 1879. 

In his home district Mr. Converse is respected 
by his friends and neighbors, as he is alwaj's inter- 
ested in whatever tends towards the good of the 
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of Republican principles and nominees, and has 
never been an office-seeker, tlie only public posi- 
tion in wliich lie lias ever server! having been that 
of School Director. 



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r~y IIAKLPIS KOSCII. Among tlie prosperous 
^ J estates tif Providence Township, Lucas 
County, there is one comprising eighty 
acres on section 9, to which the eye of the passer-by 
is at once attracted. Everything about the place 
bears an air of neatnei-s, and a complete set of cx- 
celiuiit buildings and the well kept fences add to 
the jileasing piospect afforded b^' well cultivated 
fields. The place is owned and occupied by the 
gentleman whose name opens this sketch, who was 
born in Prussia, Germany, September 17, 1849. 

Charles F. and Henrietta Kosch, the parents of 
our suljject, were also born in the Fatherland, and 
after emigrating to America, in 1860, located in 
Lucas County-, on an estate in Waterville Town- 
ship. After two years' residence there, the father 
purchased forty acres of timber-fand in Provi- 
dence Township, on which he erected a log cabin, 
making it his home until his decease. His widow 
still survives, and lives on the old homestead. Of 
their large family' of ten children only four survive. 

Charles, who was the eldest of the parental 
household, attended school for about five years 
prior to coining to the New World with his par- 
ents. After arriving in this country he attended 
school for part of three winters and gained a good 
knowledge of the English language. He was mar- 
ried. May 10, 1874, to Rosa Sommer, who died 
June 7 of the following year, leaving a daugli- 
ter, Mary R., who was born May 20, 1875, and who 
died August 5 of that year. March 28, 1880, 
Mr. Koscii chose for his second wife Nellie Stamm, 
the daughter of Philip and Eliza (Woolf) Slamm, 
natives of the kina:doni of Bavaria. Mr. and 



Mrs. Kosch's surviving children are; Emma, who 
was born January 18, 1883; Charles F., November 
17, 1885; Anna E., March 21, 1888; Clara, in 
March, 1890; and Albert, August 28, 1893. Will- 
iam, the eldest, born October 1, 1881, died Septem- 
ber 19, 1893; and Nellie, born July 12, 1892, died 
September 27 of the same year. 

In 1870 Mr. Kosch made a purchase of eighty 
acres of land in Providence Township, which he 
cleared, and erected thereon suitable farm build- 
ings, making of it one of the attractive homesteads 
in the township. He devotes his attention to 
mixed husbandry, and thus far lias been more than 
ordinarily successful in the prosecution of his 
labors. 

Prior to eng.aging in farm work, our subject was 
employed on the Wabash Railroad as a section- 
hand. In politics he is a Democrat, and on that 
ticket he has served on two different occasions as 
Trustee of his township. In 1895 he was elected 
as Trustee for tiiree years. He has also been Su- 
pervisor for a period of fourteen years, and in 
every capacity in which he has been before the 
public has discharged his duties in a manner giv- 
ing satisfaction. He is a devoted member of the 
Lutheran Church, and with his wife has many 
warm friends in tliis county, who highly respect 
him for his upright and honorable life. 



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r EVI DE MUTH is the proprietor of a 
I O thrifty and well kept farm situated on 
section 3, Waterville Township, Lucas 
County. He is an enterprising and practical ag- 
riculturist, and is thoroiighl}' familiar with every- 
thing pertaining to the proper management of a 
farm. In politics he is an ally of the Democracy, 
and has acceptably filled a number of township 
positions of trust and honor. 

A native of Westmoreland County, Pa., Mr. De- 




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MutU was born August 9, 1826, to William G. 
and Elizabeth (Kent) De Muth, both of Lancaster 
County, Pa. Their family numbered eight chil- 
dren, name]}': Catherine, who became the wife of 
David Lucas; Renatus, who married Lydia Wins- 
low; Mary Ann, Mrs. E. P. Heller; William H., 
whose wife was formerly Kate Disher; Eliza, de- 
ceased; Levi, of this sketch; Lydia Ann, who mar- 
ried Daniel Wiiitniore; and Charles, who died in 
childhood. William G. DeMuth was one of nine 
children, and was the fourth in his father's family-. 
The others were: John, Christian, Renatus, P'red- 
erick, Jonatlian, Benjamin, Joseph and Polly, all 
of whom have passed to the silent land. In 1847 
the father of our subject emigrated to the Buek- 
e}'e State, and buying a iialf-section of timber- 
land in AVaterville Township, Lucas Count}-, de- 
voted the remainder of his life to its cultivation 
and improvement. 

The early years of Levi De Muth were passed in 
a quiet manner on his father's farm in Pennsylva- 
nia, and there he received a common-school edu- 
cation. He had nearly reached his majority when 
his father settled in the wilds of Ohio, and he was 
of great assistance to him in making a beginning 
and in clearing away the heavy timber. He helped 
erect the log cabin that is still standing on the old 
homestead, and continued to live under the pa- 
rental roof until the death of his father. He has 
been the owner of his present homestead of ten 
acres for the past eight years, and the substantial 
buildings, good fences, etc., on the place indicate 
his careful management and supervision of all his 
affairs. 

On the -iSth of August, 1849, occurred the mar- 
riage of Levi De Muth and Diana Ruff, who was 
born July 23, 1830. They became the parents of 
three children, two sons and a daughter: Mary 
Jane, who was born June 2, 1850, and became the 
wife of A. Mayers; Asher, born February 26, 1852, 
and who for his wife chose Ruby Lincoln; and 
Lemuel, born June 10, 1860, and now a railroad 
engineer. The mother of these children departed 
this life January 30, 1870. The lady who now 
bears the name of our subject was before her mar- 
riage Miss Mary Ann Henderson. She was a na- 
tive of the Emerald Isle, and came to the United 



States about 1867. Her marriage with Mr. De- 
Muth was celebrated in the winter of 1870, and 
five children have come to bless their home: Ida, 
born November 29, 1872; Cora, December 28, 
1873; Clark, March 16, 1878, and who died Au- 
gust 11, 1879; Eliza, born September 2, 1879; and 
Homer, April 27, 1884. The family are regular at- 
tendants at AUbright Church, and contribute both 
of their means and time to religious and benevo- 
lent work. 



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JONAS M. STANBERY, one of the heroes of 
the late Civil War, is a well known citizen 
of West Toledo. He is a leader in Republi- 
can circles, and is at present Chairman of the 
County Central Committee, and Third Vice-Pres- 
ident of the Toledo Republican Club. He has al- 
wa3S taken commendable interest in politics or in 
whatever effects the good of the public. Though 
he is not an office-seeker, he has served as Town- 
ship Clerk, and for several years has been President 
of the School Board. For a number of years he 
has been engaged in operating a dairy farm, and 
has met with success in the venture. 

The birth of Mr. Stanbery occurred in Sandusky, 
Erie County, Ohio, May 13, 1841. He is a son of 
Joseph and Sarah (Beard) Stanbeiy, whose family 
numbered fourteen children, of whom our subject 
was the eleventh in order of birth. He was reared in 
the city of his birth, and there received his ele- 
mentarj' education. He is, however, mainly self- 
educated, having practical knowledge of men and 
affairs which has come to him in the real experience 
of life. 

It was in the year 1855 that Mr. Stanbeiy came 
to Toledo. In his eighteenth year he shijjped on 
the schooner "John Weedon," and sailed before 
the mast on the Great Lakes for about eight years. 
His next employment was with the American & 
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during a period of eleven years, after which he 
removed to the farm where he still resides, and 
which is devoted to dairy purposes, the products of 
the same finding ready sale in the neighboring city. 

In 1861 Mr. Staiibery enlisted as a private sol- 
dier in Company G, Seventy-second Ohio Infantrj-, 
and was mustered into the service at Fremont, 
Ohio. The first engagement in which he took part 
was the important battle of Shiloh, after which 
followed Corinth, Tupelo and Jackson, the siege of 
Vicksburg, Gunlown, Nashville and Spanish Fort. 
In the latter battle he was wounded, April 7, 1865, 
by a minie-ball, which struck him in the right 
thigh. He was sent to the hospital at New Orleans, 
where he remained for six weeks, and after he had 
recovered a degree of his former healtli and activ- 
ity he joined his regiment at Meridian, Miss., and 
was finally discliarged, September 21, 1865, with 
the rank of First Lieutenant. He is a member of 
the Grand Army of the Republic, having always 
felt a peculiar tenderness for his old comrades and 
companions of the war. 

In 1836 Mr. Stanbery married Ann B. Bailey, 
who was born in Akron, Ohio, and who by her 
marriage has become the mother of four childrens 
William, Sanford, Clara C. and Alfred, who are all 
living. 



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i^f'~\ ANIEL F. COOK, one of the honored old 

I I jiioneers and representative citizens of 
Maumee, Lucas County, was born Sep- 
tember 5, 1814, in Waterville, Me., and was the 
second in a family of six children born to Dr. 
Daniel and Clarissa (Watson) Cook. The father, 
who was born in Plymouth County, Mass., was 
reared in the home of his childhood, and received 
his early education in the public schools of the 
same place. After leaving the public schools he 
attended Brown University at Providence, R. L, 
from which he was graduated, and later he went 
to Boston, where he attended a medical college 



for some time, from which he was also graduated. 
After having received liis diploma, he practiced 
his profession in the city of Boston for a short 
time, and was then appointed Assistant Surgeon 
in the army during the War of 1812, serving in 
that capacity until the close of the war. He then 
settled in Waterford, Me., where he opened an office 
and practiced his profession for a number of years. 
It was here that he met and married Miss Watson, 
who afterward became the mother of our subject. 
She was a native of New Hampshire, and a lady 
of high accomplishments and many virtues. 

After leading the life of a family physician for 
a number of years. Dr. Cook gave up his practice 
and engaged in the mercantile business. He con- 
tinued successfully in this vocation for a time, and 
then decided to seek a home in the West on ac- 
count of his health, which w.as very poor at that 
time, he having contracted a severe cold, which 
settled on his lungs, and threatened him with that 
dreadful disease, consumption. In 1833 he came 
to Ohio, and located in Maumee, his family fol- 
lowing the next year. His health was greatly im- 
proved by the change, and he made his home in 
this city until his death, which occurred March 22, 
1863, at the age of seventy-eight years. Maumee 
was only a small Indian trading- point al the time 
of his arrival, and the Doctor was an important 
factor in making it what it is to-da^'. He filled 
various offices of honor and trust, and served as 
Mayor of the city when Maumee was the princi- 
pal city of this section. His ancestors date back 
to the landing of the "Mayflower," and his father 
was a Quartermaster in the Revolutionaiy War. 

The mother of our subject w.as of English ex- 
traction, but her ancestors for several generations 
back had been born in the United States. She 
was called to the land beyond when about seven- 
ty-seven years of age, and is buried in Maumee 
Cemetery. Of the children who clustered around 
the family hearth, our subject only survives. 
Clara Ann, the eldest, married W. B. S. Moor, aft- 
erward United States Senator from Maine. She 
passed aw.ay in 1853. Our subject is the next in 
order of birth. Charles died when twenty-five 
years of age, and the other three died in youth. 

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ville, and received his early education in ttie pub- 
lic seliools of tliat place. He later entered Wa- 
terville College (now Colby University), from 
which institution he was graduated at the age of 
seventeen j-ears. Afterward he entered the law 
department of Cambridge College, and made a 
study of the legal profession for two years. After 
leaving college, he came West and located in Mau- 
mee, reading law with S. M. Young, a prominent 
lawyer of this city, for some time, after whicli he 
was admitted to the Bar, and practiced his profes- 
sion here until the county seat was changed to 
Toledo. When that change was made he moved 
his headquarters to Toledo, but practiced all over 
the country until some time in 1874. when he vir- 
tually' gave up the practice of law, spending the 
twilight of his days in peace and prosperity. 

Mr. Cook is extensively engaged in the real-es- 
tate business at the present time. His father left 
him quite a large estate at his death, and he has 
added to his possessions until he now owns seven 
thousand acres of land m Lucas County, and con- 
siderable property both in Maumee and Toledo. 
He is also the possessor of about two thousand 
acres in Iowa, Missouri and Indiana, and is one of 
the weathiest men in this part of the state, as well 
as one of the oldest settlers of tlie county. Though 
a man of eighty years, he still looks after his busi- 
ness interests, having the oversight and manage- 
ment of his ViiSt lands and innumerable farms in 
his own hands. He is remarkabl.y bright and well 
preserved for a man of his years, and is well post- 
ed on all the topics of tlie da}'. 

Mr. Cook was united in marriage with Mrs. 
Abbie (Bosworth) Frost in 1857. Only one child 
came to brighten the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, 
Clarissa, a beautiful and accomjjlished young lad}', 
who, when just budding into womanhood, at the 
age of twenty .years, was called awaj- to the better 
world. Mrs. Cook is also deceased, having passed 
away in 1888. Mr. Cook is a Vestryman in the 
Episcopal Church, and a liberal giver to the sup- 
port of the same. 

Politically our subject is a stanch Democrat, and 
in his younger days was a leading politician in Lu- 
cas County. He has held various offices of honor 
and trust in the county, having served as Count}- 



Commissioner and Councilman, and he is at the 
present time one of the Trustees of the Lucas 
County Children's Home. It is with pleasure that 
we present this brief notice of this old pioneer 
and influential citizen, one who is honored and 
esteemed by his innumerable friends and all wiio 
have the honor of his acquaintance. 



MRS. ELIZABETH PETERSON, a well 
known and highly respected lady, whose 
home has been for many years in Wash- 
ington Township, Lucas County, was one of the 
early settlers in Sandusky County, within the 
boundaries of which she became a resident as early 
as 1836. She well remembers when Indians were 
numerous in that region, and the trials and vicis- 
situdes which are the common lot of the pioneer 
were hers in her girlhood. The first school which 
she attended was three miles distant from her 
home, and the journey back and forth through 
tlie thick woods she made on foot daily. The 
schooUiouse, Which was built of logs, was furnished 
with wooden benches and otiier primitive ap- 
pliances, and the instruction given was of the most 
elementary description. 

The birth of Mrs. Peterson occurred August 22, 
1830, in Cumberland County, Pa., her parents be- 
ing William and Ann (Hess) Blank. The former 
was of German descent, while the latter was of 
English extraction. William Blank was three 
times married, and became the father of fifteen 
children. Mrs. Peterson is one of four daughters 
born to the marriage of her father and Ann Hess. 

The early years of our subject were quietly 
passed on her father's farm, and with him she came 
to the Buckeje State when she was only six years 
of age. I'rom that time until arriving at woman- 
hood she was a resident of Sandusky County. 
February 22, 1850, she became the wife of Horace 



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Marsh, and their only child, Lavega A., is now a 
prosperous farmer of this townsliip. Tlie husband 
was called to liis final rest March 22, 1875, and on 
the 8th of March, 1877, liis widow became the wife 
of Benjamin Peterson. 

Mrs. Peterson owns eleven acres of land, whicli 
are devoted to market gardening. The place is 
very fertile, and abundant crops are raised each 
year, from which a good income accrues to the 
proprietor. Religiously she is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, with whose teachings 
she endeavors to keep lier life in harmony. She 
possesses the confidence and friendship of a large 
circle of acquaintances and neiglibors, and is a 
woman of sterling worth. 



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THOMAS PRAY is one of the native sons of 
Waterville Township, Lucas County, hav- 
ing been born here April 9, 1828, and he 
has passed his entire life within its boundaries. 
His paternal grandfather, John Pray, was a native 
of England, who in the last centui-y settled near 
Providence, K. I., where he engaged in farming, 
but afterward went to New York, and died at Mt. 
Morris. He was quite a preaclier in his da}-, and 
was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and 
ability. 

The parents of Tlionias Pray were John and 
Lucy (Dunham) Pray, the former of whom was 
born October 6, 1783, in Rhode Island, in a house 
which was situated partly in that state and partly 
in Connecticut, as it was just on the line. The 
mother was boin October 28, 1789, in Ft. Edward, 
N. Y. When John Pray was ten years of age he 
removed to the Empire State, and in 1800 left 
home to make his own living. He was employed 
to haul wood for a large glass factory at Peter- 
borough, and also engaged in making potash. Aft- 
er his marriage, March 25, 1809, he purcliased a 



farm, which he operated until 1817. Then, in 
company with a few companions, he came to Ohio 
to look up a suital)le location for a home. By way 
of tlie Lakes they proi ceded to Michigan, and 
tlience to Toledo, and up the Maumee River to 
Defiance, Ohio. From there to Dayton, and after- 
ward to Cleveland, they made the journey on foot. 
John Pray and his brother James were delegated 
by the others to prospect in Lucas County, and if 
they were favoiably impressed a colony was to be 
started here. After looking around they settled 
on Waterville as a good place to locate for mill 
privileges, and returning to New York reported to 
that effect, but when spring came the others all 
backed out. So John Pray and family started 
alone in a wagon to Buffalo, and there shipped on 
a schooner for Maumee. In company with Cap- 
tain Charter, they loaded the boat, and with their 
household linen made sails for the vessel. They 
were two weeks in making the trip. 

On reaching Waterville, Mr. Pray bought a tract 
of three hundred acres of timber-land. He built a 
log cabin, which had no doors or windows, and 
put up a saw and grist mill. These were the first 
buildings constructed either on the site of Water- 
ville or on the Maumee River. Before the mill 
was built the people were obliged to go to Monroe, 
but the mill there, which was run by a windmill, 
ground nothing but corn, and this was fed by hand. 
On one occasion a neighbor of Mr. Pray took eight 
bushels of corn to be ground and set forth with two 
yoke of oxen. He was gone for sixteen days, and 
then paid $8 for having the eight bushels ground, 
a rather expensive proceeding. In time Mr. Pray 
became the owner of about two thousand acres of 
land. He and his five brothers and sisters lived 
to ripe old ages, and all but two, who died in New 
Y^ork, departed this life in Ohio. Mr. Pray was 
called to his final rest October 18, 1872, at the age 
of eighty-nine, and his wife died August 11, 1874, 
when in her eighty-fifth year. For twelve years 
the former was Justice of the Peace, and he also 
held the oHices of County Commissioner, Road 
Supervisor and School Director. 

John and Lucy Pray had a large family of chil- 
dren, as follows: Harriet, born October 9, 1810; 
John L., January 25, 1812; Mary, January 19, 



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1814; James R., February 24, 1817; Paris H., May 
5, 1819; William K., November 26, 1821; Oswald 
D., March 4, 1824; Thomas, April 9, 1828; Lucy, 
October 13, 1831; Caroline, March 18, 1835; and 
twins who died in infancy. 

Thomas Pray spent his early years uneventfully 
on liis father's farm, attending school during the 
winter seasons. In 1848 he and his father built 
the house which has sheltered him ever since. He 
is the owner of a well improved farm of one hun- 
dred and forly-flve acres, and is a practical and 
enterprising agriculturist. Like his father, he is a 
Republican, and interested in the cause of educa- 
tion. At the age of twenty-nine years he married 
Miss Arrainta Sutton, the ceremonj' being per- 
formed April 20, 1857. Her parents were John B. 
and Matilda (Figgals) Sutton. Her grandfather, 
Benjamin .Sutton, was a native of England, ancl an 
early settler of the Empire State. Mr. and Mrs. 
Pray are the parents of one child. Religiously the 
family is identified with the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 



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AMUEL S. THORN, M. D., a well known 
surgeon of Toledo, has been located in this 
city for upwards of thirty-five years, and 
is a leading member of the American Medical As- 
sociation, of the Mississippi Valley Association, and 
of the Ohio State and Northwestern Medical Soci- 
eties. He is now serving as Vice-President of the 
Mississippi Valley Association, is President of the 
National Association of Railway Surgeons, and a 
member of the Toledo Medical Society as well. 
During the existence of the Northwestern Medical 
College he was Professor of Surgery, and since 
St. Vincent's Hospital was founded he has had the 
honor of being attending surgeon in that institu- 
tion. 

A native of Oneida County, N. Y., Dr. Thorn 



was born September 22, 1831, and is a son of 
Stephen Thorn, who was born at Mattsfield, in the 
county of Kent, England, and came to the United 
Statesin 1816. He married Ann Bennett, a native 
of the Empire State, and to them were born nine 
children. 

The early school days of Dr. Thorn were passed 
at Utica, N. Y., and after completing his element- 
ary education he was enrolled as a pupil in the 
Home Academj' and the French Academy, the 
latter of which was then one of the noted places 
of learning in that portion of the state. On tak- 
ing up the study of medicine the young m.nn en. 
tered tlie office of Dr. P. B. Peckham, who was his 
preceptor. In 1854 he graduated from the medi- 
cal department of the University of the city of 
New Y'ork, and then devoted some time to hos- 
pital practice in the old New Y'ork Hospital, after 
which, in order to become still further familiar 
with his future profession, he was for a time con- 
nected witli Bellevue Hospital in New Y'ork City. 

On entering his professional life Dr. Thorn went 
first to Milwaukee, Wis., and remained in that city 
for three years. Then, returning to his native state, 
he was located in Lockport for a similar length of 
time. In 1860 he came to Toledo, where he has 
since conducted a general practice. He has met 
with enviable success, numbering among has pa- 
tients many of the prominent families and people 
of this city, and his surgical practice extends over 
the state. 

During the war Dr. Thorn was appointed Sur- 
geon of the One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio In- 
fantr3', Army of the Potomac, and was with the 
forces along the James River under the command 
of General Grant. In politics he is a pronounced 
Republican, and, like a true patriot, is vitally in- 
terested in whatever concerns the national and 
public good. 

In 1856 Dr. Thorn married Miss Fannie Peck- 
ham, of Utica, N. Y., and a daughter of P. B. 
Peckham, formerly a respected citizen of that 
place. To the Doctor and his wife seven children 
have been born, but only three survive. George 
L. died in 1893. He was a graduate of and had 
attained his degree from the Northwestern Ohio 
Medical College. Three of the family died in early 



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childhood, and the others are Anna L., Laura and 
Alice M. 

In addition to the large private pVactice the 
Doctor at present is chief surgeon of the Wabash 
& Lake Erie Railway, the Toledo, St. Louis & Kan- 
sas City Railway, and the Cincinnati, Jackson & 
Mackinaw Railway, besides being Division Sur- 
geon for the Pennsylvania, Michigan Central, the 
Toledo & Ohio Central, the Columbus, Hocking 
Valley & Toledo, and the Toledo, Columbus & 
Southern Railway Company. He is also Consult- 
ing Surgeon for the Wabash, and held the position 
of United States Pension Examiner for twenty- 
two years. 



JOHN B. DRAGO, Vice-President of the M.I. 
Wilcox Cordage and Supply Company, To- 
ledo, has been associated with Wilcox Bros, 
for over twenty-five years, seventeen j-ears 
of which time he was clerk and traveling salesman, 
and for nine 3'ears a partner and traveler for the 
concern. The present firm was incorporated March 
8, 1886, with a capital stock of $125,000. Their 
sales are very extensive and constantly increasing, 
as their trade is not confined to this locality, but 
extends to all parts of the United States, and even 
to points in Europe. 

John B. Drago was born on a farm in Lucas 
County, Ohio, August 17, 1846. His father, An- 
thony Drago, was a native of France, but crossed 
the Atlantic about 1834, and settled in the wilder- 
ness in Lucas County, where he thoroughly im- 
proved a farm. Here he continued to reside un- 
til his demise in 1849. By his marriage witli Miss 
Jane Druyor he had four sons and five daughters. 
After the death of her husband, Mrs. Drago made 
her home with her son, J. B., and her death oc- 
curred in 1885 in Toledo, at the age of eighty-four. 
Of the children comprising the parental family, 
Anthony, the eldest, left in an early day for Cali- 



fornia, and his subsequent history is unknown. 
Julia married Anthony Momany, and they and 
their two children died of the cholera in 1857. 
Fanny and Agnes died of the same disease, at the 
same time. Joseph, who married Elizabeth La- 
Fayette, was drowned in 1857; his wife survived 
him many years, dying in 1886. Their only son, 
Samuel J., is a resident of Toledo, and the head of 
the firm of Samuel J. Drago ife Co., manufacturers 
of oils. 

Henry, the next member of the family circle, 
was born in Lucas County about 1843, and worked 
on a farm in boyhood. When about twelve 3'ears 
old he began sailing on the Lakes, whicii occupa- 
tion he followed until the breaking out of the war. 
In 1861 he entered the service for three months, 
as a member of the Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, un- 
der General Steadraan. Three months later he re- 
enlisted as Sergeant of Compan}- K, Twenty-fifth 
Ohio Infantry, under Gen. Paul Edwards. In that 
capacity he served until the charge on Ft. Wagner, 
when a severe wound necessitated his return home, 
and there he was invalided for nine months. On 
regaining his health he enlisted in Company K, 
Sixty-seventh Ohio Infantry, and served until the 
close of the Reliellion. After peace was proclaimed 
he at once enlisted in the Seventh United States 
Cavaliy, under General Custer, and was with Reno's 
detachment at the time of the massacre of the brave 
Custer and his fellow-soldiers. In the retreat of 
Reno across the Little Big Horn thirty-eight men 
were killed and some fourteen or fifteen wounded. 
Among the latter was Henr^- Drago, who was shot 
twice, his wounds being of such a serious nature 
that he was compelled to return home. After four 
years of suffering, he died from the effects of his 
wounds. 

The remaining members of the family were John 
B., who was seventh in order of birth; Mar}', Mrs. 
Charles Mable}', who died in East Saginaw, Mich., 
in 1872, leaving two children; and Eliza, who died 
about a year later in Detroit. John B. remained 
on the old homestead until he was seven years of 
age, up to which time he received such advantages 
as the schools of that day offered. There were 
many mouths to feed, and as the father left the 
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essaiy for the children, as soon as old enough, to 
provide, at least partly, for their own sustenance. 

In 1852 our subject left the farm of a bad man, 
the latter's brother kindly taking the friendless 
child to Toledo, where he hoped to find a home 
with good people. Failing in this, and believing 
the next best thing would be to try to "hoe his 
own row," he secured a position as mule-driver 
on the canal, working on the boat "Paris," of 
Dayton, Ohio, Captain Hewitt commanding. Our 
subject was then only seven 3'ears of age, and as 
he knew notliing whatever about canals or canal 
boats, the mistakes that he ver}' naturall3' made 
brought upon him the wrath of captain and crew, 
and between Toledo and Dayton he was whipped 
fifteen or twenty times. On reaching the latter 
place he was discharged, and with $3 in his pocket 
he started to walk back to Toledo. By the time 
he reached Texas, Ohio, forty miles from Toledo, 
his strength and cash were both exhausted, but 
fortunately he found a friend in the captain of a 
boat. Brown, of Delphos, Ohio, who carried him in 
his arms to his boat and cared for him until he had 
recovered, when he employed him as canal-boat 
driver. The following three or four years were 
thus employed, when he concluded to try his luok 
in sailing on the Lakes. He siiipped in the emploj' 
of Stevens & Chase, Toledo, and was a common 
sailor until 1862, when he accepted a position in a 
ship-chandler's store, owned b3' Stevens & Chase, 
the place having been secured for him through the 
kindness of Walter Chase, son of the senior mem- 
ber of the firm. The store was managed by T. S. 
Dunning, an exceedingly kind gentleman, who, in 
leisure hours, "coached" his employe upon business 
metiiods, giving him much valuable information. 

The firm of Stevens & Chase sold out to Reed & 
Sprague, and they in turn sold out to A. F. Ruth- 
erford & Co., with whom Mr. Drago remained un- 
til 1869, when he entered the employ of "Wilcox 
Bros. In 1870 he became traveling salesman for 
the firm. This connection was continued until the 
concern was iucorporated with M. I. Wilcox, Pres- 
ident; John B. Drago, Vice-President; C. H. Eddy, 
Secretary and Treasurer; and H. E. Rouse, General 
Manager. The association of our subject with Mr. 
Wilcox, extending tlirough many years, has been 



most cordial, and the regard which he feels for 
him is the deepest — a regard, indeed, that is felt 
by all with whom Mr. VVilcox is brought in con- 
tact. Generous, warm-hearted and discriminating, 
no worth}' person or charity ever appeals to him 
in vain, and no sacrifice of comfort or monej' is 
too great when the object is a good one. 

As a salesman Mr. Drago has few equals, and 
his travels have extended to most of the states 
and territories. He possesses good business judg- 
ment, is popular with his customers, and is a thor- 
oughly reliable and upright man in his dealings 
with all. Fraternall}' lie is a member of Maumee 
Vallej' Lodge No. 515, I. O. O. F., and Charles 
Sumner Lodge No. 137, K. of P. In politics he is 
a Republican. His marriage, October 16, 1869, 
united him with Miss Martha C. Pearson, of Ypsi- 
lanti, Mich. She was born in Ypsilanti, that state, 
February 22, 1850, and is the daughter of Ezekiel 
and Caroline E. (Fullington) Pearson, natives, re- 
spectively, of Glasgow, Scotland, and New York 
State. Two daughters came to bless the home of 
Mr. and Mrs. Drago, namely: LiUian Mabel, wlio 
was born April 11, 1871; and Maude Pearson, 
born August 17, 1874, and now the wife of C. Mc- 
Kecknie, of Toledo, Ohio. 



JUDGE GILBERT HARMON. Conspicuous 
among the progressive and influential men 
of Ohio whom it is a privilege to know and 
a pleasure to honor, stands this gentleman, 
who for a quarter of a centuiy has been a promi- 
nent member of the Bar of Toledo, and for several 
years has filled the position of Judge of the Court 
of Common Pleas in this city. A native of Maine, 
he was born in Thorndike, Waldo County, March 
30, 1839, a son of Ellas and Mary (Moulton) Har- 
mon. The father, who was a merchant by occu- 
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Josiah Harmon, was a bero of the Revolution, and 
served under Gen. George Washington for seven 
years. The Harmon ancestors were originally 
from Scotland, and settled in Standish, Me., in a 
very eai'ly day. The mother of our subject was 
also of Scotch ancestry, her grandparents being 
among the first settlers of Standish. Both the pa- 
ternal and maternal grandfathers lived beyond the 
age of ninety years. 

Gilbert Harmon spent his boyhood days in 
Tliorndike, where lie attended the public schools 
until he was twelve years of age, when he removed 
with his parents to Biddeford, York County, Me., 
and continued his studies in the public schools of 
that place for some time. Later he entered West- 
brook Seminary, where he remained two years, 
after which he entered Tufts College, at Somer- 
ville, Mass., and after four years was graduated 
with honors from that institution in the Class of '63. 

Soon after finishing his education, Mr. Harmon 
accepted the position of Principal of the high 
schools of Woodstock, Vt., which position he suc- 
cessfully filled for two and a-half years. Having 
previously decided upon a professional career, he 
then retired from the sciioolroom and entered the 
law office of Philip P^astman & Son, of Saco, Me., 
with whom he studied for some time. ]n 1867 he 
was admitted to the Bar of York County, Me., and 
practiced his profession in Saco for about a year, 
after which he came to Ohio and located in Toledo, 
opening an oflice and conducting a general law 
practice in all the courts until November, 1888, 
when he was elected to the Bench as Judge of the 
Court of Common Pleas, which )wsition he held 
until October, 1894. 

October 11, 1870, Judge Gilbert Harmon was 
united in marriage with Miss Lucile C, daughter 
of Oramel and Electa (Foster) Watson, natives of 
Vermont. The marriage took place at the home 
of the bride's parents in West Topsham, Orange 
County, Vt. The union of Judge and Mrs. Har- 
mon has been blessed by the birtii of three chil- 
dren, two daughters and one son. PCsther, the 
eldest daughter, who graduated with the highest 
honors from the Toledo High School, in the Class 
of '94, is an accomplisiied young lady of eighteen 
years, and a leader in the social circles of her na- 



tive home. Lucy, the second daughter, a bright 
girl of sixteen, is still a student in the high 
school; Gilbert Watson is a pupil of the public 
schools. The Judge is a member of St. Francis' 
Catholic Church, and Mrs. Harmon is a devoted 
member of the Unitarian Church. Their attract- 
ive residence is at No. 332 Batavia Street. 

Judge Harmon is a pronounced Democrat, and 
takes an active part in politics. He has been a 
delegate to the various conventions of the state, 
and was also a delegate to the National Conven- 
tion which met at St. Louis, Mo., in 1888, and 
which nominated Grover Cleveland for President. 
He is a man of strong personality and sterling char- 
acter, possessing a high mind, that is abundantly 
able to grasp and master the great legal questions 
of the day. He is considered one of the best 
jurists in northern Ohio, and is honored and es- 
teemed by a large and influential numlier of friends 
and acquaintances. 






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JAMES SOUTHARD is one of the representa- 
tive citizens and wortliy pioneers of Lucas 
County. He has been identified with its up- 
building and development in many practical 
wa3's, and for four decades has lived on his farm 
situated on sectitm 10, Washington Township. 
Here he carries on general farming, and has long 
been considered one of the practical farmers of 
this region. 

James Southard is one of nine children born to 
James and Mary (Ellis) .Southard, all natives of 
Devonshire, England. The other members of the 
family were as follows: Thomas, who died in 1840; 
Maiy, widow of Thomas Laskey, of this township; 
Ann, widow of William Laskey; Betsv, who died 
in 1852; Priscilla, of West Toledo, widow of Will- 
iam Baker; Rlioda, Mrs. VauWormer; John, a 




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farmer of this township; and Emily, who married 
Milton Gray, of Michigan. 

James Southard, Sr., set sail for America about 
1830, with his family, and at the end of a five- 
weeks voyage landed in New York City. Thence 
they proceeded to Onondago County, N.Y., where 
they lived until 1833, and thence came by way of 
the Lakes to Lucas County. The father took up 
Government land in this township, most of the 
property being unimproved and situated on sec- 
tion 3. He erected a log cabin of two rooms, and 
energeticallj' set to work to improve his farm. He 
died April 12, 1865, and was buried in the old 
Southard Cemetery. His wife survived him several 
years. d3-ing in 1886. 

James Southard of this sketch was born Decem- 
ber 31, 1821, in Devonshire, and passed the first 
twelve years of his life on a farm in the mother 
countiy. He then accompanied his parents to the 
United States and assisted his father in clearing his 
farm in this township. Upon reaching his ma- 
jority, he commenced working for neighboring 
farmers at $10 per month, but at the end of the 
year rented a tract of land, which he cultivated 
for two or three years. His next venture was to 
purchase eighty acres of land on section 11. Of 
this onl3' twent3^ acres had been broken, and the 
only building on it was a log cabin. When three 
years had elapsed he removed to his present farm, 
which now comprises one hundred and eighty-five 
acres. 

December 15, 1851, Mr. Southard married Mrs. 
Mary Scoville, who was born in England, October 
24, 1826, and passed away February 2, 1895, 
deeply regretted by all who knew her. She was a 
daughter of George L. Laskey, also a native of 
P^ngland. In 1833 she crossed the ocean, and 
after a tedious voyage of seven weeks reached her 
destination. Three children were born to our 
worthy subject and his wife: Josephine, who lives 
at home; Alice, who is the wife of Clarence P. 
Fox; and Augusta, who married Clinton D. Fox, 
and resides at Rockford, 111. 

The Southards have been prominently connected 
with the development and prosperity of this por- 
tion of the county, and have assisted in laying 
out roads, building schoolhouses, and in organiz- 



ing various enterprises. Our subject has held a 
number of local offices, and is a true-blue Repub- 
lican. He and the members of his family are iden- 
tified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
have hosts of sincere friends in the community. 






T7> LIJAH W. PECKHAM. The business men 
r C^ of Toledo are a power which cannot be 
ignored in studying the histor}-, commer- 
cial or social, of this city. To every department 
of activity' they im])art a vitality which is produc- 
tive of great results. As a class they have added 
greatly to the financial strength of the place, and 
to its reputation among other cities of Ohio. 
Their probity and enterprise, their intelligence 
and united efforts for the upbuilding of its busi- 
ness interests, have been a power which cannot be 
lightly estimated. 

As a prominent representative of this class, men- 
tion should be made of E. W. Peckham, who is 
general agent of the Northwestern Mutual Life 
Insurance Company. He is a native of Rhode Isl- 
and, having been born in Pawtucket in 1838. His 
father died when he was four weeks old, and his 
mother shortly after moved to Braintree, Mass., 
where his early school days were spent, and when 
thirteen he was sent to New Hampshire to finish 
his education. At the early age of seventeen he 
became a merchant in the city of Boston, engaging 
in the hosiery, glove and notion trade, which he 
carried on for six years, when, an opportunity 
presenting itself, he sold out and went to New 
York, and for a short time was engaged in the 
manufacture of proprietary goods. 

The breaking out of the War of the Rebellion 
developed a new industry, in which Mr. Peckham 
became intensely interested, viz., that of the man- 
ufacture of paper bags and sacks. Formerly all 
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sacks made of cottou cloth, but the rapid advance in 
the price of cotton made some substitute necessary, 
and ])aper was tried successfully. Mr. Peckbam, 
foreseeing an immense demand, made arrange- 
ments with some capitalists, who had established 
plants for the manufacture of these goods in four 
prominent cities, to sell the same on commission 
through the large cities and towns of New Eng- 
land and New York State. He was one of the pio- 
neers in this movement, and for the first two years 
was the only agent known in many of the places 
visited. This enterprise developed rapidly, until 
it became one of the great industries of the nation. 
Tlie business was a success from the start, and for 
more than twenty-four years INIr. Peckham was 
one of the best known, popular and successful 
"Knights of the Grip" traversing that section. 

Patents expiring, and strong competition reduc- 
ing commission, some change seemed desirable, 
and Mr. Peckham turned to life insurance, in 
which he had proved his faith by carrying for 
more than twenty years a heavy insurance on his 
own life. His first contract was with the Massa- 
chusetts Agency of the Mutual Life Insurance 
Com[)any of New York, and his field of operations 
was in that state, with headquarters at the pic- 
turesque city of Springfield. Competition devel- 
oped the fact that there was another company 
which furnished as absolute safety and security, 
and its management, by confining its risks to tlie 
healthy portions of the United States, and invest- 
ing its funds (153- charter restriction) only in bond 
and mortgage loans and municipal bonds, was en- 
abled to reduce the cost to so low a point as to 
make a contract with that company much more 
desirable for any polic\'-holder. Wishing to sell 
onl3' the very best goods that could be offered, 
Mr. Peckham applied to the concern, the North- 
western Mutual Life Insurance Company of Mil- 
waukee, for an agency, and was tendered the gen- 
eral agency for fourteen counties in northwestern 
Ohio, with headquarters at Toledo, and this posi- 
tion he accepted in July, 1891. His success has 
been very marked, and he has on his books as the 
result of his labors many of Toledo's most repre- 
sentative men for the full limit The Northwestern 
will issue on a life, viz., ?;50,000. The Toledo 



office of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance 
Company is in the Darst Block, rooms 13, 14, 22 
and 23; telephone, 1296. 

At the age of eighteen, Mr. Peckliam united 
with the Mt. Vernon Church of Boston, then un- 
der the pastorate of the renowned Dr. Kirk, and 
his tendencies since have been with the Congrega- 
tionalists. He, however, thoroughly believes men 
should live up to their religious profession and fol- 
low the Golden Rule in their every-daj' walk and 
conversation, and especially believes that one en- 
gaged in the life-insurance business should make 
onl}' truthful representations, that will stand the 
test of time. 

Politically, he has never been an aspirant for 
an3- office, and has always voted for those he con- 
scientiously believed to be the best men for the 
place, regardless of party, creed or affiliations. 



r~y EORGE .1. SHEPERD, the able and eflS- 
V^T cient manager of the Anicrican Telephone 
and Telegraph Company of Maumee, is a 
native of Vermont, and was born in Hj-de Park, 
^Lay 16, 1867. He is the third child in a family 
of seven born to J.S. and Eliza (Woods) Sheperd. 
The former, who was a. native of Canada, came 
with his parents to the United States when a boy, 
and spent his early life in Vermont, where he still 
resides, at the age of fifty-eight years. He is of 
Irish ancestry, but his parents were natives of this 
country. The mother was a native of New Hamp- 
shire, and is still living. She is of Scotch-Irish 
extraction, but her father and mother were born 
in America. 

The subject of this sketch was educated in the 
common schools of his home locality, and remained 
with his parents until he was fourteen years of 
age, when his father gave him his time and he 
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the month until he was about eighteen years of 
age, and then was employed as a teamster by the 
American Telephone and Telegraph Company. He 
followed this occupation for one year, after which 
he was given a position where he had charge of a 
number of men for about seven years. 

In 1893 Mr. Sheperd was offered and accepted 
the position of manager of the office in this city, 
it being a telephone exchange and repeating sta- 
tion of the telegraph department for the East, 
West, North and South. The position is a very 
responsible one, but Mr. Sheperd is perfectly capa- 
ble of its management, and has the confidence 
and esteem of the company. He has three assist- 
ants in the office, as there is a considerable amount 
of work to do, and his time is fully occupied. 

February 16, 1893, Mr. Sheperd married Miss 
Martha J. Wilson, and one child has blessed this 
union, Helen M., a bright little girl, the pride of 
her parents. Our subject is a Republican in his 
political views, and takes an active interest in local 
politics, although never having aspired to public 
honors himself. Socially he is a member of the 
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights 
of Pytliias. He is a popular young man, and with 
his estimable wife occupies a high position in social 
circles. 



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JOSEPH E. HALL is one of the old and re- 
spected residents of Waterville, Lucas Coun- 
t}', where he has made his home for over 
three-score years. For a quarter of a century 
of this time he conducted a tailoring establishment, 
after which for twenty' 3'ears he was engaged in 
general merchandising. In 1860 he erected a two- 
story building on tlie canal, and here carried on 
his trade. After a busy and successful life he is 
now living retired, tliough mucli of his time is 
spent in looking after liis properly. He owns a 
farm of two hundred and eighty-five acres, eighty 



acres of which are in Wood County. For one year 
he served as Mayor of Waterville, when he first 
came to the place, and under Pierce's administra- 
tion was appointed Postmaster, and served as sucli 
for twenty-one years. He has also been Township 
Clerk, Road Supervisor and School Director. 

A son of Jewell and Betsy (Smith) Hall, our 
subject is a native of Portage County, Ohio, his 
birth having occurred April 16, 1816. His father 
was born in Tolland, Mass., and died in 1828, aged 
fifty-two 3'ears. His early days were spent on a 
farm in his native state, but in 1815 he emigrated 
to Ohio, settling in Charleston, Portage County, 
having, in partnership with his brother, traded his 
Massachusetts land for property in the Buckeye 
State. Tills comprised about twelve liundred 
acres in Medina County, and for years they sold it 
off piece by piece, but never lived thereon. The 
father died in Portage County, where he left a 
homestead of eighty acres. His wife died in April 
of the same year, aged forty-six years. 

Twelve children were born to Jewell and Betsy 
Hall, but of the number only two are now living. 
In order of birth they were as follows: Clarenson, 
who went to Texas and died in that state; Smith; 
Lucinda; Judson, who died in Whitehouse, Ohio; 
Minerva; Jewell; Pamelia; Chauncy; Edwin; .Jo- 
seph E.; Julia, wife of H. A. Moulton, of Vermont; 
and Newell, who died in Whitehouse. Joseph E. 
and his sister Julia are the onlj' survivors of the 
family. 

Our subject spent his earl}' days in farming dur- 
ing the summer season, and attended the district 
schools of the neighborhood in the winter time, 
until he had reached his thirteenth year. Going 
then to Ashtabula, Ohio, he began serving an ap- 
prenticeship at the tailor's trade, and gave his 
time thereto for the next five years. In 1836 he 
came to Lucas County and opened a tailor shop 
at Waterville. About 1880 he sold out his busi- 
ness interests, and has since passed his time quietl}' 
in his pleasant home, which has sheltered him for 
many years. He lias been a Republican since the 
breaking out of the war. Religiousl\' he has 
long been identified with the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. 

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joys and sorrows of Mr. Hall's career was be- 
fore iier marriage Miss Jane Dee, a daughter of 
James and Abigail (Bogue) Dee. The ceremony 
which united the lives of our subject and wife was 
performed September 12, 1837. They had born to 
them two daughters: Pamelia C, August 13, 1841; 
and Temperance, June 27, 1850. The elder daugh- 
ter became the wife of J. L. Pray, and died April 
4, 1881, leaving three children. The younger 
daughter is still living with her father. Mrs. 
Hall departed this life September 18, 1889, deeply 
mourned by her family and the friends she had 
made durinii a lon^ and unselfish life. 



T~7^ LIAS BOYER, a worthy old {)ioneer of Lu- 
r^ C) cas County', departed this life October 9, 
1894, at the age of seventy-five years, and 
was tenderly )ilaced to sleep his last sleep in the 
Whitchouse Cemetery. He came to this section 
in 1865, and passed the remainder of his life here. 
During tiie late war he volunteered his services on 
the side of the Union, and from the effects of a 
fever with which he was smitten while in the army 
suffered until his death, as it left him in a weak- 
ened condition, and lie was obliged to retire from 
business in 1873, the charge of !iis farm then de- 
volving upon liis sons. He was Interested in the 
upbuilding of this community, and was always to 
be found on the side of progress. 

The parents of Elias Boyer were Jacob and Cath- 
erine (Newman) Boyer, natives of Pennsylvania, 
in which state their entire lives were spent. Of 
their ten children, but one now survives. Elias 
was born September 19, 1819, in Union County, 
Pa., and there grew to man's estate, receiving a 
district-school education, and being trained in hab- 
its of thrift and industry, which never left him in 
later years. On the 12th of October, 1843, he mar- 
ried Miss Mary Whittenmeyer, who was born on 



Christinas Day, 1826. Thej' became the parents 
of eleven children, of whom seven are yet living. 
Tlie names of the children and the dates of their 
birth are as follows: Elida, born August 27, 1844; 
Melinda, August 18, 1846; Samantha, July 18, 
1848; Catherine, August 22, 1850; Martha, March 
19, 1853; Ellen, May 25, 1855; Lamson, February 
10, 1858; Oscar, September 12, 1860; Mary, July 
16, 1863; Cora, October 3, 1866; and Clara, Octo- 
ber 1, 1870. Martha died March 9, 1895. 

In August, 1862, Elias Boj'er enlisted in Com- 
pany C, One Hundred and Seventy-second Regi- 
ment Pennsylvania Infantry, being mustered into 
the service at Harrisburg. At Gettysburg he was 
takeu sick and was in the hospital for some time. 
At the end of nine months in the army he was 
honorably discharged. In 1865 he came to this 
county and bought a tract of eighty acres, which 
he soon sold. He then invested in sixt}' -seven 
acres, and on this farm carried on general farming 
as long as his health would permit. In politics he 
was a Republican. Personally he was very popu- 
lar with his neighbors, and esteemed for his man}' 
sterling qualities. 

It is fitting tliat special mention be made of Os- 
car M. Boyer, who is now conducting his father's 
old homestead on section 23, Providence Town- 
ship. He is an energetic and enterprising young 
business man, and has been very successful in his 
many and varied ventures. Born in 1860, in Sny- 
der County. Pa., he was only five years of age when 
he was brought by his parents to this section. 
Much of the care of the farm devolved upon his 
shoulders while he was a mere youth, and since 
arriving at man's estate he has had full charge of 
the homestead. In Ma}-, 1889, he removed to his 
present residence, a pleasant and commodious home. 

October 14, 1884, Oscar Boyer married Kate La- 
Barr, who was born October 28, 1866, and is a 
daughter of David and Caroline (Miller) LaBarr, 
of Waterville, whose family comprised ten chil- 
dren. Mr. and Mrs. Boyer have had born to them 
two sons and two daughters, namely: Mabel L., 
born April 19, 1887; Alexander R.. September 23, 
1889; Chester M., September 1, 1890; and Marie 
A., September 13, 1892. 

Like his father, Oscar Boyer is a stanch Repub- 




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lican. He was elected Township Trustee in 1890, 
and is now serving iiis second term as such. He 
Is also a School Director and takes commendable 
interest in educational affairs. Fraternall3' he be- 
longs to the Order of Red Men, Otsego Tribe, of 
Whitehouse, and is also connected with Turkey- 
foot Lodge No. 529 and Encampment No. 240, at 
Grand Rajiids, Ohio. 






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< "\ <f)ILLIAM G. GARDINER, B. S.,M. D., 

\/ \/ has been a member of the Toledo med- 
ical fraternity for twelve years. He is 
thoroughly acquainted, both tiieoretically and 
practically, with everything pertaining to the science 
of medicine, and has a large practice. That he 
mav keep in line with modern research and ideas, 
he has joined several societies which are very ben- 
eficial to the members of the profession, among 
these being the Northwestern and the Ohio State 
Medical Societies, and also the Microscopical So- 
ciety. 

A son of John and Margaret (Gilfillan) Gardi- 
ner, our subject was born April 18, 1850, near 
Hamilton, Canada. His father was a meichantand 
also an agriculturist, and was a successful business 
man. He was born in Scotland, as was also Ids 
wife, who died in Canada in 1875. A few years 
after that event Mr. Gardiner removed to Iowa, 
where he departed this life May 25, 1894, at the 
good old age of seventy years. The union of 
himself and wife was blessed with ten children, 
four daughters and six sons. Two of the number 
died in infancy, and three in adult years. 

William G. Gardiner received his primary edu- 
cation in the public schools of Buffalo, N. Y., but 
supplemented this with training at tlie Toronto 
Normal School. He then engaged in teaching for 
thirteen years, and was very successful in the pro- 
fession. During this time he attended Toronto 
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University, from which he received the degree of 
B. S., and then took up his medical studies in the 
Toronto School of Medicine. 

In the year 1880 Dr. Gardiner came to Toledo 
and engaged in teaching school, still, however, 
keeping up the study of medicine. In 188.3 he 
entered the Toledo Medical College, being a mem- 
ber of the first graduation class (1883) and one of 
seven who obtained degrees. Since that time he 
has been honored with several professorships in 
the college — was Demonstrator of Anatomy, Lec- 
turer on Physiology, and held the chairs of Chem- 
istry and Principles and Practice of Medicine. 
During this time he kept up his general practice, 
in which he met with encouragement and gratify- 
ing success from the first. In 1884 he was elected 
President of the Toledo, Maumee & Detroit Elec- 
tric Railway Companj', and still holds that position 
of trust. He is also a member of the Oxygenated 
Fuel Oil Company of Toledo, a member of the 
Chamber of Commerce, and a member of the 
Edgewater Association. 

In 1875 Dr. Gardiner married Miss Mary Pater- 
son, a native of Canada, her parents being David 
and Agnes (Murray) Paterson. The Doctor and 
wife have five children, four sons and a daughter, 
who are named as follows: John P., Agnes M., 
William G., Roy J. and George R. Dr. Gardiner 
in politics is a stanch Republican. 



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r~y ILBERT B. BRIM, a well-to-do and pros- 
V^^ perous farmer of Lake Township, Wood 
County, makes his abode on section 27, 
near the village of Latchie. He has owned this 
homestead since the fall of 1875, when he rented it 
for a 3'ear to a tenant, but since that time has been 
engaged in its cultivation himself. He sold a por- 
tion of his original farm, but bought other and 
more fertile land, and the homestead now numbers 



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one hundred and sixteen acres. The place lies 
eight miles from Toledo, where a read\' market is 
found for the farm products. 

George Brim, the fatlier of our subject, was born 
September 20, 1807, in Devonshire, England, and 
was one of the pioneer settlers in this county, to 
which became in the spring of 1835. His declin- 
ing years were i)assed in Sandusky County, Ohio, 
where his death occurred December 7, 1873. Oc- 
tober 1, 1840. he married Miss Betsy M., daughter 
of Peter and Rebecca (Gilbert) Loop. She was 
born in 1813, and died March 12, 1895, aged 
eighty-two years. Nine children were born to 
George and Betsy Brim, namely: James J., who is 
operating the old homestead in Sandusky County'; 
Walter W., who is represented elsewhere in this 
work; Emeline and Emily, twins, the latter of 
whom died in infancy; George, also deceased; 
Laney ]M., Mrs. .J. C. Recker; Gilbert B.; Betsy M., 
Mrs. George Asli; and Clara E., Mrs. W. E. Gard- 
ner. 

Gilbert B. Briui was born near Woodville, San- 
dusky County, May 19, 1853, and attended the 
district schools of that neighborhood until reach- 
ing his majority-. As soon as he was old enough 
to work, his help was required on the farm, and he 
continued to live with his widowed mother until 
he was married, in 1877, with the exception of one 
year, when he worked at Millbury with his brother 
Walter W. He has been a School Director and 
Highway Supervisor, and in politics is a Repub- 
lican, having cast his first vote for R. B. Hayes. 

In Troy Township occurred tiie marriage of 
G. B. Brim and Lizzie E. Hahn, March 1, 1877. 
The lady was born July 16, 18.53, and is a daugh- 
ter of Valentine and Magdalene (Berg) Hahn, who 
were married in July, 1852, and had a family of 
four sons and six daughters, as follows: Lizzie E.; 
Herman D., who is carrying on the old farm in 
Tro}' Township; Mary and Laura, twins, the former 
the wife of George Brown, and the latter the wife 
of William Andrews, both farmers of Troy Town- 
ship; and Theodore, Barbara, Katie, Albert, Au- 
gust and Clara. The six last mentioned are living 
at home with their parents. Valentine Hahn was 
born in Germany, near the River Rhine, March 3, 
1814, and came to the United States about 1844, 



since which time he has been engaged in farming. 
He is a son of Jacob Hahn, who was a miller in the 
Fatherland. Mrs. Magdalene Hahn was born in 
Germany, and was a daughter of Jacob and Eliza- 
betli (Smith) Berg, who came to America prior to 
1843. They first settled in Cleveland, and went 
thence to Ashland County, where they passed the 
remainder of their lives. Jacob Berg was also a 
miller by trade, and worked at that vocation after 
coming to this country. 

Nine children came to bless the union of Mr. 
and Mrs. Brim, their names and dates of birth be- 
ing as follows: George Valentine, born December 
6, 1877; Clara Mabel, August 8, 1879; Otto Rich- 
ard, December 18, 1881; Orville Gilbert, August 
18, 1883; James Lloyd, October 4, 1885; Logan L., 
February 14, 1888; twin children that died un- 
named; and Edna May, born May 17, 1894. In 
January, 1892, Mr. and Mrs. Brim became mem- 
bers of the Evangelical Church at Millbury. 



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JOHN RETHINGER is one of the most popu- 
lar citizens of Providence Township, Lucas 
County, and is numbered among the pio- 
neers of this locality. He is a self-made and 
self-educated man, having been the architect of 
his own fortunes. In boyhood he had no school 
advantages, but has made up for the deficiency by 
))rivate reading and by the knowledge gained in 
the world of business and experience. He owns a 
beautiful home and a valuable farm of eighty acres 
on section 22, and also eighty acres on section 23. 
A native of Germany, our subject was born De- 
cember 25, 1820, in the province of Alsace. The 
father died in Germany when his son John was yet 
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in 1833 came to America, landing in Boston, where 
the family remained until 1836. At that time the^' 
removed to Micliigan, but stayed only a short time, 
and then returned to Boston, where the stepfather 
of our subject died. His wife then, in company 
with her son John, set sail for Germany, but at 
the end of a year returned to the United States 
and remained in Boston several years. After com- 
ing to Ohio they lived for a short time in To- 
ledo, then moved to Waterville, and after looking 
around bought land in Providence Township. 
The farm was heavily timbered and it required 
much time and work to bring it into a state suit- 
able for cultivation. 

John Rethinger remained on the farm with his 
mother until he was married, Februaiy 12, 1847, to 
Mary C. Long. She was born April 27, 1830, and 
was the daughter of Andrew Long, who came to 
Ohio at the same time that our subject did. Twelve 
children came to bless the hearthstone of Mr. and 
Mrs. Rethinger. The eldest, George, who \j'as born 
February 13, 1848, married Kate Dunnington, and 
has a family of ten children. He is a merchant in 
Custer, Wood County. The other members of the 
family, in order of birth, are as follows: John, born 
September 6, 1849, and who died at the age of 
twenty years; William, who was born August 22, 
1851, and was killed in a runaway accident; Jos- 
eph, who was horn August 11, 1853; Mary, whose 
birth occurred October 20, 1855, and who died 
January 26, 1862; Helen, born February 23, 1858; 
Charles, on the 7th of May, 1860; Peter, who was 
born November 4, 1862, married Emma DeBacher, 
by whom he has two children, and is now engaged 
in farming in this township; Andrew V., born April 
1, 1865, unmarried, and a resident of Swarton, 
Ohio; Lizzie, whose birth occurred August 13, 1867; 
Francis E., born March 15, 1872; and John H., who 
was born April 9, 1874, and lives at home. The 
faithful wife and devoted mother was called to 
her final rest May 7, 1889, at the age of fifty-nine. 

A large part of his home farm Mr. Rethinger has 
cleared himself. He has always been a hard worker 
and has accumulated a good fortune for his de- 
clining years. He attends the Catholic Church in 
this township, and helped to build the house of 
worship. In politics he is a Democrat. He has 



never been an ofiice-seeker, but has on several oc- 
casions been urged so strenuously by his neighbors 
to serve in a public capacity that he has acceded 
to their wishes, and has served acceptably as a 
School Director and as a Township Trustee, besides 
filling a number of other local offices. 






THOMAS M. STEVIC, one of the enterpris- 
ing merchants of West Toledo, is proprietor 
of a store containing a full and well se- 
lected line of drugs, hardware, paper, paints and 
oils. It was in 1890 that he came to this point, 
and it was not long before he had built up a lucra- 
tive trade. He is courteous and accommodating 
to all, and readily' makes friends of his customers. 
His goods are alwa.ys just what they are repre- 
sented to be, and can be depended upon as being 
reliable and the best of their kind. 

A native of the Buckeye State, Mr. Stevic was 
born October 17, 1849, in Wooster, Wajne County, 
being a son of Henry and Mary (Berlin) Stevic. 
Henry Stevic's parents were natives of Germany, 
but he was born in Pennsylvania, and there grew 
to maturity. In earl^' life he was a farmer, but 
later embarked in the grocery business. He was 
called from the scenes of his labors by death when 
he was in his eightieth year. His wife, Mary, was 
born near Harrisburg, Pa., and her parents were 
natives of the Emerald Isle. She is still living, 
and is now in her eighty-sixth year. 

The bo3iiood of our subject was passed on his 
father's homestead, where he was early inured to 
agricultural duties. His elementary education was 
such as was afforded by the district schools of that 
period, but subsequently it was his priTilege to 
continue his studies at Smithville (Ohio) College. 
About the time of reaching his majority he started 
in the grocery business at Jefferson, Ohio, and car- 
ried on this venture for some eight years. He 



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llien went to Waldron, Mich., wlierc for three years 
he held positions as a clerk. After leaving there 
lie engaged in the drug business at Sliiloli,and de- 
voted eight years to that enterprise. He became 
thorough 13^ conversant with the needs of the pub- 
lic in this direction, and fully competent to man- 
age a store of his own. Having husbanded his 
means, he found himself in possession of a fair 
sum, which served as capital and enabled him to 
equip a store in this city. 

In 1886 Mr. Stevic married Miss Mettle Barron, 
of Shiloli, Ohio. Her father, Rev. J. II. Barron, is 
a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and 
is now stationed at Canal Fulton. To Mr. and Mrs. 
Stevic have been born two children, a son and 
daughter, Thomas R. and Leona Madge. 

In his political views Mr. Stevic is an uncom- 
promising Republican. Fraternally' he is associated 
with tlie Odd Fellows. 



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JOHN M. MAYER, one of the old and re- 
spected residents of Waterville Township, is 
a native of Germany, but for over half a 
century has lived in the United States. He 
has cleared about ninety acres of his farm of one 
hundred and twenty acres, which is situated on 
section 10. and on which he has made many valu- 
able improvements during the forty-five years 
which have elapsed since he became owner of the 
place. He has served as Road Supervisor and has 
occupied several other township offices. 

The parents of John Mayer were John M. and 
Mar3' (Sautter) Mayer, who were natives of Wui- 
temberg, Germany, born in 1794 and 1819, respect- 
ively. The parents of John Mayer, Sr., lived and 
died in (Germany, his father, a tailor b}' trade, 
passing away in 1801, at the age of sixty-six years, 
and his mother in 1803, when in her seventy-sixtli 
year. In 1840 John Mayer, Sr., and his wife took 



passage in a sailing-vessel bound for Boston, where 
they arrived on the 26th of August. At the end 
of three weeks' time tliej' started for Ohio, and on 
reaching this state located in Maumee. Mr. Mayer 
then rented land for two or three years, after 
which he moved to this township and took up 
two hundred acres of Government land, the great- 
er portion of which was covered with timber. He 
erected a log cabin and other necessary buildings, 
and with energy began to clear his land. Here he 
made his home until he was summoned to the 
world beyond, Januar3' 28, 1871. 

By his first marriage the father of our subject 
had seventeen children, only three of whom sur- 
vive: Mary B., who was born June 3, 1824, and 
married Jacob Zahn, of Toledo, by whom she has 
eight children; Otto, born July 17, 1835, who mar- 
ried Elizabeth Dill, and has seven children; and 
John, of this sketch. The mother of these children 
died in 1848, and later the father married Miss 
Mary Ma^'er, who was born in Germanj-, Jul^' 17, 
1817, and of this union were born thirteen chil- 
dren, six of whom died in infanc}'. Mary died at 
the age of twenty years, and the others are as fol- 
lows: Rheinlioldt; Albert, who married Mary De- 
Muth, and has four children; Louise, who married 
William Dobin, a Michigan farmer, and has four 
children; Caroline, who married Henry Knarr, a 
blacksmith of Wliitehouse, Ohio; Bertram, de- 
ceased, who married Sabina Lewis, also now de- 
ceased; and Rosina, who married George Koch, a 
farmer of Washington. 

The birth of John Mayer occurred February 20, 
1821, in Wurtemberg, Germany, and until he was 
nineteen \ears of age he continued to dwell in the 
Fatherland. He rendered dutiful assistance to 
his father in clearing his new farm in Lucas 
Count>', then in the wilderness, and remanied with 
him until he was in his twenty-ninth year. At 
that age he bought one hundred and twenty acres of 
land for himself, built a log cabin and industri- 
ously set to work to clear the place of timber. 
He was married January 9, 1850, in Waterville 
Township, to Elizabeth Brencr. She was born 
January 1 1, 182G, in Germany, and came to Amer- 
ica with her ])arents in 1830, settling in Trumbull 
Count}', Ohio. Her father liought a tract of land 




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in that locality, and there jjassed his remaining 
years. His daughter Frederieka became the wife 
of P'red Grimm, a farmer of Fulton County, this 
state; Caroline married Bart Seiger, of Toledo; 
Catherine wedded John Mischlich, who is engaged 
in farming in Missouri; and John, the youngest, 
lives in Toledo. 

To the union of John Mayer and wife, Elizabeth, 
were born eleven cliildren. Two died in infancy, 
and of the others, Matilda, born December 13, 
1850, died when thirtj-six ^ears old; Julia, born 
February 15, 1852, married William Malilen, a 
farmer of Providence Township, and has three 
children; Julius, born March 18, 1853, is engaged in 
farmiugin Wood County; Mary, born Septeiuber 15, 
1854, died in childhood; Paulina, born December 
18,1855, married John Ester, aFullon County farm- 
er, by whom she has two children; August was born 
January 9, 1857; Caroline, born Ma^' 13, 185'J, is 
deceased; John is at home; and Elizabeth is mar- 
ried and lives in Michigan. John, the son who 
lives at home, was born August 4, I860, and mar- 
ried Sarah Noble, whose birth occurred December 
6, 1866. The date of their wedding was April 8, 
1890, and three bright children have come to bless 
their home: Jennie E., born December 30, 1890; 
Lucy A., February 15, 1892; and John M., July 26, 
1894. Mrs. Elizabeth Mayer, wife of our subject, 
died January 10, 1886, aged sixty years. 

Our subject has been for years a member of the 
German Lutheran Church, and has contributed 
freely of his means and time to its support. In 
politics he is a supporter of tlie Democratic parly. 



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JOHN P. McAFEE is manager for the Union 
Central Life Insurance Company of Cincin- 
nati, Ohio, and has his oflice in the Chamber 
of Commerce in Toledo. One of the suc- 
cessful and best known men in this branch of bus- 
iness in northvveslern Ohio, he worked into his 
vocation by degrees, and has given it the main 



share of his attention for upwards of fifteen years, 
his connection with the present firm having ex- 
isted for the past eleven years. Under his man- 
agement the Toledo ollice has written up more 
than a million dollars of insurance each year for 
the past seven years. 

Mr. McAfee is a native of the Buckeye State, 
his birth having occurred at Zanesville, in 1850. 
His parents were James and Elizabeth (Clapper) 
McAfee, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, re- 
spectively. About 1857 they removed to Mercer 
County, Ohio. The father, wlio was a farmer by 
occupation, was an industrious, hard-working man, 
who provided for his family to the best of his 
ability, and strove to train his children in upright- 
ness of action. He was a son of John McAfee, 
who was born in Ireland and was reared to man- 
hood in the city of Dublin. The father of Mrs. 
Elizabeth McAfee, James Clapper, was for many 
years a resident of the Keystone State. 

Tlie boyhood of John P. McAfee was passed 
amid the surroundings of farm life near Ft. Re- 
covery, Mercer County. His education was com- 
menced in the district schools, after which he pur- 
sued the higher studies at Liber Academj% at 
Portland, Ind., and at the age of fifteen he entered 
Ridgeville (Ind.) Baptist College. By his own 
efforts he worked his way upward and obtained 
practical training for his future career. At the age 
of beventeen years he obtained a certificate and 
began teaching, following that calling for about 
five years. 

In 1872 Mr. McAfee accepted a position as cash- 
ier in tlie private bank of Godfrey it MiUigan, at 
Celina, Ohio, where he remained for five years. He 
was next elected acting Secretary of the Fidelity 
Fire Insurance Company of Delphos, but after 
occupying that position for a j'ear, he resigned it 
in order to again take his old place as cashier in 
the bank. In time he wearied of the confinement 
of his clerical duties and became an adjuster for a 
fire-insuiance compau}', after which he engaged in 
a general fire and life insurance business at Celina, 
and subsequently was m a general hardware busi- 
ness at the same place. In 1884 he became special 
agent for the Union Central Life Insurance Com- 
pany of Cincinnati, and a year later located in 



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Toledo as their openeral agent, liis territory em- 
bracing nortliwestern Oliio. 

Tiie vast business Mr. McAfee has established is 
a monument to his executive ability and his en- 
terprise and perseverance. He seems to possess 
just those qualities wliicli are necessary to success, 
and he has truly been the architect of his own for- 
tunes. In politics he deposits his ballot in favor 
of the man placed on the ticket of the Republican 
parly. 



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JOHN W. BROWNSBERGER. No resident of 
Weston has l3een more closely identified with 
its history tiian the subject of this skctcii, 
who has been an eje-witness of its material 
growth and an important factor in the develop- 
ment of its commercial interests. Here he is con- 
ducting a furniture and undertaking business, and 
by his relial)le and straightforward transactions he 
lias gained tiie confidence of tlie people as a patri- 
otic citizen and an upright, shrewd business man. 
In Perrysburg Township, Wood County, Ohio, 
tlie subject of this notice was born March 24, 1843, 
being the next to the youngest among eight chil- 
dren comprising tlie family of John and Barbara 
(Failor) Brownsberger. His fatlier, who was born 
in Cumberland County, Pa., March 27, 1800, was 
reared on a farm, and in his youth learned the 
trade of a weaver, which occupation he followed 
until 1832. In the spring of that year he came to 
Ohio and entered land near Perrysburg, in Wood 
County, being one of the pioneers of this region, 
which was then in its primitive state. It was not 
long, however, before settlers began to flock into 
the county, and soon improvements were intro- 
duced, cities sprang into existence, and fine farms 
were improved. 

Soon after making settlement in Perrysburg 
Township, John Brownsberger was chosen Justice 
of the Peace and superintendent of road improve- 



ments. F'or a number of years he also had charge 
of the toll-gates. So faithfully did he perform 
iiis duties as a citizen that he gained the esteem 
and confidence of his neighbors. A short time 
before his death he removed to Lucas County, and 
there he passed away at the age of eighty-six. He 
was of German descent, but the family had been 
represented in America for many generations, and 
some of his ancestors took part in the Revolution- 
ary War. 

The mother of our subject was also a native of 
Cumberland County', Pa., and was born August 
30, 1804. Her death occurred in Lucas Count}', 
this state, at the age of seventy-six, after she had 
spent a number of years in total blindness. She 
was of German origin, her ancestors having emi- 
grated to the United States in an early day. 

Our worthy subject spent his early life on a 
farm, and received his education in the country 
schools near his home. At the age of fifteen he 
started out in life for himself, first becoming a 
clerk in a grocerj' store, where he received only 
his board for the first three years. August 5, 1860, 
lie enlisted in Company A, One Hundiedth Regi- 
ment Ohio Volunteers, and served for three years. 
He enlisted as a private, but was promoted to the 
office of Corporal soon after, and served in that 
capacity during his enlistment. He took an active 
part in a number of engagements, and was taken 
prisoner, witii about three hundred others, at Lew- 
iston Station, Tenn., and was confined at differ- 
ent times in Jonesborough, Libby and Belle Isle 
Prisons, being lield a prisoner for seven months 
before he was paroled. He was mustered out July 
3, 1865, and i-eturned to his home at Perrysburg. 

A short time after coming home, Mr. Browns- 
berger took a course in a commercial college, and 
then entered a diy-goods store in Toledo, where 
he remained eight years. After this he went into 
the office of the Auditor of Lucas Count}-, and 
prepared a set of geographical books for Wood 
County, and when the work was completed he re- 
mained as assistant clerk for a short time. He was 
then appointed Deputy Sheriff, serving for two 
years. In 1868 he was elected Sheriff of the coun- 
t}', and re-elected in 1870. It was during his term 
of office that the fight between Bowling Green and 



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Perrj'sburg for the distinction of being the conn t3' 
seat occurred, and lie had a hard time in preserv- 
ing order during tliat exciting time. He followed 
the instructions of Chief Justice Waite, and de- 
fended the records from being taken by a mob 
that came to remove them. On the 3d of July, 
1869, a celebration was held at a place about twelve 
miles from Perrysburg, and in the disturbance that 
generally takes place on such occasions David 
Shilling shot and killed Charles Lunday. A mob 
collected, which was going to hang Shilling imme- 
diately, but a friend sent word to our subject, who 
was Sheriff at the time, and he rode his horse on 
the run the whole twelve miles, and arrived in 
time to rescue the man. Mr. Brownsberger was a 
young, bo3'isli-looking fellow at the time, and tlie 
mob consisted of twenty-five of the most desperate 
men in the county, but he had the nerve to rush 
into the crowd, rescue his man and take him to 
the county jail. 

When his term of otHce had expired, Mr. Browns- 
berger removed to Weston and erected a large saw 
and planing mill, which he successfully conducted 
for three years. In connection with his other 
business, he also acted as Deput}' Sheriff of the 
count}', in which office he had gained a reputation 
as a terror to evil-doers and a friend to the law- 
abiding citizens. In July, 1874, he sold out his 
interest in the mill, and took charge of the records 
of the Probate Court, which position he filled for 
two years. 

lu the spring of 1876 our subject became a 
keeper in the State's Prison at Columbus, Ohio, 
but only remained there eleven months. After 
returning to his home he remained a short time, 
and then went to Bowling Green, where he occu- 
pied the position of Deputy Clerk for five j'ears. 
At the expiration of this time he was obliged to 
resign his place in the office on account of poor 
health, and, going from tliere to Toledo, he em- 
liarked in the undertaking business. He followed 
this occupation for three and a-half years, and then 
sold out and found employment as a conductor on 
the Clover Leaf Railroad. He was also express- 
man and baggagemaster for a time, and remained 
in the employment of the railroad for six years. 
In 1892 he bought an interest in a furniture store 



in Weston, and in January, 1893, came here and 
took possession, and has been actively engaged in 
the furniture business, in connection with that of 
undertaker, up to the present time. He has an 
attractive store, and his trade extends over the 
surrounding countiy, as he is a man who is held 
in the highest respect by all who know him, and 
has the confidence of the entire community. 

Mr. Brownsberger was united in marriage with 
Miss Lucy J. Bonney, of this city, February 24, 
1869, and to them three children have been born. 
Bessie May is the wife of C. K. Merrill, and resides 
in Toledo. Mabel B. is attending school in To- 
ledo. The onl>- son died in infancy. Our subject 
is a stanch Republican in his political views, and 
in his younger days took an active part in politics, 
being one of the leading men of his party in the 
country. Fraternally he is connected with Lodge 
No. 123, F. & A. M., of Perrysburg, and Post No. 
20, G. A. R., of Weston. He is also a member of 
the Undertakers' Union and Gen. John W. Fuller 
Commandery, at Toledo. 



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WILLIAM W. HILL, M. D., one of the 
leading physicians and surgeons of 
Weston, Wood County, is a native of 
this state, and was born in the town where he now 
resides, on the 6th of September, 1845. He is the 
eldest in the family of ten children born to John 
and Hester (Crum) Hill. The father was born 
September 9, 1822, in Stark County, this state, 
where he was reared and educated. In 1831 he 
came with his parents to Wood County, and located 
in Milton Township, where his father purchased 
some Government land, and with the help of his 
son began the arduous task of clearing and culti- 
vating the same. 

John Hill remained on this farm with his par- 
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the niotliei- of our subject lie removed to Weston 
Township, where he purchased a farm, and imme- 
diately set about making tlie necessary improve- 
ments. Ho soon had a comfortable home, and 
became one of tlie leading agriculturists of his 
section. In early life he was a member of the 
United Brethren Church, but later on became iden- 
tified with the Christian or Disciples Church, in 
which faith he passed away, having lived an ex- 
emplary Christian life. His death occurred Au- 
gust 10, 1887, in the sixtj'-sixth year of his age. 

The paternal grandfather of our subject was a 
native of England, where he was reared to man- 
liood. After attaining his majority he married 
and emigrated to America, settling in Ohio, in the 
early pioneer days of the country. lie served in 
tlie Mexican War, and was a true patriot and a 
brave man. His wife was of German origin, her 
parents having emigrated to this country in a \evy 
early day. The mother of our subject was a na- 
tive of this state, and was born in Harrison Coun- 
ty, .Januar}' 5, 1821. Her death occurred Novem- 
ber 9, 1894, at the age of seventy-three years. 
Her father was a prominent minister in the United 
Brethren Church, and a man highly- respected by 
all who knew him. 

The subject of this sketch was but ten jears of 
age when he started out in life for himself. His 
father was a man of limited means, and as the 
family was large it became necessaiy that the elder 
children should do all in their power to assist in 
maintaining the others. William was young, but 
strong and willing to work, and soon found 
work on a neighboring farm, where he was hired 
by the month. He was but fifteen years of age 
at the breaking out of the late war, but he was 
filled with zeal and enthusiasm, and though not 
old enough to enter the service as a regular soldier, 
he enlisted as a druinmer-boy in Company K, 
Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantrj', remaining in the 
service for three months, and receiving his dis- 
charge in November, 18G1. In the following 
spring he again enlisted, this time becoming a 
Tuember of Company G, Tenth Ohio Cavaliy, serv- 
ing three years, or until the close of the war. On 
the 13th of March, 1864, he was wounded in the 
right hip by a shell, and received a scar that he 



will carry to his grave. The wound was not seri- 
ous however, and he did not go to the hospital, 
but remained with his regiment. .Tuly 25, 1864, 
he received a gunshot wound in the right leg 
while in action, and carries the ball in Ins limb 
yet, it never having been extracted. He seems to 
have been a mark for the rebels, as lie was a third 
time wounded in a very short time. On the 20th 
of August, 1864, he was struck by a canister-shot, 
just below the left knee, causing a wound more se- 
rious than either of the others, and he was sent 
immediately to the Kingston Hospital, but was 
soon afterward transferred to David's Island, 
where he remained until the close of the war. 

Dr. Hill was honorabl3' discharged Jul}' 12, 
1865, and returned to his home in Weston Town- 
ship. He never recovered from tlie effects of the 
shot he received in the last battle in which he took 
part, and for seventeen years was compelled to 
walk on crutches, and at last to have his limb am- 
putated. After his return from the war he at- 
tended the Weston schools for a time, where he 
received a very good education, and fitted himself 
for the position of a teacher. He followed this 
profession for several years, and then became a 
clerk and bookkeeper, but after a short time de- 
cided to adopt the medical profession as his life 
work. In 1874 he began reading medicine and in 
a short time entered the Western Reserve Univer- 
sity at Cleveland, Ohio, and w.as graduated fiom 
that institution in March, 1879. 

In Weston, the home of his birth. Dr. Hill be- 
gan the practice of his profession, and from the 
start met with fair success. His practice is now 
large, and is rapidl}' increasing throughout the 
town and surrounding countr}', and he is known 
as one of the leading physicians and surgeons of 
Wood County. Having started out in the world 
with nothing but his own bands and head with 
which to make his way, the prominence to which 
he has attained is due to his own individual efforts 
and perseverance. In all matters pertaining to 
his profession he is interested and well informed, 
and in addition to his duties as a general practi- 
tioner and family physician he does a large amount 
of surgical work. 

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Elvira W. Hathway were united in marriage, and 
to this union two children have been horn. 
Charles E., born March 10, 1872, is a prominent 
young business man of Toledo, being engaged in 
tiie grocery business. Fred M., born March 31, 
1874, makes his home with his parents. Politi- 
call}' the Doctor is a stanch Republican, but can- 
not afford to take an active part in politics, as he 
is fully occupied in attending to the duties of his 
profession. He is public-spirited, however, and is 
ever ready to assist in ever^' enterprise for the 
improvement of his home locality and the welfare 
of the community. He and his estimable wife are 
both ardent members of the Methodist Church, 
and are foremost in all church work. 



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THOMAS BROWN, one of the most pro- 
gressive and public-spirited men of Mau- 
mee, is part owner of the flouring-mills in 
this place, and is manager of the plant. In local 
politics he has been quite active, and is a stanch 
defender of Republican principles. For ten years 
he served as a member of the Board of Education, 
and is now a Trustee of the Maumee City Gas 
Company. 

In a family of nine children, Thomas Brown is 
the fifth in order of birth. His birth occurred 
March 22, 1826, in Dunbar, Scotland. His father, 
Edward Brown, who was a millwright by trade, 
and followed the business for man}' years, died 
when Thomas was a child. Both he and his wife, 
whose maiden name was Belle Shiel, were natives 
of Innerwick. Of their large family of children 
Thomas is now the only survivor. 

Our subject learned the millwright's trade with 
his eldest brother, and was employed in the busi- 
ness in his native land until 1850. Coming to 
America in that year, he settled in Buffalo, where 



he worked for about seven years, and in 1858 came 
west to Toledo. In that city he remained until 
the fall of 1859, when he removed to Maumee. 
Here he found employment in the mill until 1878, 
when he purchased a third interest in the business, 
the remainder of which is controlled by R. B. 
Mitchell, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this 
volume. The mill, which is valued at $15,000, is 
supplied with modern machineiy and has a capacitj- 
of about two huurired barrels per day. 

On the 2d of May, 1864, Mr. Brown enlisted in 
Company E, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio In- 
fantiy, as a private soldier, and on the expiration 
of his term received an honorable discharge, Sep- 
tember 22, 1864. He was elected to the position 
of Captain, but declined the honor on account of 
outside business matters. Though he did not par- 
ticipate in any regular battle, he had a hand in 
several skirmishes, and traveled up and down the 
James River many times in the discharge of his 
duties. He is now a member of C. B. Mitchell Post 
No. 84, G. A. R., of this place, and is also identified 
with Maumee Lodge No. 682, I. O. O. F. 

November 29, 1860, Mr. Brown married Eva C. 
Worth, of this city, and to them have been born 
five children, as follows: Edward A., who is now a 
member of the fire department of Toledo; George 
T., who died at the age of seven years; Belle E,, 
who died when in her twenty-fourth year; Nellie 
G., who is still living with her parents; and Car- 
rie A. L., who is attending school. The famil}' are 
influential members of the Prcsb3terian Church, 
and occupy an enviable position in social circles. 



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PETER CRANKER carries on general farm- 
ing on section 15, Washington Township, 
Lucas County, and has resided on his 
homestead for the past twenty-three years. He is 
one of the native sons of this township, the date 
of his birth being August 19, 1844, and, with the 
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was fighting the battles of his country, his life has 
been spent entirely in this region. 

Joseph and Alary C. (Bertholl) Cranker, the 
parents of oui- subject, were natives of New York 
State. The former, who was a blacksmith by trade, 
was a thorough workman, and followed this call- 
ing during his entire life. He was onlj' a small 
boy when he came to Lucas County, and here his 
death occurred in 1853. His other sons were Will- 
iam H. and Joseph. His only daughter, Maria, 
died at the age of five years. 

Our subject was deprived of his father's care and 
protection when only nine years of age, and he re- 
mained with his mother on the old homestead 
until lie enlisted in the Union service in the Civil 
Wai\ After he returned he went to school at in- 
tervals for three 3-ears, in order to better fit him- 
self for the battle of life. For the next eight 
years he was employed by Mr. Luny on his farm, 
and at the end of that time embarked in business 
on his own account. It was in 1872 that he he- 
came the owner of his present farm of twenty-five 
acres, which is devoted to gardening and general 
crops. 

September 16, 1862, Mr. Cranker enlisted as a 
private soldier in Corapan}' A, Sixt3- -seventh Ohio 
Infantry, being mustered in at Columbus. Ohio- 
His first active engagement was at the battle of Cold 
Harbor, after which followed Morris Island, Ft. 
Wagner, Drury's Bluffs, the siege of Petersburg 
(from August 25 to September 25, 1863), Chapin's 
Farm and many others. In the charge on Ft. 
Gregg, Va., Mr. Cranker was wounded by a minie- 
ball in the right thigh, and from the effects of 
this injuiy he has ever since been a cripple. He 
was removed to the rear field hospital, and three 
days later was taken to the hospital at Fortress 
Monroe, where he remained from April 5 until 
September, 1865. He received his final discharge 
at Cincinnati, October 31, 1865. He had been 
promoted to the rank of Corporal in 1863, and was 
discharged as such. He has long been a member 
of the Grand Army of the Republic, belonging to 
Volunteer Post of Toledo. 

On Christmas Day, 1872, Mr. Cranker married 
Miss Jennie Jackman, who was born in Lucas 
County, May 31, 1852. Seven children have 



blessed the union of this worthy couple, but Cora, 
James and William H. have been called to the 
better land. Those living are Agnes, Fred, Bertha 
and Ada. 



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FREDERICK KOHLI, a well-to-do farmer of 
Providence Township, was born in Swit- 
zerland, June 8, 1855. His parents were 
Samuel and Eliza (Winkelman) Kohli, both of 
whom were born, reared and died in Switzerland. 
The father departed this life when our subject w.ts 
an infant, but his mother lived until 1885, when 
she, too, passed away. They were farmers b\' occu- 
pation, and people highly respected in their com- 
munit}'. 

Samuel Kohli was one of a family of nine chil- 
dren, only one of whom survives. On attaining 
mature years he became one of the more substan- 
tial citizens of his locality, and was of much ben- 
efit to the community. His son, our subject, spent 
his early life on his father's estate, and received a 
good education. He became conversant with the 
French language, and on emigrating to America 
soon mastered the English tongue. The trip hither 
was begun May 18, 1877, and soon after landing in 
New York he came direct to this state, locating 
on a farm with an uncle, with whom he remained 
for three years, or until his relative died. Our 
subject then purchased the place, which contained 
forty acres, but the only improvement on it was a 
log cabin. His uncle had come to America in 1851, 
and at the time of his decease was laboring hard to 
clear liis purchase. When the tract was taken 
possession of by our subject, he continued the 
work of clearing it, and lived in the little cabin 
until 1884, when his means made it possible for 
him to erect a more substantial and comfortable 
dwelling. 

March 17, 1881, Frederick Kohli married Cath- 
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born October 11, 1882, and Frank, born November 
21, 1887. Our subject has always been interested 
in educational matters, and has done much to help 
ou the good work in his district since he became a 
member of the School Board. In politics he votes 
with the Republican party. He is identified with 
the Lutheran Church, and is held in the higliest 
possible esteem b}' all who know him. 



HON. D. K. HOLLENBECK, Mayor of Per- 
rysburg and one of the leading attorney's 
of Wood County, was born in Mumford, 
Monroe County, N. Y., January 15, 1834. He is 
a member of a familj' that has been honorabl}' 
connected with the history of this country for sev- 
eral generations. The first of the name to settle in 
America was Casper Jacob Hollenbeck, a native of 
Holland, who, emigrating to the United States and 
settling in Albany, N. Y., became prominently 
identified with the early historj' of that city. 
From him the line of descent is traced through 
Isaac Casper, Hendrick and James to Henry Isaac, 
a native of New York, and a successful agricult- 
urist. 

The father of our subject, Francis, was a son of 
Henry Isaac Hollenbeck, and was born in AVill- 
iamsburg, N. Y., in 1809. He liad two brothers, 
James and Hamilton. The former, whose life oc- 
cupation has been that of a farmer, is now living 
retired in Schoharie County, N. Y., at the ad- 
vanced age of ninety-three j'ears. The latter, at 
the time of his death, was a hotel-keeper at Mum- 
ford, N. Y. Francis Hollenbeck was the recipient 
of excellent educational advantages, and was a 
graduate of Wyoming Seminary. In 1844 he 
came to Ohio in the interest of Eastern capitalists, 
and was so favorably' impressed with the oppor- 
tunities offered bj' this state that he decided to 
settle here permanentl}-. Opening an office at 



Miami, he remained there a few years, but in 
1847 removed to Perrysburg. January 10, 1856, 
he was admitted to the Bar, and from that time 
until his death he followed the profession of an 
attorney. 

An ardent supporter of the public-school sj'stem, 
Francis Hollenbeck was instrumental in promoting 
the educational interests of this community, and 
was a prominent factor in the building of the first 
schoolhouse at Miami. For many years he was 
Principal of the schools of Defiance and Perrys- 
burg. but from 1856 until the time of his death, 
August 31, 1884, he directed his energies wholly 
to the legal profession. A man of progressive 
spirit and more than ordinary ability, he is remem- 
bered as one of the most able lawyers and influ- 
ential citizens Perrj'sburg has ever had. His wife, 
Eliza (McNaughton) Hollenbeck, was born in New 
York and was of Scotch ancestry. She died in 
September, 1893. at the age of eightj'-three. 

The subject of this notice is the eldest of five 
brothers, all of whom are living with two ex- 
ceptions. George W., who during the Civil War 
was Lieutenant of Company C, One Hundred and 
Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantiy, was for some years 
a resident of New Mexico, during which time he 
served as Probate Judge of Socorro Count}'; he is 
now engaged in the real-estate business at Los 
Angeles, Cal. W. H., also a soldier in the late 
war, and Postmaster at Periysburg under Presi- 
dent Harrison's administration, died April 3, 
1895. F. E., who was born May 4, 1840, was for 
many years in the railroad business at Rochester, 
N. Y., but since 1884 has been a partner of our 
subject in the real-estate business. Charles J. died 
in infancj'. 

At the time of the removal of the famil}' to 
Ohio, the subject of this sketch was ten years of 
age. On completing his studies, he taught school 
for several years, after which he read law under 
the guidance of his father. Admitted to the Bar, 
he was in partnership with his father until the 
death of the latter in 1884. For years he has 
been prominent in local politics, and has been a 
member of the City Council and the Board of Ed- 
ucation. In the spring of 1894 he was elected 
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sition has been an important factor in securing 
many improvements and municipal reforms 

Since the organization of the Perrysburg Bank 
Mr. Hollenbeck has been one of its stockholders 
and one of the Directors. At the request of the 
City Council, the executors of the will of the late 
W. V. Way expended the money set apart for the 
purpose- of erecting the Way Library, concerning 
which mention is made elsewhere in this volume. 
Mr. Hollenbeck was one of the executors. In the 
growth and development of Perrysburg he has 
been a leading factor, promoting its interests and 
increasing its resources. No one deserves greater 
praise than he for the prosperity of the place and 
its high standing among other cities of northwest- 
ern Ohio. 

By liis marriage with Miss Frank Bruce, a na- 
tive of Oswego, N. Y., but at the time of their 
union a resident of Clinton, Mich., Mr. Hollen- 
beck has foiirchildren, Fred Bruce, Ella E., Grace A. 
and Jean K. His eldest son, a promising young 
man, has for some years been engaged in business 
in Seattle, Wash ; while his daughter. Miss Ella, is 
a successful teacher in the schools of Yankton, 
S. Dak. 



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REV. SEBASTIAN LIFE has occupied the 
pulpits of the New German Ba))tist Church 
of Spencer Township and the one in Ger- 
man Township, Fulton County, since 1858. He 
gives one sermon on Sundays at the Swanton vil- 
lage church, one in Spencer Township, and one 
occasionally in German Township, and, according 
to the custom of that denomination, he has never 
received any remuneration for his services. He 
was the fifth convert of this particular sect in the 
United States, and was elected a Deacon in the 
church, afterward becoming an Elder. In 1883 
there were eight^'-five members of the Spencer 
Township church. 

Rev. Mr. Lipe was born in the canton of Schaff- 



hausen, Switzerland, April 12, 1829, and is a son of 
Jacob and Anna (Kaller) Lipe. The former was 
a stonemason and contractor, who employed many 
hands in his stone quarry. He died in 1852, aged 
sixty-nine years, and his wife died ten j'ears pre- 
viousl}', aged fifty-four years. Of their five sons 
and live daughters, three sons emigrated to the 
United States. Ilenr^' settled in Monclova Town- 
ship, Lucas County, where he followed the trade 
of a blacksmith, but died two years after coming 
to this locality. Jacob, another sou, settled in the 
same townshii), and conducted a blacksmith shop 
for three or four years. In 1848 he moved into 
German Township, Fulton County. He died in 
Spencer, Lucas County, Ohio, in 1880. 

The education of our subject was obtained in 
the graded schools of his native village. On com- 
pleting his studies, he learned the cabinet-maker's 
trade, and set forth to seek his fortune in the New 
World in 1847. In Toledo he secured a position 
in Stockman's shop, which was located on a va- 
cant lot between Summit, St. Clair, Jefferson and 
Madison Streets. Mr. Stockman afterward had a 
furniture shop on the same site. At that early 
day the only brick store in the city was a general 
store on the east side of Summit Street, between 
Monroe and Jefferson Streets, which was kept by a 
Mr. Ketcham; and the only tavern was the old In- 
diana House, on Summit Street, between Monroe 
and Perry. After three j'ears' residence in Toledo, 
Mr. Lipe left the city on account of lU-health, sick- 
ness prevailing to a great extent for some time 
after the cholera epidemic of 1849. He removed 
to Gernian Township, where his brother was liv- 
ing, and purchased a farm of one hundred and 
twenty acres. At the end of four years, however, 
he returned to Toledo, and once more engaged in 
carpentering, taking contracts and building houses 
there for three years. Then, making still another 
lemoval, he went to Maumee, and lived in that 
vicinity for two years. 

From 1855 until 1864 Mr. Lipe engaged in op- 
erating his farm in German Township, but sold 
out in the latter year, and invested in sixty acres 
in Spencer Township. He has added more land, 
until he now owns one hundred and ten acres on 
section 8. In October, 1893, he moved to Swan- 




NEW GERMAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 
SwANTON, Fulton County, Ohio. 



NEW GERMAN BAPTIST CHURCH, 
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ton, where he had built a fine residence the pie- 
vious summer. 

In 1852 occurred the marriage of Mr. Lipe and 
Elizabeth Berthand, who died in April, 1880, leav- 
ing no children. December 9, 1880, Mr. Lipe 
wedded Barbara, daughter of John Zeigler, of 
Monclova Township, Lucas County, and a potter 
b3' trade. Of his six children, only Mrs. Lipe and 
one sister, Catherine, Mrs. Jacob Berthand, sur- 
vive. 

In 1847 there were but six members of the new 
German Baptist Church in Maumee, and these 
were all natives of Switzerland. They first iield 
religious services in schoolhouses, but in 1857 
managed to put up a small liouse of worship in 
German Township, and in 1883 one was built in 
S[iencer Township. Rev. Mr. Lipe is devoted to 
the interests of the denomination with which he 
has been so long identified, and is popular with all 
of the members. In his political belief he is a Re- 
publican. 



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JOSIAH CHAMBERS, one of the sterling old 
residents of Washington Township, pur- 
chased the farm on which he is residing in 
1838. It was bought at second-hand, and 
consisted of forty acres, lying in section 5, and 
besides the log cabin on the place but few im- 
provements had been made. In 1839 he landed in 
Toledo, and as he was a miller by tiade soon found 
employment in a mill in that city, and ground the 
first bushel of grain ever ground there. In this 
township he has served as Assessor, Trustee and 
Justice of the Peace for a number of terms. He 
has been a witness of much of the growth and de- 
velopment of northwestern Ohio. and well remem- 
bers when Indians and wild game were plentiful. 
Josiah Chanilieis was born in Gloucestershire, 
England, November 26, 1809, and is a son of Jo- 
siah and Elizabeth Chambers, likewise natives of 



England. Their three other children were Rlioda, 
Stephen and Joseph. After the death of his wife, 
Elizabeth, the father married Ann Gray, by whom 
he had thirteen children, namely: Sarah, Mary, 
Ann, Betsy, Caroline, Joseph, Robert, Caleb, El- 
eanor, John, Elizabeth, Eliza and one who died in 
infancy. Eilizabeth and Eliza, twins, were born on 
the Atlantic Ocean, during the voyage of the fam- 
ily to the United States in 1830. 

Joseph Chambers was a wagon-maker by trade, 
and followed that calling during his active life. 
On reaching America in 1830, he settled in Onon- 
daga County, N. Y., where he remained for six 
3'ears, and then, by way of the canal and lakes, 
came to Lucas County. He worked at his trade in 
Toledo until 1838, when he purchased eighty acres 
of unimproved land in this township. A few acres 
only had been broken, and a log house had been 
erected on the farm, which Mr. Chambers culti- 
vated industriously until shortly before his death, 
in 1844. He was a worker in the Methodist 
Church, and helped to build the first edifice for 
that denomination in Toledo. 

The bo.yhood of Josiah Chambers passed un- 
eventfully in his native village, and when four- 
teen years of age he commenced serving an appren- 
ticeship to the blacksmith's trade, receiving only his 
board for five years, and in addition his father was 
obliged to pay £5 to the man to whom he was ap- 
prenticed for the privilege of learning the trade. 
He continued working at the business until, with 
the other members of the family, he came to seek 
a fortune in the United States. At Jordan, N. Y., 
he served a four-years apprenticeship to the milling 
business, and finally, in 1838, located in Toledo, 
where, as before mentioned, he obtained a position 
as a miller in the first mill of the city. For about 
half a century he has given his energies to the 
cultivation and development of his farm, and now 
owns eighty acres of valuable land, which he has 
cleared and improved b}' himself. 

January 5, 1837, Mr. Chambers married Miss 
Mary A. Worrick, who was born in New Jerse_v, 
August 16, 1817, and who departed this life De- 
cember 29, 1856. Eight children were born of 
their union, namely: William, deceased; Cather- 
ine E., Mrs. H. B. Shay; Mary, deceased; Theodore, 



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a fanner of this township; Emma; Sarah, who died 
in infanc3'; Sarah, the second of tlie name, now 
also deceased; and Serena, twin brother of Sarah. 
Tiie second wife of Mr. Clianibers, to whom lie was 
married August 18, 1859, was a Miss Eliza Weston, 
whose deatli occurred in February, 1882. 

In former years Mr. Chambers was a Whig, and 
voted for WilUam Henry Harrison. He is now 
loyal to the principles of the Ile|)ublican party. 



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JOHN LYTLE, a well-to-do and thrifty agri- 
culturist of Waterville Township, Lucas 
County, owns a well improved homestead on 
section 12, where he has dwelt since his mar- 
riage, or for over forty years. Commencing life a 
poor boy, he persevered in his determination to 
succeed, and wrought out for himself the prosper- 
ity which has abundantly crowned his efforts. 

Mr. Lytle was born June 2, 1828, in the northern 
part of Ireland, and passed his early years in his 
native land. When he was sixteen years of age, 
or in 1844, he crossed the Atlantic with his par- 
ents, James and Elizabeth Lytle, and soon after 
landing on American shores continued his journey 
to Lucas County. His father became one of the 
pioneers of Waterville Township, where he died 
in 1847, at the age of seventy years. His family 
numbered six children, only two of whom now 
survive: our subject and Martha, who was born 
August 13, 1825, and is the wife of Andrew El- 
liott. 

In 1848 John Lytle was united in marri.age with 
Miss Sarah McWilliams, who did not long survive 
her marriage, but passed away at the|ageof twenty- 
four years, in 1854, leaving two children. The 
elder, Elizabeth, married a Mr. Thompson, a Cana- 
dian farmer, and the younger, William, is a farmer 
in Wood County, Ohio. In 1856 Mr. Lytle mar- 
ried Eliza Jane Henderson, by whom he had five 



children. Their names and the dates of their 
births are as follows: James, born February 3, 1859; 
Mary Ann, January 25, 1861; Alice, September 2, 
1862; Glover, May 11, 1872; and Martha Belle, 
August 17, 1876. James, who married May Gor- 
don, and has two children, resides in Waterville, 
Ohio, where he is well known and highly respect- 
ed. Mary A. became the wife of Samuel Nowart, 
a farmer of Waterville Township, and is the moth- 
er of three children. Alice wedded John Kutzley, 
a farmer, and has one child. Glover and Martha 
live at home. The mother of these children was 
called to her final rest January 17, 1894, at the 
age of fifty seven 3'ears, seven months and twenty- 
eight days, and was buried in the Waterville Cem- 
etery. 

When sixteen years of age, John Lytle actively 
began the battle of life, working at different pl.aces 
and at various occupations for fourj'ears. After- 
wards he bought eighty-seven acres of land, which 
were covered with undergrowth and timber. He 
erected a log cabin on the place and energeticall\' 
set to work to clear and improve it. He now has 
nearly the entire farm cleared and under cultiva- 
tion, and it is considered one of the best in this lo- 
cality. He has held several township offices, and 
is known far and wide as a man of upright ciiarac- 
ter and honest}' of word and deed. In his politi- 
cal faith he is a Democrat, and religiously he is con- 
nected with the Episcopal Church. 



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< '\ ff^ILLIAM LARKIN, a venerable resident 
\/\/ and pioneer of Adams Township, Lu- 
cas County, has lived for nearly half 
a century on a farm of eighty acres situated on 
section 9. Although he is well along in years, he 
enjoys very good health, and is still active in body 
and mind. For about thirty-five years he was a 
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to organize the early schools. He has also held 
the offices of Township Treasurer and Trustee, and 
at all times has been found faithful to the trust 
reposed in him. His first ballot was cast for Will- 
iam Henry Harrison, and since the formation of 
the party he has been a Republican. 

A son of James and Slary (Gulher) Larkin, our 
subject was born March 29, 1805, in Kings Coun- 
ty, Ireland. He is the eldest of eleven children, 
two of whom died in infancy. He was reared to 
farm life on bis father's farm, and in 1833 sailed 
for the United States on the "Stephen Wright," 
being nine weeks and three days on the ocean. 
Landing at Quebec, he went thence to St. John's, 
Lower Canada, and a few weeks later proceeded to 
New Jersey, and for four years he was employed 
on the railroad between Philadelphia and Jersey 
City, one of the first railroads constructed in 
America. 

Mr. Larkin 's next employment was in the Penn- 
sylvania mines in Allegheny County, after which 
he worked on the Chesapeake & Ohio Tunnel. 
Going to West Virginia, he found employment in 
constructing a macadamized road from Winches- 
ter to Staunton, a distance of sixty miles, and then 
lor six months worked on the Genesee Valley 
Tunnel. One winter he worked on the Mt. Clem- 
ens Canal in Michigan, and in 1840 first set foot 
in Toledo. Going from there to Paulding County, 
this state, he helped to build a reservoir, and in 
1843 and 1844 he worked on the Toledo streets. 
For the next four seasons he was a sailor on the 
Lakes, on the vessel known as the " General Har- 
rison," and tliougli sailors are proverbially intem- 
perate, Mr. Larkin during this time never touched 
a drop of liquor. In 1846 he terminated his rov- 
ing life by buying eighty acres of land on section 
9, Adams Township, and settling down to agricult- 
ure, in which he has been mainly interested from 
that time until the present. 

In 1844 occurred tlie wedding of William Lar- 
kin and Katiierine Moran. Eleven children came 
to bless their union, and all but three of the num- 
ber, James, William and Ellen, are still living. 
They are as follows: Mar^', William (the second 
of the name), Annie, Thom.as, Charlie, James, Eliz- 
abeth and John. The famil3' are members of the 



Catholic Church, and are liberal contributors to 
worthy enterprises. Mrs. Larkin, a most estimable 
woman, is now in her eightieth year. She has been 
a valued helpmate and companion to her husband 
along the journey of life, and together they have 
reared their children as good and useful citizens. 



FRANK P. BRUNTHAVER, M. D., has been 
engaged in practice in Maumee for only 
two 3ears, but has already acquired a de- 
sir.able reputation for his ability and success in the 
treatment of disease. He is a graduate of the 
medical department of the Western Reserve Uni- 
versity at Cleveland, but is constantly increasing 
his knowledge of the things pertaining to his pro- 
fession by stud^', research and experience. 

The Doctor was born January 16, 1862, near 
Fremont, Ohio, and is the sixth in a family of 
eight children born to Peter and Mary (Cook) 
Brunthaver. The father, who was a native of 
Ohio and spent his entire life in this state, was 
a cabinet-maker and a carpenter and contractor in 
early life, but in later years engaged in farming 
almost exclusively. His death occurred when he 
had reached his sixty-ninth 3'ear. His parents 
were born in Greensburg, Pa., but his grandparents 
came to the United States from Germany. Mrs. 
Mary (Cook) Brunthaver was also a native of 
Ohio, and was a sister of Judge Asher Cook, of 
this place. Her death occurred at the age of sixty- 
five years. 

Dr. Brunthaver passed his early years on his 
father's farm, and attended the district school of 
the neighborhood. When thirteen years old he 
entered the Fremont public schools, and four years 
later graduated with special honors. He took a 
four-years course in three years, and was the 
youngest pupil ever graduated from that school. 
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apprenticeship to a carpenter during one summer, 
but tlie next winter tauglit scliool. Soon after- 
ward be was enrolled as a student in the Western 
Reserve University at Cleveland, and after pursu- 
ing the required course graduated, as stated above, 
from the medical department, in March. 1889. 

The first professional field which our subject 
sought was Millersburg, Ind., where he practiced 
for seven months, but not liking the location he 
removed to Dowling, Ohio, where he practiced for 
three years. In December, 1892, he succeeded Dr. 
H. D. Kline in his practice at Maumee, and has 
been very successful, tie is a member of the In- 
dependent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to 
Crogan Lodge No. 77, and to Ft. Meigs Lodge No. 
74, N. U. Though all of the other members of 
the family have been Democrats, the Doctor is an 
unswerving Republican. 

November 27, 1884, Dr. Brunthaver married 
Miss Mary E. Smith, of Sugar Ridge, Ohio. This 
worthy couple have had born to them three chil- 
dren, viz.: Carrie Lillian, born August 4, 1888; 
Mernie Augusta, April 14, 1890; and Francis Al- 
fred, June 7, 1893. 



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/"y- EORGE P. UINSD.ALE, one of the old and 
^ T honored pioneers of Ohio, who divides his 
time equall}' between Toledo and Grand 
Rapids, is at present extensively engaged in the 
real-estate business. He owns considerable valua- 
ble property in both places, and a number of fine 
farms in Henry County. He is one of the influ- 
ential men of the county, and now in the twilight 
of his life devotes his time chiefly to looking after 
his property interests. 

The subject of this sketch is a native of the Bay 
State, and is the third child born to Theodore and 
.luha (Peck) Hinsdale, the date of his birth being 
April G, 1824. The father of George P. was a na- 



tive of Connecticut, but removed with his parents 
to Pittsfield, Mass., when a child, and received his 
education in the public schools near his home. He 
was reared on a farm and followed the occupation 
of a farmer all his life, remaining In the same lo- 
cality where he was reared. The first ancestors in 
America date back to the landing of the "May- 
flower," and were all honest, worthy people. 

Theodore Hinsdale was twice married, and as 
the result of the first marriage three children were 
born, none of whom survive, however. George P., 
our subject, is the third of the four children born 
to the second marriage. Fannie, Mrs. Bartlett, is 
a widow, and resides in Hartford, Conn. Mary A. 
makes her home in Connecticut; and Edward R., 
the youngest, resides in Grand Rapids, Ohio. 

The subject of this notice received the rudi- 
ments of an education in the common schools of 
his home locality, and later a good college educa- 
tion. At the age of sixteen years he entered Will- 
iams College, at Williamstown, Mass., and was 
graduated at the age of twenty. After finishing 
his college course, he took up the stud^- of law, 
and read with ,1. C. Spink, a prominent attorney of 
Perrysburg, and was admitted to the Bar in 1847. 
He did not begin the practice of his profession, 
however, but took a trip South, and while in Mis- 
sissippi taught school. 

In July, 1848, Mr. Hinsdale returned to his 
home in Massachusetts, but after a few weeksspent 
with his friends determined to seek his fortune in 
the West, and accordinglj- started for Ohio. He 
came to Wood County and located at what was 
then called Gilead, but is now known as Grand 
Rapids. Here he embarked in the mercantile bus- 
iness, and continued to carry on a general mer- 
chandise store for some time alone, but afterward 
formed a partnership with George Laskey. This 
partnership continued successfully for a time, but 
was finally dissolved, and BIr. Hinsdale became a 
member of the firm of Pratt <i Co., Mr. Pratt hav- 
ing beeu in business here for a number of years. 
In this venture he was very successful, and having 
accumulated a competence he retired from mercan- 
tile life. 

After retiring from the busy life of a merchant, 
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estate, purchasing city property and farming land. 
He has been very prosperous in this undertaking, 
and his business is steadily increasing. Alwaj's 
honest and truthful, he has gained the esteem and 
confidence of his fellow-townsmen, and although 
well advanced in years is remarkably well preserved. 
He is a very popular and influential citizen, and 
has served as Mayor of the village of Grand Rap- 
ids, and for eighteen years has held the office of 
School Director. 

On the 16th of October, 1860, Mr. Hinsdale and 
MissLucretia Pratt were united in marriage. Two 
children came to brighten the home of Mr. and 
Mrs.Hinsdale, but both died in infancy. Our sub- 
ject is a stanch Republican in his political views, 
but has never taken an active part in politics. He 
takes a deep interest in local affairs, and is willing 
and ready to assist in every enter)H-ise in which 
the best interests of humanity are concerned or the 
good of the community is involved. 



HON. .JAMES HARDING SOUTHARD, 
who was elected in November, 1894, 
Representative in Congress for the Ninth 
Congressional District of Ohio, is one of the na- 
tive sons of Lucas County, and is a leader in po- 
litical and public affairs in this section. He was 
placed in nomination for his present position June 
19, 1894, and the following fall was elected by a 
handsome majority on the Republican ticket. In 
1892 he was the Chairman of the Republican Cam- 
paign Committee of the city of Toledo and Lucas 
County, and for years has been greatly interested 
in state and national politics. In 1882 he was ap- 
pointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Lucas 
County, and two years later was elected Prosecu- 
ting Attorney. In 1887 he was re-elected, and 
served altogether six years, to the full satisfaction 
of his constituents. He enjoys a well established 
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legal practice, having been a member of the pro- 
fession since the spring of 1877, when he was ad- 
mitted to practice before the Supreme Court of 
Ohio. 

In tracing the ancestry of the gentleman whose 
name heads this article, we find that his paternal 
grandfather was James Harding Southard, and his 
father, who bore the Christian name of Samuel, 
was a native of Devonshire, England. James H. 
Southard and his family, including Samuel, came 
to Lucas County in 1833, and was one of the pio- 
neers who cleared farms in the dense wilderness. 
He was a man of great force of character and 
determination of purpose, and had the respect 
and good-will of all who knew him. Samuel 
Southard married Miss Charlotte Hitchcock, who 
was born in the state of New York, and of their 
union six sons and three daughters were born, of 
whom our subject is the eldest son. 

James Harding Southard is the second of his 
parents' famil}', and was born near the city of To- 
ledo, January 20, 1851. He early learned by prac- 
tical experience how to manage a farm, and his 
father soon placed great reliance in the lad's abil- 
ity and faithfulness. For a few years he attended 
the district schools, but continued to live upon 
the old homestead until reaching his eighteenth 
j'ear. Being desirous of obtaining a higher edu- 
cation, he then came to this city and prepared for 
college in the Toledo High School. In 1870 he 
entered Cornell University, at Ithaca, N. Y., and 
was graduated from that celebrated institution in 
1874. 

On completing his collegiate course Mr. South- 
ard returned to this city and took up the study of 
law in the office of Judge George R. Haynes and 
John T. Greer. At the end of two years he passed 
the required examination and was admitted to the 
Bar, this being in the spring of 1877. He at once 
commenced practice in partnership with Frank E. 
Wright, under the firm name of Southard & Wright, 
but this connection was dissolved on the expira- 
tion of two years, Mr. Southard then continuing 
in business alone. In the intervals of his public 
service he has found time to attend to the needs 
of his clients, and has a well fitted and pleasant 
office at Nos. 201 and 202 "The Nasby." He is 



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regarded as one of the able lawyers of Toledo, 
having participated in several important cases 
which have shed luster on the Bar of the state. 
He is a careful, painstaking and methodical law- 
yer, a pleasing, strong and vigorous s-peaker, and 
before court or jury is recognized as most logical 
in the presentation of his cases. 

In 1882 Mr. Southard married Miss Carrie T., 
daughter of A. B. Wales, of Toledo. Mrs. South- 
ard was born in Lucas County, and received her 
education in this city. Three children, a son and 
two daughters, have graced their union. 



T7> LIAS B. WEAVER is one of the old in- 
r O habitants of Watervilie Township, Lucas 
County, and has resided on his present 
homestead of twenty-nine acres since 1858. This 
well improved place is on section 27, and lias upon 
it a substantial house, barns and other buildings. 
Mr. Weaver, who is a native of Lancaster County, 
Pa., was born October 23, 1824. The first twenty 
years of his life were spent in the Keystone State, 
and until he was eighteen years of age he remained 
under the parental roof. He then started out to 
make his own way in the world and has since been 
independent. 

The parents of our subject, Jacob and Rebecca 
(Beal) Weaver, also natives of Pennsylvania, emi- 
grated to Ohio in 1844, settling in Seneca Coun- 
ty. The father was a weaver by trade as well as 
by name, and was an industrious and much re- 
spected man. He was the father of three children, 
the eldest of whom, Beal, died at the age of thirty 
years. Uriah, the youngest, married Sarah Jor- 
don, of Watervilie. The second is our subject. 

The marriage of Elias B. AVeaver was celebrated 
November 10, 1853, with Miss Eliza Cook, who 
departed this life in 1877. Her father, George 
Cook, was a native of Germany, but in early man- 



hood crossed the ocean and took up his abode in 
Richland Count}', Ohio, where he resided until his 
death. He had a family of nine children, six of 
whom are still living. To Elias B. Weaver and 
his wife, Eliza, five children were born: Jacob, 
July 31, 1854; Rebecca, January 15, 1856; Samuel, 
April 29, 1858; Nathaniel, Septembers, 1859; and 
Sarah, April 18, 1862. Rebecca and Sarah have 
been called to the silent land. March 12, 1878, 
Mr. Weaver married for his second wife Hannah 
Fessler, who was born September 10, 1837. Her 
parents were Christian and Rebecca (Risler) Fess- 
ler, the former of whom died April 10, 1874, and 
the latter February 8, 1887. Of their nine chil- 
dren four are deceased. The only child of Elias 
and Hannah Weaver, James Harvey, died in in- 
fancy. 

In his early manhood Mr. Weaver learned the 
blacksmith's trade, which he followed until com- 
ing to Ohio in 1844. At that time he settled in 
Seneca County, where he continued to work as a 
blacksmith for about three years. He then bought 
a piece of land on which he lived for a number of 
years, and then sold out and invested the amount 
realized therefrom in tiie homestead where he has 
since resided. He has frequently served as School 
Director, Road Supervisor and in other local posi- 
tions of trust and honor. In politics he stands 
by the Prohibition party. His wife is a member of 
the Disciples' Church at Whitehouse, Ohio. Both 
are well known and highly respected for their 
probity and integrity of character. 



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DAVID II. PERRIN, a hardware merchant, 
and one of the influential residents of 
Maumee, was brought by his parents to 
this place in 1837, and with the exception of the 
time spent in the Union service during the late 
Civil War, his residence here has been continuous 
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been interwoven with that of the progress and de- 
velopment of Maumee. 

Mr. Perrin was born September 10, 1836, in 
Nova Scotia, being the youngest of eight children 
born to David and Elizabeth (Perrin) Perrin. The 
former, also a native of Nova Scotia, was a ship- 
carpenter by trade. In 1837 he emigrated to this 
point, and continued to work as a carpenter until 
his death, which occurred in 1869, when he was in 
his seventy -seventh year. His wife, also a native 
of Nova Scotia, departed this life in Maumee, 
when she had reached her fiftieth year. They were 
among the early and respected settlers of this re- 
gion. 

The boyhood of David H. Perrin passed pleas- 
antly and uneventfully under his parents' roof, 
and his education was obtained in the public schools 
up to his sixteenth year. He then went to Indiana, 
where he worked for an iron company for tiiree 
years. Later he learned the carpenter's trade, and 
was employed at that business and in executing 
work on contracts until 1888. He then started a 
new venture, and has since conducted a hardware 
business, in which he has met with fair success. 

In April, 1861, Mr. Perrin enlisted in Company 
F, Fourteenth Ohio Infantry, for three months. 
Entering the ranks as a private, he was promoted 
to the post of Sergeant thirteen days later, and 
served in that capacity until his term of enlist- 
ment had expired. In May, 1864, he again enlist- 
ed, this time being assigned to Company E, One 
Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Infantr3-, and after 
thirty da3's' service as a private soldier he was 
promoted to the rank of Sergeant. On being hon- 
orably discharged in Toledo, in September, 1864, 
he at once returned home. He now belongs to 
C. B. Mitchell Post No. 84, of this city, and to Ft. 
Meigs Council No. 74, N. U. In the Masonic so- 
ciety he holds membership with Northern Light 
Lodge No. 40, F. & A. M., there being only three 
older lodges than this in the state. Though not a 
politician, he is a true-blue Republican, and takes 
an active interest in everything relating to the 
good of his party. 

August 28, 1861, Mr. Perrin married Miss Mary 
E. Deshanaway, of Maumee, and three sons have 
graced their union. William Wallace, the eldest, 



and Henry N. are well known business men of this 
city; and Charles L., the youngest, is a clerk in his 
father's store. The family are members of the 
Presbyterian Church, and have hosts of sincere 
friends in this communitj'. 



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FrREDERICK KLEILE is a retired business 
' man of Maumee, having sold out his meat- 
market in this place some twelve years 
ago. During his active life he amassed a compe- 
tence amply sufficient to meet the wants of his 
declining years, and is now surrounded with many 
of the luxuries as well as the necessities of life. He 
is a striking example of the thrifty German-Amer- 
ican citizen who starts in the battle of life empty- 
handed and rises through the exercise of persever- 
ance and the industrious qualities so characteristic 
of his countrymen. 

Tlie parents of our subject were .John U. and 
Christina (Wentz) Kleile, also natives of Germany. 
The father, who was a blacksmith by trade, died 
when his son Frederick was only eight years of 
age. The latter was born May 15, 1826, in the 
city of Grafenhausen, in the kingdom of Wurtem- 
berg, and went to live with an uncle after liis 
father's death. There he remained and attended 
school until he was about nineteen 3'ears of age. 

In the year 1845 Frederick Kleile determined to 
seek his fortune in the New World, and on arriv- 
ing on these hospitable shores proceeded to Cin- 
cinnati, where he worked at the butcher's business 
until the spring of the following year. He then 
enlisted as a soldier in the Mexican War, and 
served faithfully for two years. On returning to 
Cincinnati he was employed at his former occupa- 
tion until 1853, at which time he came to Maumee 
and opened a shop, conducting a paying business 
for the next thirty years, with the exception of a 
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late war. Enlisting May 1, 1864, in Company E, 
One Hundred and Thirtietb OLiio Infantry, he 
served until the following September, when he was 
discharged. His service was on the frontier, and 
on this account he was not a participant in any 
noted battles. 

On the 28th of May, 1854, Mr. Kleile married 
Christina V. Focll,who was born October 10, 1831, 
in Steinbach, Germany, and came to the United 
States in 1852. Eleven cliildren were born to our 
subject and wife, but only five of the number sur- 
vive, five having died in cliildhood, and one. Jolin 
U., having departed this life in 1883, wiieu in his 
twenty-second year. Louisa is the wife of Adam 
Loesch, of Rice County, Kan. Mary became tiie 
wife of William C. Gerwin, a farmer of Sandusky 
County, Ohio. Lydia is the wife of John G. Bros- 
sia, an agriculturist of Wood County. Lottie mar- 
ried Fred F. Loesch, who is also conducting a farm 
in Wood County; and Catherine, the j-oungest, is 
still at home. 

Mr. Kleile owns a small farm, and also a good 
building in tlie business section of Mauniee. He 
is a strong Republican, and has been Trustee of 
Waynesfield Township. He and his family are 
members of tlie Lutheran Church, ami possess the 
confidence and friendship of all who know them. 



REV. M. J. REGAN. Tliere is a large Cath- 
olic population in Toledo and eleven par- 
ish churches — four for the English-speak- 
ing Catholics, three for the Germans, two for the 
French, and two for the Polish. There is now 
also in formation an Arabian congregation and a 
Greek congregation. The oldest congregation, as 
well as one of the largest and most successful, is St. 
Francis de Sales Church, situated at llie southwest 
corner of Cherry and Superior Streets. The parish 



contains upwards of six hundred families, num- 
bering more than three thousand souls. 

St. Francis dc Sales Church is a commodious 
edifice, built of brick, modern in its style of archi- 
tecture, massive in appearance, and imposing in 
its interior arrangements. Services are held each 
Sunday as follows: mass at 6, 7:30 and 9:45 a. m., 
each with a sermon; vespers, 3 i". Ji.; and Sunday- 
school 2:30 1'. M. The members are active in good 
works, devoted to the cause, and loyal to the 
church. When times are hard and work is scarce 
St. Vincent de Paul's Society in the congregation 
attends to all cases of destitution, and no needy 
applicants are suflfered to remain in want. The 
progress made by the church, and the standing of 
tlie congregation in all benevolent and public- 
spirited enterprises, are creditable alike to the pas- 
tors and the i)eople. 

The pastoral labor of the church being too great 
for one priest, the pastor. Rev. P. F. Quigley, 
D. D., in July, 1893, secured as the assistant pas- 
tor Rev. M. J. Regan, who shares all the work 
with the pastor in church, school, etc. He is a 
young man of superior abilit}', and his tact and 
sagacity are apparent in the able manner in which 
he has discharged the duties connected with his 
responsible position. 

A few details in regard to the life and lineage 
of the subject of this sketch may be of interest to 
the reader. He is a native of Michigan, and was 
born in Marine City October 21, 1866. The fam- 
ily originated in Ireland, where his parents, .James 
and Mary (Murray) Regan, were born. From the 
Emerald Isle they came to America many years 
ago and settled in Michigan, where they have 
since made their home. In youth the father 
learned the trade of a marine engineer, and this 
occupation he has followed up to the present time. 

At an early age Rev. Mr. Regan gave evidence 
of superior intellectual powers. When a lad of 
thirteen he entered Assumption College in Onta- 
rio, and for eleven years he conducted his studies 
in that institution, taking a full course in the 
classics and philosophy. On completing the pre- 
scribed course he was graduated, in 1889. The 
following year he entered the theological seminary 
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studied theology. In 1893 he was ordained to 
the hoi}' priesthood of the Roman Catholic Churcli 
and for the diocese by Bishop Foley, of Detroit. 
The first appointment received by Father Regan 
was his present charge, and he has since offici- 
ated as assistant pastor of St. Francis de Sales 
Church. Owing to the ill-health and prolonged 
absence of the pastor, many responsible duties have 
fallen to our subject. Under his administration 
every department of the work flourished. His 
home is at the pastoral residence. No. 513 Cher- 
ry Street. He is a brilliant young gentleman, 
genial and affable in personal intercourse, possess- 
ing rare intellectual endowments and a s[)lcndid 
physique. Even in his brief career he has already 
won the respect and confidence not alone of his 
parishioners, but also of numerous others who 
have had occasion to form his acquaintance or 
witness his life. 



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\ "\ i^ARREN B. GUNN, a retired farmer, 
X/ \y now residing in Maumee, Lucas Coun- 
ty, Ohio, was born September 5, 1820, 
on a farm in what is now Waterville Township, 
and was the third in a family of eight children 
born to Willard and Elizabeth (Grant) Gunn. 
The father of our subject was a native of Massa- 
chusetts, where be was reared on a farm, there re- 
maining until 1816, when he came to Ohio and (!n- 
tcred land near where the town of Waterville now 
stands. He came through with a team, and after 
he had made the necessary arrangements moved 
his family to his new home. 

At the time of his coming there were very few 
settlers in this part of the county, and only two 
other families in the neighborhood at the time. 
He immediate!}' set about clearing and cultivating 
his land, and among the first improvements was 



the erection of a log cabin, the only kind of resi- 
dence that could well be built in those early pio- 
neer da}'S. He brought a supply of seed and grain 
with him from his Mass.acluisetts home, and soon 
had his farm under cultivation. Being a thrift}' 
son of New England, he did not sit idly down and 
wait for something to turn up, but went to work 
with a will and a determination to succeed, and it 
was not long before this f.act was demonstrated by 
the appearance of his farm, which showed the 
good management and industry of the occupant. 
He owned the first nursery in the Maumee Valley, 
and was the proprietor of a fishery on the river, 
which w.as another source of gain, its products be- 
ing sold in Detroit, Mich., at a fair profit; and the 
sums realized in this way, in connection with those 
received from his farm and nursery, produced a 
considerable income. He served as a private in 
the War of 1812, taking an active part in the serv- 
ice, and made his home on the farm which he first 
settled until his death, which occurred in 1869. 

Martin Gunn, the grandfather of our subject, 
also a native of Massachusetts, came to this coun- 
ty with his son, the father of Warren, in 1816, and 
also made his home here until his death. His an- 
cestors were originally from Scotland, and came to 
the United States in a very early day, settling in 
the New England States. The maternal grand- 
parents were also of .Scotch ancestry, and were 
early settlers of Massachusetts. 

The subject of this sketch was reared as a farm- 
er, and remained at home with his parents until 
he was nineteen years of age. He attended school 
in the old log schoolhouse a few weeks of each 
year, or during the winter months, receiving the 
rudiments of an education. When he was nine- 
teen years old, he bought his time from his father, 
and began attending school at Waterville, where 
he received a fair education. In the spring of 
1837 he took charge of a force of men who were 
building the canal, remaining in that capacity for 
a time, and then for about a year before the com- 
pletion of the canal was in the engineering de- 
partment. Soon after the canal was completed, 
he formed a i)artnership with his brother and pur- 
chased a sawmill, which they conducted success- 
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then rented a part of liis father's farm. Some time 
after this the canal land was put on the market, 
and he purchased two hundred acres at $2 an acre, 
in what is now Monclova Township. The land 
was all in timber and swamps, and there was but 
one family living in the neigiiborhood when our 
subject and family took possession of tiieir farm. 
He chopped all the logs for his little cabin himself, 
and did the greater part of the work in building 
the same. He removed his family to this farm in 
1844, and for forty-eight j'ears made liis home on 
the same place. 

Mr. Gunn has now one of the finest farms in 
the county, containing two iiundred and fifteen 
acres, all under a high state of cultivation, and 
with all the modern improvements. In 1892, re- 
tiring from active life, he removed to Maumee, 
where lie occupies a good house, which he owns, 
besides a number of valuable lots. He is one of 
the lionorable old pioneers of the county, and is 
held in the highest respect by all who know him. 
Having been very successful in his business trans- 
actions, he now, in the twilight of his age, enjoys 
tlie fruits of his labor, knowing that he has hon- 
estly earned all that he has. 

January 4, 1844, Mr. Gunn was united in mar- 
riage witii Miss Eliza Jane Martindale, a native of 
Ohio, who was born October 26, 1826, on a farm 
where the city of Maumee now stands. Mrs. 
Gunn's father w.as a native of the Bay State, where 
he was reared and educated. In 1818 he removed 
to Ohio, and settled in this count}-, but later re- 
moved to Wood County, and located near Rowl- 
ing Green, where he made his home for a number 
of J'ears. Her mother was born in Connecticut, 
where she remained until after her marriage. Her 
death occurred in Monclova Township in 1851. 

Our worthy subject is a stanch Republican in 
his political views, and has always taken an active 
part in local politics, having been one of the lead- 
ing |)oliticians of his county for a number of years. 
He has filled nearly all the offices of the township, 
serving as Committeeman, and Clerk of the Town- 
ship for six years after its oiganization. He also 
occupied the honorable position of Justice of the 
Peace for six years, and has always taken a deep 
interest in every enterprise pertaining to the 



growth or improvement of the county, township 
or city. Socially he is connected with the Masonic 
order, being a member of Northern Light Lodge 
No. 40, at Maumee, and filled the office of Master 
for five years, after which he was appointed by the 
Grand Master of the state to organize Wakoman 
Lodge at Water ville, where he served as Grand 
Master for two years. He was President of the 
Pioneer Association of the county from 1886 to 
1891, there being but one older settler born in 
the county. He is not a member of any church, 
but believes in, and practices, the Golden Rule. 



/^HARLES BATEMAN SAXBY. Among 
^^y the intluential, enterprising and progressive 
young business men of Wood County may 
be mentioned our subject, who is the able editor 
of the Wood County Herald. To the newspapers of 
our country is due much of the credit for the ad- 
vancement of its civilization and the growth of 
its industries, and in the development of Wood 
County the Herald, published at Weston, has been 
no unimportant factor. 

Our subject, who is a native of Wood County, 
was born at West Mill Grove, February 8, 1865. 
His parents were B. H. and Martha H. (Musser) 
Saxby, born in England and the United States, re- 
spectively. The father was born in the town of 
Normington in 1826, and emigrated to this coun- 
try in the year 1855. The mother's birth occurred 
in Deerfield, Portage County, Ohio, in 1838. 

Charles B. Saxby received his elementary in- 
struction in the graded schools of West Mill 
Grove, completing his education in the high school 
of the same place. September 29, 1884, he moved 
to Weston, taking a position with the paper of 
which he is now editor. He remained in this 
capacitj' until January 1, 1887, when he entered 
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Green, Ohio. March 3, 1889, he severed his con- 
nection with that paper, and three da3's later was 
married to Miss Nettie L. Dull, daughter of a Wes- 
ton merchant. After his marriage Mr. Saxby en- 
tered his father-in-law's store, but remained only 
about a month however, then returning to the 
newspaper business and becoming identified with 
the consolidated Sentinel-Gazette. 

August 1, 1891, our subject, in partnersiiip with 
J. D. Conklin, bought the Wood County Herald, 
and since tliat date tlie former has been editor and 
manager of the same. He has served his township 
in the capacity of Clerk for four years, and has 
ever been found faithful to the trust reposed in 
liim. As an editor he has ever endeavored to for- 
ward the interests of his town and county and to 
develop tlieir resources. Socially he is a member of 
Weston Lodge No. 681, 1. O. 0. F., In which he is 
serving as Vice-Grand, and is also a member of 
the Daughters of Rebekah, and Anthony AVayne 
Lodge No. 140, K. 0. T. M. In 1893 he was elected 
Great Sentinel of the Great Camp of the state of 
Oliio, and in 1894 was rc-clccted. 

To the union of Mr. and Mrs. Saxby has been 
born a family of two children: Helen Kathryn, 
who was born November 17, 1890; and John Bate- 
man, whose birth occurred January 26, 1894, and 
who died May 27 of the same year. Mr. .Saxby, 
his wife and daughter occup}^ a very pleasant res- 
idence on the corner of Locust and Clark Streets, 
wiiich our subject owns, and here they welcome 
their many friends. 



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ORRIN GILLETT, one of the sterling old 
pioneers of Lucas County, owns about four 
hundred and ten acres of valuable and 
very desirable farm land, and in addition to this 
owns three lots in Waterville. In 1883 he built a 
beautiful home, and liere, surrounded by the com- 
forts and luxuries which his years of industry have 



provided, he intends to pass his remaining days. 
Mr. Gillett was born in the town of Wellsfleld, 
Conn., August 22, 1812, and his parents, Ebenezer 
and Roxy Ann (Squires) Gillett, were also natives 
of the Nutmeg State. The father was a farmer by 
occupation, and a man of good general education. 
In the spring of 1834 he removed with his family' to 
Wood County, first buying a tract of eighty acres, 
and subsequently one hundred and sixty acres more. 
For nine years he continued to clear the timber 
from iiis farm and otherwise improve the place. He 
tiien became a resident of Waterville, Ohio, where 
he lived for twenty years, and while there his de- 
voted wife and helpmate died. Her husband aft- 
erwards married and moved to Kenosha, Mich. 
His death occurred at the age of eighty years, at 
Rives Station, Mich. By his first union he had 
ten children, but three of whom are living, namely: 
Orrin; Jane, widow of a Mr. Dyer, and now living 
in Charleston, 111.; and Rudolph. Those deceased 
are Lucy. Laura and Lory (twins), Augustus, Milo 
and Henry. Lovisa was the onl3' child of the sec- 
ond marriage. 

Orrin Gillett passed his early years engaged in 
farm duties, and for about sixteen years made his 
home in Oswego County, N. Y., where he obtained 
a practical common-school education. On coming 
to Wood County in 1834, he worked for his father 
at Waterville and later bought forty acres, which 
he cleared entirely by himself. On this farm he 
made his home for two decades, having in the 
mean time bought another tract of forty-four acres, 
which he partially cleared. He then moved to 
Waterville and purchased a general store, which he 
conducted for nine years and then sold out. Turn- 
ing his attention again to farming, he bought one 
hundred and eighty acres, nearly all of which he 
cleared and later rented. He has served as School 
Director and as Road Supervisor. In politics he is 
a stanch Republican, and is always interested in 
whatever tends to advance his party's welfare. 

September 14, 1834, Mr. Gillett married Louisa 
Smith, who was his faithful companion and help- 
mate for fifty-three years, and was called from his 
side by death December 31, 1887, when in her sev- 
enty-fifth 3'ear. She was a daughter of Lemuel 
and Cynthia (Lamberson) Smith. Three children 



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were born to our subject and wife. The eldest 
died in infancy, unnamed; Roswell W., born Jan- 
uary 29, 1836, died December 27, 1869; and Jane, 
born December 19, 1840, married James Schoe- 
maker, and is now living at home. 



< T li^lILLARD V. WAY. In reviewing the 
\/\/ liistory of a city, there are alwaysa few 
names that stand out pre-eminentl}' 
among others, because those who bore them were 
men of superior ability, culture, energy and pifil- 
antluopic spirit. Such names and such men are 
not born to perish, forgotten by mankind. By the 
lustre of tlieir acliievements and tlie magnitude of 
their pliilanthropies they carve for themselves mon- 
uments more lasting tlian columns of granite or 
statues of marble. 

Such a one was Willard V. Waj-, wliose name 
will be perpetuated in the history of Perrysburg 
by the Way Library, his splendid gift to the citi- 
zens of this place. The building occupies a cen- 
tral location, and architecturally is one of the most 
beautiful structures in the state. With a unique 
tower surmounting the main entrance, its exterior 
appearance delights the eye of the true artist. 
While the walls are of brick, there is also consid- 
erable brown stone used in the construction of the 
main entrance and in the trimmings, the effect be- 
ing unique and attractive. 

By the conditions of the will of Mr. Way, his en- 
tire estate, with the exception "of certain bequests 
amounting to $15,000 or more, was bequeathed 
to the village of Perrysburg, to be used in estab- 
lishing a public library for tlie people's use, under 
such regulations as the Council might prescribe. 
Tiie gift was subject to the condition that !J15,000 
of the estate should be invested in safe public in- 
terest-bearing securities, to remain a perpetual fund 
belonging to the village, the interest of which 
only is to be used for the purcliase of books prop- 



erly belonging to a publiclibrary. The remainder 
of the bequest was to be used as the Council deemed 
most advantageous, in the purchase of a lot, the 
erection of a building and the purchase of books. 

By action of the Council, March 25, 1890, the 
executors of Mr. Way were requested to purchase 
a site and erect a suitable building thereon. 
Messrs. A. Cook and D. K. Hollenbeck, the resident 
exec^utors, at once began the work. A suitable 
site was secured for $1,000 and an adjoining lot 
was added thereto, the $200 required for the same 
being donated, $150 by citizens and $50 by the 
Council out of the Village Treasury. In this way 
three-quarters of an acre were secured in a conven- 
ient location, near the center of the village and in 
close proximity to the public school. 

The contract for the erection of the building 
was awarded to B. Kokenge, of W3-andot County', 
Ohio. The architects were Bacon & Iluber, of To- 
ledo. The cost, including lot, was Si 1,379.91, in 
addition to which the village paid $1,100 for the 
furnace and furniture. The building covers 50x 
66 feet, and consists of one story, with basement. 
The main entrances are on Louisiana and Indiana 
Avenues, and the tower rising over these entrances 
is thirty-six feet high. On the main floor there 
are a catalogue nook, hall, stack room, reference 
room and general reading room. A winding stair 
leads to the Directors' room in the tower. 

The dedicatory exercises were held at the libraiy 
November 23, 1892. and were attended b\' a large 
number of people. The principal address on the 
occasion was delivered by the surviving executor, 
D. K. Hollenbeck, his co-laborer, Mr. Cook, having 
been called from earth January' 1 of the same 3ear. 
In an appropriate and eloquent manner the speaker 
alluded to the loss of his friend, through whose 
ability much of the work had been accomplished. 
Then, jjassing to the consideration of the matter in 
hand, he gave a brief resume of the life of Mr. 
Way, the conditions of his will, and the carrying 
out of his wishes, together with a detailed account 
of the work done by the executors. 

Briefly thus a description h.as been given of the 
Way Library. From it we pass to a review of the 
life of Mr. Way. He w.as born in Springfield, 
Otsego County, N. Y., August 3, 1807, and died 




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August 25, 1875. His father, Samuel, being in 
limited circumstances, he did not have many ad- 
vantages, but was obliged to work his way through 
college without any assistance from others. After 
taking a preparatory course in Hard wick Academy, 
he entered Union College, from whicli he was 
graduated some 3'ears later. He then entered the 
law office of Hangs ife Haskell, in LeRoy, N. Y., and 
afterward continued his studies with Payne & 
Wilson, of Painesville, Ohio. He was admitted to 
practice in 1832, and after having traveled through 
the Western states in search of a suitable location, 
he came to Perrj'sburg, in 1834, and here lie re- 
mained until his death. 

Soon after settling in this place Mr. Way mar- 
ried Miss So|)hia Hodge, of Buffalo, N. Y., who 
died in Mansfield, Ohio, at the age of eighty-five. 
In his enterprises he was judicious and energetic, 
and though he iiad severe reverses, he continued 
undaunted until he had retrieved his fortunes and 
gained wealth. In everything pertaining to the 
welfare of Perrysburg he maintained the deepest in- 
terest, which fact is evidenced by his munificent 
gift to the village. His name is held in loving 
reverence by those of his friends who still survive, 
and also by the large number who, though never 
acquainted with him personally, have nevertheless 
acquired a broad and liberal culture as the result 
of his philanthropy. 



<iTT BRAM J. HAMMER, M. D. In modern 
/ Y times the number of men who, beginning 
without capital, have gained wealth and 
influence is so large that such cases have ceased 
to be remarkable. The qualifications, however, 
necessary to bring about such success have never 
ceased to be worthy of our admiration. The gen- 
tleman whose name introduces this sketch is one 
of the progressive, skillful physicians of Toledo, 
to whom success has come as the result of unwear- 
ied application. Without mone}' or influence, be 
started out in life, but through devotion to his 
profession he has gained both. 

Born in Bedford County, Pa., June 1, 1853, the 



Doctor is a son of Rev. William and Margaret 
(Beisle) Hammer, the former of whom devoted 
almost his entire active life to the ministry of the 
Evangelical Church. There were nine children in 
the family, five sons and four daughters, of whom 
Abram .1. was the youngest in order of birth. His 
boyhood years were spent in Bedford County, 
where he obtained a good literary education. 
Having resolved to enter the medical profession, 
he began its study under the preceptorship of Dr. 
J. W. Failing, of Fremont, Ohio. After continu- 
ing in that way for some time, he entered the 
Medical College of Cincinnati, Ohio, from which 
institution he was graduated in 1880. 

Immediately after graduation, the Doctor opened 
an ollice at Fremont, Ohio, wliere he conducted 
an increasing general practice until 1887. He 
then removed to Toledo, believing that this city 
offered larger opportunities for success in his pro- 
fession. Here lie has since resided, and has gained 
a reputation .as a skilled physician, who is accu- 
rate in the diagnosis of diseases and successful in 
their treatment. He is a follower of the homeo- 
pathic school of medicine, and one of tlie leaders 
of that system in the city. 

The marriage of Dr. Hammer, wiiich occurred 
in 1880, united him with Miss Ella L., daughter 
of J. A. and Abigail (Cook) Grant, of Fremont, this 
state. Of this union were born three children, 
one of whom is living, Harry Irving. She is an 
accomplished lady and actively co-operates with 
the Doctor in all his benevolent and charitable 
projects. He has a fine residence and good office 
at No. 829 Broadway, and h.as gained a handsome 
competence through his well directed efforts. In 
addition to his general practice, he is a member of 
the visiting staff of Toledo Hospital. 



AMUEL SOUTHARD is one of the hon- 
ored early settlers of Washington Town- 
ship, Lucas County, to which he gave its 
name. P^rom the time of his arrival here he has 
been an interested factor in the development of this 



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region, and helped to erect the first schoolhouse in 
the township. The parents of Mr. Soutiiard were 
.James and Ann Southard, natives of England. 
Their family numbered ten children, as follows: 
Ann, Tliomas, Wilham, .James, Mary, Betsy, Sam- 
uel, Rlioda, .Joseph and Priscilla. The only ones 
living are: Samuel and Rhoda, the latter of whom 
is the wife of George Dixon. 

In 1833 .James Southard sailed for the United 
States, accompanied by his family, and after a voy- 
age of thirty-one days landed in New York. 
Tlience he went to Lucas County and took up eight 
hundred acres of Government land, for which he 
paid $1.25 an acre. This farm was covered with 
heavj- timber for the most part, and after clearing 
a small portion the owner erected a cabin, 30x30 
feet in dimensions. He was a faithful member of 
the Baptist Church and was respected by all who 
knew him. He died in 1853, when in his eightieth 
year, and was interred in the home cemeterj'. 
His good wife died in 1849. 

Samuel Southard was born in Devonshire, Eng- 
land, May 28, 1811, and passed his boyhood on a 
farm. With the other members of the family he 
came to the United States in 1833, and has conse- 
quently been an inhabitant of this township for a 
period of over sixty years. He carried on his fa- 
ther's homestead for many years, or until 1886, 
when he moved to the farm which he now cultivates 
and owns. It is within the recollection of this 
worthy old pioneer when it was necessar}' to go to 
Monroe, Mich., to la}' in a stock of provisions or 
other supplies. Toledo, as he first knew it, cont.ained 
only a few log cabins, .and bore little promise of 
the great future before it. Mr. Southard helped to 
build the first roads in this vicinity, and in man}- 
otlier practical ways assisted in putting the affairs 
of the infant community on a suljstantial basis. 

December 28, 1847, occurred the marriage of Mr. 
Southard and Charlotte Hitchcock, who was born 
near Albany, N. Y. Their union has been blessed 
with the following children: Annie E., James H., 
William H., Samuel G., Phojbe C, Sarah A., Caius 
K., Elisha B. and George G. William is a dairy- 
man of this township; Samuel is a dealer in real 
estate in Toledo; Caius, .James and Elisha are en- 
terprising lawj-eis; and George is a pr.acticing phy- 



sician of Toledo. The mother of these children 
died March 14, 1892, aged sixtj'-nine years. 

The first ballot of Mr. Southard was cast for 
William H. Harrison. During the existence of the 
AVhig party he was one of its adherents, and is now 
a loyal Republican. 



i-^i-i^lii 



HIRAM A. HUBBARD, who is living re- 
tired from business cares in Sylvania, Lu- 
cas County, is a native of this county, 
and was the second white child born in the Mau- 
mee Valley, and the first of English descent. The 
other, born in 1816, was of French lineage. Mr. 
Hubbard owns a well improved tract of fifty acres 
within the corporation limits of this place, which 
farm he has cultivated for a period of four years, 
agriculture being his main business in life. 

The Hubbard family is a very old one in the 
United States, and has had numerous representa- 
tives in the councils of the nation and in the 
le.arned professions. George Hubbard, from whom 
our subject is the fifth generation in line of de- 
scent, emigrated from England to Boston in the 
winter of 1633-34, with his wife, Mar}% and three 
children. He made his home in Weathersfield, 
Conn., for many j'ears prior to his death, which 
took place in January, 1683. His wife died some 
seven years previously. He was a man of ability, 
and distinguished himself as a member of the First 
General Assembly of the Hartford Colony, which 
convened in 1737. After the union of the two 
Connecticut colonies in 1665, he was also a mem- 
ber of the joint assembly. His children were John, 
Sarah, George, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth, Abigail, 
William and Daniel. The children born to John 
Hubbard, son of George, were John, Jonathan, 
Daniel, Hannah, Isa.ac, Mere}', Mary and Sarah. 
Isaac Hubbard, son of John Hubbard, had the fol- 
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Joseph, Jonathan and David. The children of Jon- 
athan, son of Isaac, were John, Jonathan, Noah, 
Timothy, Moses and Aaron. Noah Hubbard had 
five children: Noah, Eli (our subject's father), 
Lucy, Asher and Pamelia. 

Eli Hubbard was born in Massachusetts, and on 
reaching mature years married Rhoda Ward, whose 
birth occurred in Maine. They removed to Ohio 
in 1814, and for three years lived in Huron County, 
after which they located permanently in Washing- 
ton Township, Lucas County. The land had not 
j'et been surveyed in this section, and Mr. Hub- 
bard occupied a tract on which West Toledo now 
stands. At one time he was the owner of two 
hundred acres, on which he made his home until 
1836, when he moved to Sylvania, remaining here 
until his death, which occurred about 1850. His 
good wife and faithful helpmate died in 1842, and 
they were buried side by side in the village ceme- 
tery. Mr. Hubbard was a self-educated man, but 
possessed recognized genius and general intelli- 
gence. In the earlj' da3s of Toledo he was a prom- 
inent factor in its upbuilding, and was missed b^' 
one and all of his associates when he was claimed 
by death. Several times he served as County Com- 
missioner, and as Supervisor and in other local of- 
fices. He w.as a good financier and a shrewd busi- 
ness man. Religiously he was a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, and socially was a 
Mason of high degree. 

Hiram A. Hubbard is the second in a family num- 
bering eleven children, the others being as follows: 
Caroline, Henry, Noah, Asher, William, Sarah, 
Lucy, Maria, Elizabeth and Mary Ann. He was 
born November 28, 1817, near Woodlawn Ceme- 
tery, Washington Township, Lucas County, and 
remained with his parents until after reaching his 
majority, receiving such scanty education as the 
schools of that day afforded. 

August 12, 1842, occurred the m.arriage of Hiram 
Hubbard and Lettice S. McMillen at the home of 
the bride. Her death occurred in 1854, and after 
remaining a widower for about two years our sub- 
ject was married again, January 13, 1856. The 
lady of his choice was Miss Jane E. Flint, with 
whom he lived happilj' for two decades. She was 
called to her final rest in October, 1876. By his 



two marriages Mr. Hubbard had the following chil- 
dren: George, Mahala, Eli, William, Norman, Let- 
tice, George, Sarah Jane, Melvina, Elmina, Flora, 
James and Marj'. Of these, Lettice died in infancy; 
Elmina, who was the twin of Melvina, also died in 
infancy'; James died young; and Mary died sud- 
denly April 1, 1895. 

On starting out in life Mr. Hubbard was assisted 
by his Lather, who gave him the use of one hun- 
dred and sixty acres of land. However, the son 
subsequently paid his father for this privilege, for 
he has always been very independent in spirit, and 
has preferred to make his own way in the world. 
During his long life in this neighborhood he has 
witnessed vast changes in the country and the 
customs of its people. He well remembers when 
the village of Sylvania was started in 1832, and 
about that time he built a cabin and sawmill for 
David White, who was one of the principal found- 
ers of the place and who remained here until his 
death. In politics Mr. Hubbaid has been a Repub- 
lican since the formation of the party. He holds 
membership with the Methodist Ep'scoji.al Church, 
and is beloved and respected by all who know him. 



THADDEUS F. RANDOLPH is President 
of "The Ransom & Randolph Company," 
wholesale and retail dealers in dental and 
surgical instruments, barber supplies and furni- 
ture. 

This company was incorporated in July, 1892. 
They are located at No. 513 Jefferson Street, To- 
ledo, Ohio, occupying the entire space of their 
three-story building, 20x110 feet. 

They have four traveling salesmen, whose route 
extends over the states of Ohio, Michigan and 
Indiana, as well as western New York and western 
Pennsylvania. These salesmen deal not only with 
local tradesmen, but with professional men direct. 

The company transact a large business annually, 



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giving employment to many men. They are for- 
tunate in having competent assistants, whose re- 
liability and fitness for the position are unques- 
tioned. 

The company also publish "The Ohio Dental 
Journal." It lias a large circulation, and stands 
unrivaled as a magazine of dental surgery and lit- 
erature. 

Thaddeus F. Randolph was born in the village 
of Warwick, Orange County, N. Y., December 
23, 1833. His parents were Reuben F. and Julia 
Bell Randolph, the former a native of New Jersey, 
the latter of Connecticut. They were the parents 
of six children, three sons and three daughters, all 
of whom are still living. 

The subject of this sketch is the third in order 
of birth in his family. Until his ninth year be 
lived in his native county. From thence lie re- 
moved with his parents to Chautauqua Count}', 
N. Y., where his education was principall}' received, 
and completed at Meadville, Pa. 

The fust active business to which Mr. Randolph 
gave his attention was that of a clerk in a coun- 
try store. Here he developed commercial tenden- 
cies, and after his marriage, in 1855, he entered 
into partnership with his father-in-law, Joseph 
Hoyt, in Panama, N. Y., where for eighteen years 
they successfully conducted a large business in 
general merchandise. 

In 1876 Mr. Randolph came to Toledo and as- 
sociated himself with John R. B. Ransom, con- 
stituting the tirm of " Kansom & Randolph," 
wholesale and retail dealers in dental and surgical 
instruments and barber supplies. This business 
venture proved profitable and the relation with 
Mr. Ransom harmonious. It was continued with- 
out change until the incorporation of "The Ran- 
som ife Randolph Company," in 1892. 

The fainil}' life of Mr. Randolph has been most 
fortunate. The wife of his youth is still spared 
to him, and in the education of his son and two 
daughters he has taken great pleasure. Their 
marked literary ability and accomplishments pre- 
dict for them a brilliant future that will fully re- 
pay his devotion to their intellectual advancement. 

Mr. Randolph is a member of the Central Con- 
srregational Church, in which he holds the office of 



Senior Deacon. Politically he is a stanch advo- 
cate of Prohibition principles. Of unsullied repu- 
tation, he stands among business men second to 
none for integrity and honor. His word is con- 
sidered as good as his bond. In fact, throughout 
his entire life, in business, social and family rela- 
tions, he has ever been most true. 



T7> DWARD E. DWIGHT, President of the 
r^ CJ Michigan Lake Ice Company, with offices 
in the Kaufman Building, No. 327 Superior 
Street, Toledo, was born in Woodstock, III., No- 
vember 10, 1851, being the son of Josiah, Jr., and 
Amanda L. (Grifflng) Dwight, natives, respect- 
ively, of Northampton, Mass., and New York City. 
The family of which he is a member consisted of 
seven children, two of whom died in infancy, and 
the others are as follows: Charles S., who is in the 
emplo3'of Marshall Field & Co., of Chicago; Julia, 
who is unmarried and lives in Berkshire, Tioga 
Country, Mass.; William Harris, a retired business 
man whose home is now in Pasadena, Cal.; Edward 
E., of this sketch; and Josiah, a manufacturer and 
successful business man of Cincinnati. 

The first ancestor of our subject in this country 
was John Dwight, of Dedham, Mass., who came 
from Dedham, England, in the latter part of 1634, 
bringing with him his wife, Hannah (whose family 
name is unknown), his daughter Hannah, and his 
two sons, John and Timothj-. 

Capt. Timothy Dwight. son of John, born in Eng- 
land in 1629, died January 31, 1717, aged eighty- 
eight years. He was Captain of a fort during the 
Indian Wars. He married for his second wife, Jan- 
ary 6, 1665, Anna Flint, a daughter of Rev. Henry 
Flint, of Braintree (now Quincy), Mass. She was 
born September 11, 1643, and died January 29, 
1686, aged forty-two years. 

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Capt. Timothy Dwight and Anna Flint, was born 
December 19, 1676, and died March 26, 1732, at the 
age of fifty-flve years. He served as Judge of the 
Common Fleas Court of Hampshire County, Mass., 
from 1727 to 1731. August 27, 1702, he married 
Lydia Hawley, who was born July 7, 1680, and 
who was a daughter of Capt. Joseph Hawley, of 
Nortiiamptt)n, Mass., and Lydia Marshall. She 
died April 27, 1748, when sixty-eight years of age. 

Col. Josiali Dwight, of Springfield, Mass., son of 
Capt. Henry Dwight and Lydia Hawley, was born 
October 23, 1715, and died September 28, 1768, 
aged fiftj'-three years. He served as Lieutenant- 
Colonel of Militia, and Judge of the Court of 
Common Pleas of Hampshire County, Mass., from 
1750 to 1768. He married for his second wife, 
October 17, 1757, Elizabeth Buckminster, who was 
born in 1731 in Brookficld, Mass. She passed 
away Marcii 10, 1798, aged sixty-seven years. 

Hon. Josiah Dwight, of Stockbridge, Mass., son 
of Col. Josiah Dwight and Elizabeth Buckminster, 
was born September 17, 1767, and died March 9, 
1820, aged fifty-three 3'ears. He was Clerk of the 
Court of Hampsiiire County, Mass., some years, 
and was afterward State Treasurer of Massachu- 
setts. He married for his second wife, March 1, 
1798, Rhoda Edwards. She was born at Stock- 
bridge, Mass., May 7, 1778, and was a daughter of 
Timothy Edwards and Rhoda Ogden, the latter a 
daughter of Robert Ogden, of Elizabethlown, N. J. 
Mrs. Rhoda Dwight died at Northampton, Mass., 
November 13, 1864, aged eighty-six years. Tim- 
othy Edwards was a son of Jonathan Edwards and 
Sarah Pierrcpont, and was born July 25, 1738. 

Josiah Dwight, Jr., sou of Hon. Josiah Dwight 
and Rhoda Edwards, was born June 29, 1815, at 
Northampton, Mass., but lived for many years in 
Woodstock, 111. He died December 30, 1878, at 
the age of sixty-tiiree years. For some years he 
was Clerk of the Circuit Court, and ex-officio Re- 
corder of Deeds of McHenry County. In Novem- 
ber, 1839, he married Amanda Leonard Gritting, 
who was born September 20, 1817, and died April 
29, 1894. She was a daughter of Henry GrifMng 
and Anna Leonard, of Guilford, Conn., and Stock- 
bridge, M.ass., res[)ectively. 

Edward Edwards Dwight, as above stated, is the 



son of Josiah Dwight, Jr., and Amanda Leonard 
Grilling, and was born November 10, 1851, at 
Woodstock, 111. He entered the railroad service 
August 1, 1875, as clerk in the General Superin- 
tendent's office of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & 
Dayton Railroad at Cincinnati, Ohio. September 
1, 1880, he was appointed Superintendent of the 
Dayton & Michigan Division of tlie same road, with 
headquarters at Toledo, Ohio, and became Super- 
intendent of the Western Division of the New 
York, Cliicago & St. Louis Railroad at Chicago, 
111., in August, 1882. In April, 1883, he became 
General Manager of the Toledo, Cincinnati & St. 
Louis Railroad, and was appointed Receiver of the 
same railroad in August, 1883. In December of 
that year he resigned the position and engaged in 
the coal and ice trade at Toledo. 

On tiie 18th of January, 1881, Mr. Dwight was 
united in marriage with Ella Mitchell, a daughter 
of Jethro Mitcliell, of Cincinnati, Ohio. Politi- 
cally he is an ally of the Republican party, and 
believes the principles of that organization the 
best for our country. 



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MAXIM BENORE, one of the progressive 
and well-to-do agriculturists of Washing- 
ton Township, Lucas County, is one of 
this township's native sons, and he has literally 
grown up with the country, with whose welfare 
and progress his own has been indissolubly inter- 
woven. Beginning at the bottom round of the 
ladder which leads to success, he perseveringly 
worked his way upward from poverty to affluence, 
and is entitled to great credit for his perseverance 
and ambition. He now owns six hundred and 
twenty-eight acres of well improved and valuable 
land, about two hundred acres of which are in his 
homestead, while the remainder lies in Erie Town- 
ship, Monroe County, Mich. 

Louis Benore, the father of our subject, was 
born in Detroit about 1808, and his wife, Eliza- 



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betb, who before her marriage was a Miss Moriso, 
was born at Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1810. Thir- 
teen children were the result of their union, but 
only four of the number are now living: Mary A., 
Isaac, Ellen and our subject. The others were 
Louis, Alexander, Abel, Henry, Elizabeth, Adeline, 
Ellen and John. 

Louis Benore, on arriving at manhood, moved 
to Monroe County, Mich., and about 1822 took up 
one hundred and sixty acres of Government land 
on sections 1 and 2, Washington Township, this 
county, paying $1.25 per acre. His first eighty 
acres were paid for with the proceeds of muskrat 
skins that lie had trapped in this vicinity. Put- 
ting up a log cabin of one room, lie fitted it out 
with furniture of his own making. He cleared the 
land of the heavy timber with which it was cov- 
ered, and kept adding to his original possessions, 
until at the time of his death he owned five hun- 
dred acres, some of which was in Michigan. He 
was a very enterprising man, and helped not only 
to lay out the roads, but to organize the first 
school in this district, giving the land fortlie pur- 
pose. All of the work of the farm was then done 
with ox-teams, and when lie came to this section 
there was only one store in Toledo. He was a 
member of the Catholic Church, in the faith of 
which he died in 1858, and his remains were in- 
terred in the Catholic Cemetery of Toledo. His 
good wife, who died in 1887, held the same relig- 
ious faith. 

Maxim Benore was born .July 5, 1837, and was 
reared in this township. He remained with his 
mother until his marriage, which occurred Novem- 
ber 17, 1863, to Miss Polly, daughter of Alexis and 
Victoria (Ueau) Cousiuo. The following children 
have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Benore: George 
N., born October 20, 1864; Albert J., November 
28, 1865; Victoria E., October 27, 1867; Jessie M., 
November 18, 1869; Frederick L., November 6, 
1871, and who died September 12, 1872; Rudolph 
born October 23, 1874; Jasper M., December 18, 
1876; Addia G., July 19, 1878; Lucy R., July 20, 
1880; Ciiarles T., August 1, 1882; and Clarence L., 
May 13, 1884. Mrs. Benore was born in Monroe 
County, Mich. They have a beautiful home and 



are provided with many of the luxuries as well 
as the comforts of life. 

Politically Mr. Benore is a Republican, but has 
never been induced to hold office, with the excep- 
tion of that of .School Director. In 1864 he en- 
listed as a private in Company 1, One Hundred 
and Thirtieth Ohio Infantry, and was mustered 
into the service of Johnson's Island. From there 
he was sent to Washington, and thence to Painted 
Rocks, on the James River, where he was detailed 
on garrison duty and helped to put up the breast- 
works. When his term of enlistment had expired, 
he was duly mustered out and returned home. 
He and his family are members of the Catholic 
Church. 



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HARVEY KELLOGG, an old and respected 
farmer of Adams Township, Lucas County, 
was a school teacher of this township in 
the early days, and conducted classes for twelve 
terms, part of the time in an old log-cabin school- 
house. Nearly six decades ago he bought at sec- 
ond hand the farm where he \'et resides. This was 
a tract of one hundred and sixty acres, located on 
sections 1 and 2, and, with the exception of a small 
log cabin and four acres which had been cleared, 
there were no improvements on the farm. Through 
the owner's toil and industry all this has been 
changed, and one would not easily recognize in 
his thrifty and well kept homestead the one of 
former years. 

Mr. Kellogg is a New England man, his birth 
having occurred in Litchfield County, Conn., Jan- 
uar}' 19, 1813. His parents, Joseph and Martha 
(Bcebe) Kellogg, were also natives of Connecticut, 
and were of Scotch descent. The former, who was 
a farmer b}' occupation, died in his native state 
February 6, 1859. His birth had occurred Sep- 
tember 17, 1778, on a farm which his grandfather 
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farm, and was there reared to manhood, as were his 
four brothers and one sister: Joseph E., Isaac, 
Charles and Martlia. 

In 1835 Harvey Kellogg married Betsey, daugh- 
ter of Whiting and Clarissa (Beldin) Kellogg, and 
to the young couple were born five children, the 
eldest of whom, Josepli, married Sarah Norton, and 
has a son and two daughters, namely: Clara E., 
Annie and Gaj'lord. The others are: Joseph; 
Charles, deceased; Isaac, a farmer in Michigan; and 
Asahel, also deceased. 

The winter that Harvey Kellogg was eighteen 
years of age he taught his first term of school, and 
in the spring of 1837 started for the West by the 
canal and Lakes. He landed at Maumee, wiiere he 
lived for a short time, but on tlie 9th of June of 
the same year embarked in agricultural pursuits in 
this township. Before it was organized he was 
Justice of the Peace for fifteen years in Springfield, 
and in Adams Township after it was organized. 
He also held several school offices. In earl^- man- 
hood he was a Whig, later became a Republican, 
and is now a Prohibitionist. Religiously he and 
his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. He well remembers when there were only 
a few buildings in Toledo, and when the Indians 
had not all left for western reservations. His 
homestead now comprises one hundred and four 
acres, formerly covered with thick forests, which 
were cleared away by means of ox-teams and the 
unresting axe in liie hands of tlie sturd}' old pio- 
neer who is now passing liis declining days in com- 
fort and peace. 



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MICHAEL J. MALONE, who is one of the 
most prominent and successful business 
men of Toledo, and has been for some 
time officiating in the capacity of Vice-President 
of the Buckeje Paint and Varnish Company, is a 
native of tliis city, and having spent his entire life 
within its limits, has become well known among 



its citizens. In everything pertaining to the ad- 
vancement of its material interests, he maintains 
that close and thoughtful insight which has long 
made him prominent in its civic affairs. 

The Malone family originated in Ireland, where 
the father of our subject was born and reared. 
The latter, emigrating to America, became one of 
the early settlers of Toledo, with the progress of 
which he was closely identified until his death. 
He engaged in the business of a contractor and 
builder, and under his supervision were erected 
many of the principal blocks and private resi- 
dences of the place, some of which still stand as 
monuments to his skill and artistic abilit}'. His 
demise was a loss to the Catholic Church, with 
which he was actively connected, and also to the 
public in general, to whose welfare he was ever 
devoted. 

In this city Michael J. Malone received a good 
education in the parochial schools, and on com- 
pleting his studies he began to learn the carpen- 
ter's trade with Edward Miller, a leading contrac- 
tor and builder of Toledo. With that gentleman 
he later carried on his chosen occupation, tlie two 
superintending the erection of the Boody House, 
the principal hotel of this city; also the Produce 
Exchange, one of the finest office buildings of the 
place. In 1887 Mr. Miller died, and subsequently 
our subject, associated with his father, continued 
the business, conducting the same upon an exten- 
sive scale, and building many substantial struct- 
ures, among which was the Northwest Asykmi of 
Toledo, erected at a cost of $1,000,000. They also 
built the court house at Bryan, Ohio, at a cosl of 
•$170,000, and the court house at Albion, Ind., 
which cost 8130,000. Several church edifices in 
St. Paul, Minn., were erected under their supervi- 
sion, as well as a large number of business blocks, 
stores and houses in Toledo. At present our sub- 
ject and his brother, William F., have the contract 
for the building of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic 
Church, one of the finest edifices in the state. 

As the result of the skillful and capable way in 
which he has superintended his business affairs, 
Mr. Malone has gained a reputation as an intelli- 
gent, efficient workman, and in addition he has 
also gained the possession of a valuable property. 



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all of which has been accumulated through his 
efforts. As above stated, he is Vice-President of 
the Buckeye Paint and Varnisii Company, and be- 
sides this he is also serving as Treasurer of the 
Kohler Brink Company, being one of the principal 
stockholders in the latter enterprise. 

The marriage of Mr. Malone, which took place 
in 1876, united hini with Miss Mary A., daughter 
of John Mulhaney. They are the parents of three 
sons and two daughters. The residence is a cozy 
and comfortable abode, pleasantly located at No. 
2238 Ashland Avenue. They are regular atten- 
dants at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church, 
to the support of which Mr. Malone is a generous 
contributor. 



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MILTON ZIMMERMAN owns and operates 
a valuable farm on section 27, Center 
Township, Wood County, to which he 
moved in 1892. For about fifteen years he worked 
at his trade, that of carpentering, but at the end of 
that time settled on a farm lying on section 22, 
this township, and in addition to carrying on ag- 
ricultural pursuits, ran a sawmill for four or five 
years. He is one of the native sons of this coun- 
ty, having been born on section 13, Webster Town- 
ship, May 25, 1842. 

The parents of our subject were William and 
Isabella (Householder) Zimmerman. The former 
was a son of William Zimmerman, Sr., and was 
born in Virginia in 1796. He was reared on a 
farm and learned the millwright's trade. About 
1805 the family removed to Columbiana Count}', 
Ohio, making the journey by ox-teams. At Steu- 
benville young William grew to manhood and was 
married. In 1834 he emigrated to Wood County 
by team and settled in Webster Township, where 
he took up one hundred and sixtj' acres of Gov- 
ernment land, covered with heavy timber. In the 
early days he was a Township Trustee, and helped 



to organize Webster Township and to build the 
first schooliiouse in section 12. He died April 6, 
1883, and was interred in Scotch Ridge Cemetery. 
He was a member of the United Brethren Church, 
and for many years was a Republican. His father 
enlisted in the War of 1812, and died while in the 
service. Mrs. Isabella Zimmerman died in 1888, 
in her eighty-third year. 

In a family of fourteen children, eleven sons 
and three daughters, Milton Zimmerman is the 
eighth in order of birth. The others are as fol- 
lows: Edwin, John, Lewis, Eliza, Daniel, Mary, 
George, Isaac, William, Isabella, James, Harvey 
and Edward. Edwin, Lewis, George, John, Mary, 
and Eliza are deceased. 

Milton Zimmerman's boyhood was passed in 
Webster Township, and to his father he gave his 
assistance on the homestead until he was twenty 
years of age. July 24, 1862, he enlisted in Com- 
pany A, One Hundredth Oiiio Infantry, and was 
mustered into service at Toledo as a private. His 
first actual engagement was near Mt. Sterling, in 
Tennessee, after which he took part in the siege of 
Knoxville, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Lost Moun- 
tain and Kenesaw Mountain. He went all through 
the siege of Atlanta, after which he was trans- 
ferred to the command of General Thomas. Then 
followed the engagements at Columbia (Tenn.), 
Franklin and the two-days battle of Nashville. 
After being placed in the Army of tiie East he 
fought in the battles of Goldsboro and Raleigh, 
besides many minor engagements. From June, 
1863, until the close of the war he was a drum- 
mer-boy. His honorable discharge is dated June 
20, 1865. 

The schools which our subject attended in his ear- 
ly years were built of logs, and the nearest one was 
a mile and a-half from his home. When fourteen 
years of age he attended the select school at Mill 
Grove, and managed to obtain a fair, practical 
education. In 1879 he was elected Assessor of 
Personal Effects in Center Township, and served 
acceptably for three years. He was also Real Es- 
tate Assessor for the years 1880 and 1890. In 
1885 he was elected Justice of the Peace, a posi- 
tion he held for nine years. In 1892 he was made 
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He is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- 
public, and is a Knight of Pythias. In religious 
faith he is identified with the United Brethren 
Church. 

December 30, 1866, Mr. Zimmerman and Ella 
M. Druraheller were united in marriage. The lad^' 
was born in Sandusky County, Septeii;ber 9, 184.5, 
and is the daughter of George and Christina 
(Roth) Drumheller. Mr. and Mrs. Zimmeraian 
have had born to them six children, five sons and a 
daughter, as follows: Ellis, Geoige W., Harley B., 
James W., Frank B. and Mabel I). 



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THOMA.S C. PURNEY. Tiiere is always 
considerable interest attached to the ca- 
reers of those who have led sea-fariug lives 
and whose experiences upon the high seas have 
been perilous and thrilling. It is on this account, 
as well as from the fact that he is one of Toledo's 
most honored residents, that we take pleasure in 
presenting to our readers a sketch of the life and 
works of Commodore Purney, who became a sailor 
at the early age of thirteen, and for many years 
thereafter sailed upon the seas and lakes. 

The family of which Commodore Purney is a 
member has been noted for longevity and for the 
rugged honesty and undaunted courage of its rep- 
resentatives. His paternal grandfather, John Pur- 
ney, was born in England, and married a lady 
whose native place was Scotland. In an early day 
he emigrated to Nova Scotia, where he followed 
the trades of tanner and shoemaker. He and his 
wife attained very advanced yeais, passing away 
when about one hundred years of age. The ma- 
ternal grandparents, Giles and Jemima Ellen wood, 
were natives respectively of Newfoundland and 
Maine, and both died in Nova Scotia, he at the 
age of eighty-two, and she when seventy-eight. 
During the Revolutionary War he was stationed. 
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at Ft. Yarmouth. Surviving to an advanced age, 
he often delighted his grandchildren with tales of 
perils and adventure, and recounted to them the 
incidents with which he was himself .intimately 
connected. By trade he was a carpenter, and this 
occupation he followed throughout his active life. 
He was a man of noble character, superior intelli- 
gence and wise judgment, one who prided himself 
upon the spotless honor of his family and their 
valor upon the field of battle. 

When our subject was seven years old, his fa- 
ther, Thomas C. Purney, who was mate on a vessel, 
died and was buried at sea. The widowed mother, 
Mary J. Ellenwood, also a native of Nova Scotia, 
was left with four children dependent upon her. 
She afterward married again, and died in Colorado 
City, Colo., at the age of seventy-two years. Our 
subject was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, No- 
vember 7, 1835, and spent his childhood yeai's 
with his mother. He had no opportunities for 
gaining an education, for he was early obliged 
to become self-supporting, but through travel he 
gained in the school of experience an education 
which no school can give. Close observation and 
tliuughlful reading have added to his stock of 
knowledge, and he is now well posted upon cur- 
rent topics, national and local. 

Shipping as a common sailor at the age of thir- 
teen, our subject spent eight years upon the high 
seas. At the age of twenty-one he went to Can- 
ada, where he spent a few months during the win- 
ter season. In the spring he went to Detroit and 
secured einph>ymentas a sailor on the Lakes. Upon 
abandoning that occupation, he began to work in 
a brewery in Detroit, receiving $6 per week in 
compensation for his services. The year 1861 wit- 
nessed his arrival in Toledo, where he took charge 
of the Finley Brewery, his service in that capacity 
being so efficient as to secure the unqualified ap- 
probation of his emploj'ers. He remained with 
that company' until March, 1892, but from that 
time to October, 1894, he was not actively con- 
nected with any enterprise. At the latter date, 
however, he embarked in the business in which he 
has since engaged. 

In Detroit, Mich., August 18, 1857, Commodore 
Purney was united in mawiage witli Miss Jessie 



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Lloyd, a native of England, who accompanied her 
parents to America at the age of seven years. By 
her union five children were born, of whom four 
are now living, all married, namely: Thomas C, 
Jr., who is .Superintendent of a brewing company 
in Toledo; Kate; Jessie; and Frank W., a booii- 
keeper by occupation. Tlie .sons and daugliters are 
well educated and are honored members of so- 
ciety. 

The title by which our subject is familiarly 
known comes from liis connection with the Toledo 
Yacht Club, of which he is a charier member, and 
in which he fills the position of Commodore. So- 
cially he is identified with Lincoln Lodge No. 8, 
A. O. U. W. He IS an attendant at the Baptist 
Church, and, while not .actively identified with 
any denomination, is a generous contributor to re- 
ligious and charitable institutions, and has en- 
deavored to live an honest, upright and conscien- 
tious life. 



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PETER V. WHALEN, who is President of 
the Buckeye Paint and Varnish Company, 
is a Democrat politically, and is now 
serving as Alderman from the Fourth Ward. The 
extensive business concern with which he is asso- 
ciated has M. J. Malone as Vice-President; W. F. 
Malone as Treasurer; and Lewis Rubel Secre- 
tary. In 1874 paint works were started by Mar- 
shall Benedict & Co., and four years later Mr. 
Whalen embarked in the business of manufactur- 
ing varnish. The two companies were consoli- 
dated in 1881 under the present title, iind the 
move proved to be very beneficial, for their trade 
has rapidly increased, and they iind the resources 
of their factory taxed to the utmost in order to 
supply the demand. 

Peter F. Whalen was born in Normandy, Gray 
County, Canada, in 1854, and is a son of Peter 
and Mary (Doran) Whalen. The former died 



when onr subject was only two years of age. On 
reaching a suitable age young Peter attended 
school, and when in his twelfth year went to De- 
troit, Mich., where for a time he continued his 
studies. Later he worked in a lumber-yard until 
he was sixteen years old, when he began learning 
the trade of a moulder in the Detroit Steel Works. 
He continued to be an employe in the foundry 
until 1877. 

In 1880 Mr. Whalen came to Toledo and started 
in the varnish business on a very small scale in a 
frame building. Afterward he took in Alfred 
Collier as a partner and the firm continued to do 
business under the style of Whalen & Collier for 
the following year. The present concern man- 
ufacture all kinds of white and colored paints, um- 
bers in oil, putty, etc. There are two large brick 
buildings, with numerous warehouses and storage 
rooms, used for oil and inflamm.able materials, every 
precaution being taken against fire losses. In the 
varnish department reliable kinds of japan, dry- 
ing varnish, etc., are manufactured. The most 
improved modern machinery is in use, and em- 
ploj'inent is given to some forty hands. A num- 
ber of traveling men represent the firm on the 
road and make sales in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, 
Pennsylvania, New York, Kentucky, Illinois, Wis- 
consin, Kansas and New Mexico. 

June 15, 1880, Mr. Whalen married Miss Mary 
F., daughter of John Riley, of Toledo. 



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/"^ FRANK WOLLAM,of Montgomery Town- 
V^\y ship. Wood County, is one of her native 
sons and old residents. His life work 
has been that of farming, and he has long been es- 
teemed one of the most practical and enterpris- 
ing .agriculturists of this neighborhood. After his 
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this as a nucleus he commenced extending his do- 
mains, until his farm now comprises one lumdred 
and thirt3'-two acres. This was formerly cov- 
ered thickly with timber, but he has cleared it all 
awa^', building barns, fences and a good liome. His 
farm is now one of the best in the township and is 
always kept in a thriftj' condition. 

Joseph Wollam, the father of our subject, was 
born February 8, 1824, in Columbiana County, 
Ohio. His father, Henry, a native of Virginia, 
had settled in tiiat county in its early history. 
Joseph Wollam grew to manhood on his father's 
farm, and at the age of twenty years was united 
in marriage with Mary Ann Sloan. After that 
event he removed to Wood County, entered one 
hundred and sixty acres of Government land and 
built a log cabin. He cleared his land and de- 
voted himself to its improvement until his death, 
which occurred November 19, 1892, at tlie age of 
sixt3'-nine years, nine months and eleven days. 
He had learned the carpenter's trade, and followed 
that vocation for about six years. He reared a 
family of six children: Robert H., born June 24, 
1845; William C, September 2,1847; C. Frank; 
Mary E., September 8, 1853; Martha and Joseph 
Harold. Robert and William C. are residents of 
this township. Mary E. died at the age of twen- 
ty-four j-ears, February 6, 1878, and Martha is the 
wife of David Meyers, of Fostoria, Ohio. 

C. Frank, of this sketch, was born May 15, 1851, 
on the old homestead in this township. His boy- 
hood was passed in assisting his fatiier on the 
farm and in attending the district sciiools during 
the winter. In 1873 he married Miss Mary Ella, 
daughter of Adam and Elizabeth (Stahl) Duke, 
who at an earl^' day removed from Perry County, 
Ohio, to Livingston Township, Seneca County, 
and in 1871 became residents of Wood County. 

Mr. Wollam and his estimable wife industriously 
set forth after their marriage to make a home and 
fortune, and succeeded in their efforts. Little by 
little their possessions were increased by their in- 
dustry and good management. Three children 
came to bless their home, a son and two daugh- 
ters. Theeldest, Martin A., born July 14, 1874, is 
of great assistance to his father in the manage- 
ment of the farm; Marion J., born April 10, 1879; 



and Emma E., born February 12, 1882, are still at 
home. 

Politically Mr. Wollam has given his support 
to the Republican party since becoming a voter. 
Socially he is a Knight of Pythias, belonging to 
Lodge No. 329, of Rising Sun. 



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MICHAEL J. COONEY is senior member 
of the firm of M. J. Cooney & Co., man- 
ufacturers of fine carriages and light ve- 
hicles. He has been established in business in To- 
ledo for the past thirty years, during which time his 
trade has gradually increased, until he is now ranked 
among the largest manufacturers in his line in the 
city. In politics he is a Democrat, and is quite an in- 
fluential man in his party. For two terms he served 
as Alderman from the Second Ward, and was Pres- 
ident of the City Council for three terms. In 
1878 he was appointed County Auditor to fill a 
vacancy, and occupied that position for ten months. 

The father of our subject, John Coonej', had 
tluee children, two sons and oue daughter. He 
was a farmer in Monroe County, Mich., and there 
occurred the birth of our subject January 27, 1842. 
He remained on the old homestead until he was 
nineteen years of age, receiving a district-school 
education. 

In 1865 Michael J. Coonej- came to Toledo and 
formed a partnership with M. Donovan, under the 
firm name of Donovan & Cooney. The latter pur- 
chased his partner's interest at the end of two 
years, and subsequently, in 1868, took into the 
business James D. Reed, under the style of M. J. 
Cooney & Co. Whether in business, public or so- 
cial life, he has always had the interest of others 
in view rather than his own, and he is justly es- 
teemed for his sterling qualities. 

In 1865 a marriage ceremony was celebrated by 
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subject. They Lave had born to them seven chil- 
dren, five daughters and two sons. Religiously 
Mr. Cooney is a prominent member of the Catho- 
lic Church. His place of residence is at No. 712 
Ontario Street. 



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eLARK WAGGONER. Among the oldest 
and most prominent of Ohio journalists 
is Clark Waggoner, of T^)le(lo. He was 
burn in Milan To\vnshi|), now in Erie County, 
.Se|)tcmber 6, 1820. His father, Israel Waggoner, 
was among tiie very earliest of the settlers of that 
section, having arrived there in 1811. He was a 
native of New Jersey, where he was born in 1789, 
being a son of George Waggoner, a soldier of 
Washington's army throughout the Revolutionar}' 
War. The mother of the subject of tiiis sketch 
was Lucretia Buck, of Vermont, who came to Ohio 
in 1815, the trip occupying six weeks. The son's 
childhood was spent amid pioneer scenes and ex- 
periences, the nearest neighbors being Indians, and 
his first playmate was an Indian bo}'. His school 
facilities were those common to the period, the 
schoolhouse first attended by him being without 
glass for windows, greased paper serving such pur- 
pose. His chief educational privileges were found 
in Dr. Franklin's "poor boy's college" (the print- 
ing-office), which he enteied as an ajjpreniice at 
the age of thirteen years. 

Completing his preparatory course when nearly 
eighteen, our subject went to Lower Sandusky 
(now Fremont), Ohio. There as a journeyman 
printer he worked for several months, and in May, 
1839, started the Lower Sandusky W7»V/, which 
was continued until 1843. He then removed to 
Milan, where he commenced the Milan Tribune, 
which he published until May, 1851, when that 
paper was removed to Sandusky, and merged with 
the Clarion in the Sandusky Register. His asso- 
ciates were Earl Bill and Henry D. -Cooke. In 



1856 Mr. Waggoner went to Toledo, and with 
Gideon T. Stewart, of Norwalk, Ohio, purchased 
the Toledo Blade, of which, ere long, he became 
the editor, continuing as such until August, 1865. 
He conducted that paper during the Rebellion of 
1861 to 1865, tliroughout approving and defend- 
ing the war policy of the Government as against 
opposition from different sources, and contributing 
toward the popular sentiment so exce|)tionally ef- 
fective in support of the Union army in north- 
western Ohio. As a result of difference in views as 
to the policy for the conduct of the war, Mr. Wag- 
goner was brought into conflict with a large por- 
tion of his Republican associates in the Congres- 
sional District. He was sustained in his views by 
the more conservative members of the party, who 
in 1862 selected Morrison R. AVaite as their can- 
didate for Congress. The position of this portion 
of the party was that of President Lincoln, that 
the war, on the part of the Government, should be 
conducted primarily to "save the Union," leaving 
slavery, with other special interests, to take its 
chances in the result. To this, among Republi- 
cans, were opposed advocates of the extreme or 
"radical" policy, making the abolition of slavery 
a condition precedent in any terms for peace. 
Though Mr. Waite then failed of election, the can- 
vass gave him standing as a sound and able con- 
servative, which opened the way to the exalted 
position of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of 
the United States, far more consistent with his 
taste and professional ambition, which for four- 
teen years he filled with eminent distinction for 
ability, honor and success. From the first, he rec- 
ognized his appointment as mainly due to Mr. 
Waggoner. 

In connection with his eldest son, Ralph H., Mr. 
Waggoner purchased the Toledo Commercial in 
1866, which he edited until 1876. In the conduct 
of the Cmnmercial, as of the Blade, he was influen- 
tial in controlling political and other public re- 
sults. Notable among such was tiie part taken by 
him in the selection of the Republican candidate 
for Governor in 1875, which proved to have so 
much bearing upon more important events. In 
April of that .year, most of the Republican daily- 
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Hon. Alphonso Taft, of Cincinnati, for that oftiee, 
he being a gentleman of high standing. Indica- 
tions were specially favorable to his nomination 
without opposition. In consideration of Judge 
Taft's previous public advocacy of a division of 
the state school funds with the Roman Catholic 
Church (he naming $200,000, being one-third, as 
the portion thus to be paid), and apprehending 
certain disaster to the party from the choice of 
such standard-bearer, Mr. Waggoner, through the 
Commercial, opposed the movement, and urged in- 
stead the nomination of Rutherford B. Hayes, who 
twice had been Governor and had retired to pri- 
vate life, expecting and choosing to remaui there. 
In a published letter, that gentleman had jwsitive- 
ly refused the use of his name for re-nomination for 
Governor before Judge Taft was suggested, and 
still protested against being considered a candi- 
date. Notwithstanding such protest and the al- 
most unanimous support of Judge Taft by the 
leading Republican journals of the state, Mr. Wag- 
goner insisted that ex-Governor Hayes, regardless 
of bis wish in the case, should be nominated, as 
the onlj' ground for hope of the success in Ohio in 
1875 on which could rest hope of success in the 
Presidential campaign of 1876. An active can- 
vass followed, and closed with complete endorse- 
ment of Mr. Waggoner's action in the unanimous 
nomination of ex-Governor Hayes, to be followed 
by his election over Governor Allen (Democrat), 
chosen in 1873; and, as direct consequence, his 
nomination and election as President in 1876, re- 
sults, by common assent, as by that gentleman, 
attributed to the action of Mr. Waggoner in 1875. 
It becomes pertinent here to state that Governor 
Allen was specially prominent in 1875 as candidate 
for Democratic nomination for President in 1876, 
and no doubt would have been elected to that office 
in case of his re-election as Governor, an event, as 
the facts seem to show, depending on the choice 
of the Republican candidate for Governor in 1875. 
Among the incidents of Mr. Waggoner's life 
most satisfactory to him is the part which he took 
in removing the bars of prejudice by which the 
colored children of Toledo had been excluded 
from the educational facilities furnished their 
white neighbors. .Such an end was accomplished 



in 1871, after a contest of two years, in which the 
Commercial led the cause of justice against the op- 
position of the Board of Education. The result 
was finallj' reached through a public sentiment, 
aroused and made effective by Mr. Waggoner's 
persistent support of the right. 

The part borne b^' Mr. Waggoner in the estab- 
lishment of the present system of water supply 
for Toledo may properly be mentioned. The City 
Council, by nearly unanimous vote, had adopted, 
and the citizens as generality accepted, the Holly 
S3'stem of water works. Becoming satisfied that 
such was not desirable and that the stand-pipe plan 
was i)referable, Mr. Waggoner advocated a change 
accordingly. The discussion lasted some three 
months, and closed with the nearly unanimous 
adoption by the Council of a resolution surrender- 
ing the Holly and accepting the stand-pipe sys- 
tem, which was found to be far superior to the 
other and equal in efficiency, economy and dura- 
bilit}' to that of any other city in the countiy. 

Mr. Waggoner preserved and now holds as a 
proud monument to his life work fifty bound 
volumes of newspapers, of which he was publisher 
and editor. The}' cover the period of thirty-five 
years, including twelve years of weekly and 
twenty-three years of dail}' journals. Throughout 
this period, whether in social, moral, business or 
political affairs, his pen was ever ready in defense 
of the right, regardless of what, in a selfish view, 
might seem to be disadvantage to himself. As 
far as his action was concerned it mattered little 
whether he was thus brought in conflict with per- 
sonal or political friends or others; with men of 
high or low standing; with the many or the few. 
His course showed the same consistent, inflexible 
adherence to convictions of his own mind. It has 
been justly staled, that no person has done more 
to elevate the character of the public press in 
northern Ohio than did Mr. Waggoner through- 
out the time covered by his labors as a journalist. 

The political opinions of Mr. Waggoner were 
largely formed during President Jackson's second 
administration, when he accepted the views and 
the policy of the Whigs, then under the lead of 
Clay, Webster and other giants in statesmanship 
of those days. He continued with the Whig party 



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until the body of the same was merged in its Re- 
publican successor, in 1855, witli which latter he 
lias since been actively identified. As a conductor 
of the Sandusky Register, he bore effective part in 
placing tiie Republican party on the sound basis 
which, from the start, gave to it such remarkable 
strength and success. 

Very soon after the close of War of the Rebell- 
ion, Mr. Waggoner, as editor of the Commercial, 
favored the adoption of early measures for restora- 
tion of a sound monetary condition. This he did 
against very powerful local sentiment, as shown in 
the fact that definite effort, well nigh to success, 
was made in a party convention to declare him 
for such action unfit to represent a Republican 
constituency. He bore especially active part in 
support of resumption of specie payment, as in- 
augurated in 1879; and it is deemed safe to here 
state that but for direct and indirect results of his 
action while editor of tlie Commercial, such an im- 
portant end would probably not have been attained 
at the date named. His relations as conductor of 
the press closed in 1876, but his active interest in 
matters of public concern did not then cease, his 
pen throughout the subsequent period having ever 
been ready in discussion of whatever questions 
pertained to the moral, intellectual, political or 
material welfare of his fellow-citizens, such service 
being mainly voluntary, and rarely without mani- 
fest public benefit. The aggregate of such contri- 
bution is equal to more than one thousand ordi- 
nary book pages. Tlie most of it is upon sharply 
defined questions involving more or less of antag- 
onism in itself by no means desirable. As a result 
of such discussion, however, it was rare that de- 
finite expression made by his fellow-citizens was 
not in agreement with his views, a fact far more 
compensating than could have been mere pecuniary 
return. 

Regarding the holding of public ollice as incom- 
patible with the independence due from conduc- 
tors of political journals, Mr. Waggoner, on sev- 
eral occasions and uniformly, declined appoint- 
ments in themselves specially desirable, and this 
fact contributed largely to the personal and edito- 
rial influence which he exercised. The only posi- 
tion of the kind ever held b3' him was that of 



Collector of Internal Revenue for the Toledo 
District, to which he was appointed by Pres- 
ident Ha^es in July, 1877, without his seeking, 
and while he was supporting another for the 
place. Under his management, the office, for 
the first time in its history, attained the grade 
of "first class, according to the scale of mer- 
it." Many letters from the Treasury Department 
during his five j'ears of service bore uniform tes- 
timony to the unsurpassed success of his adminis- 
tration, and extending to him the "thanks and 
congratulations" of the Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue, who wrote: "Nothing could be more 
complete than the manner in which every detail of 
the service is conducted in your district." The 
oHicial subordinates justly sharing such exceptional 
honor, were: Chief Deputy Clayton R. Heath, 
and Deputies Leroy E. Clarke, James W. Ross, 
Lewis E. Brewster and Vincent J. Emmick, at To- 
ledo; J. W. Baker, at Norwalk; and George O. Sel- 
kirk and Mrs. Eva G. Center, at Sandusky. In this 
connection may propcrlj' be recognized Collector 
Waggoner's further exceptional record in his scru- 
pulous and uniform abstinence, and that of his 
subordinates, from participation in management 
of political affairs beyond the ballot and the ex- 
pression of opinion, thereby conforming to the 
order of President Hayes of March, 1877. 

Upon the close of Mr. Waggoner's service as 
Collector, his attention became mainly directed to 
obtaining historial material for use in various 
forms, of which the history of Toledo and Lucas 
County, prepared by him and published in 1888, 
is one. In such pursuit he carefully examined 
three hundred bound volumes of newspapers, in 
dates extending as far back as 1814, and made sev- 
en thousand notations of facts of more or less 
permanent interest, which will be of increasing 
value, as will be a large quantity of clippings from 
newspapers and other sources meantime gathered 
by him. 

On the 29th of December, 1841, Mr. Waggoner 
was married, at Fremont, Ohio, to Miss Sylvia B. 
Roberts, youngest daughter of Chauncy Roberts. 
They have had five children, of whom four now 
survive: Ralph IL, in New York; J. Frederick, in 
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Mich.; and Miss Mary Ella, of Toledo. Miss 
Fanny died at Toledo, June 7, 1888. 

In early manhood Mr. Waggoner made a pro- 
fession of religion, and since that time has been 
connected with the Presbyterian Church. With 
Mrs. Waggoner he was one of the original mem- 
bers of Westminster Churcii at Toledo. Thej' 
are still connected with tliat church, as are most 
of their children. 



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WILLIAM DAVIDSON owns and culti- 
vates a nicely improved farm on sec- 
tion 26, Center Township, Wood Coun- 
ty. Here he has had his dwelling-place for the 
past tliirty years, and all the improvements on the 
farm stand as monuments to his industr}' and good 
business ability. 

Our subject was born December 31, 1838, in 
Perrysburg, Wood County. Here he grew to man- 
hood, receiving meager school advantages. On 
account of the distance of the school from liis home, 
a walk of a mile and a-half, he did not attend 
until he was nine years of age, and his schooling 
from that time onward was limited to a short 
time during tlie winter. He continued tf) dwell 
under the parental roof until reaching his major- 
it}-, learning in the mean time lessons of thrift and 
perseverance, which served him in good stead when 
he began fighting the battles of life for himself. 

December 30, 1864, William Davidson wedded 
Isabella Nickle, who was born in Scotland, Feb- 
ruary 8, 1833. Of their three children, Robert A., 
the eldest, died in childhood; John W., born Nov- 
ember 9, 1868, is unmarried and still at home; and 
Thomas H., born November 6, 1871, married Bes- 
sie A. Lance, June 12, 1893. The young couple 
have a little daugliter, Ethel Clara. 

Prior to his marriage, William Davidson had 
purchased sixty acres of land on section 26, this 
being a portion of his present homestead. The 
land was in a wild state and necessitated a great 



deal of labor before it could be brought under 
proper cultivation. A log cabin of one room 
was supplanted in later years by a substantial farm 
house, and other necessary buildings have also 
been erected. The owner has cleared about eighty 
acres of his farm, and formerly used ox-teams in 
hauling away the logs. 

Our subject enlisted in the one hundred days' 
service as a member of Company I, One Hundred 
and Forty-foiirth Ohio Infantry, and was sent to 
Columbus, thence to Ft. McHenry, and later to 
Annapolis, where he did post duty until he was 
discharged, September 2, 1864. In politics ho is a 
true-blue Republican, and takes great interest in 
whatever pertains to the public welfare. 



HON. CHARLES P. GRIFFIN. Whatever 
the natural resources of a country or its 
business facilities, still its history must de- 
pend chiefly upon the men who reside there, and 
who by their ability and energy have added to its 
wealth and commercial importance. Among this 
class, and as one of its prominent representatives, 
we present the name of the Hon. C. P. Griftin, of 
Toledo, who lias been a resident of Toledo during 
the principal part of the p.ast quarter of a cent- 
uiy. As a business man he has been very success- 
ful, while in public affairs he has gained promi- 
nence throughout the state. 

The [larents of our subject, Robert W. and Har- 
riet (Beach) Griffin, resided for many years in 
Kipton, Lorain County, Ohio, where he was born 
September 3, 1842. The rudiments of his educa- 
tion were obtained in the common schools of Kip- 
ton, and afterward, ambitious to increase his fund 
of learning, he entered Oberlin College, where he 
conducted his studies with diligence and success. 
In order to pay the necessary expenses of tuition 
and board, he taught school during the winter 



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months for several 3'ears. At the age of twenty- 
two years he secured a position as a teacher In a 
business college in Oberlin, of which, less than a 
year later, he became Principal. 

In connection with another gentleman, Mr. Grif- 
fin, in 1865. opened a business college at Hillsdale, 
Mich., which he superintended and conducted in 
addition to continuing the management of the col- 
lege at Oberlin. For three years he was thus en- 
gaged, after which, in 1868, he came to Toledo, 
and embarked in the real-estate and insurance 
business. From 1879 until 1883 he served as Gen- 
eral Manager of the National Life Insurance Com- 
panj- of the United States, but during the latter 
3ear he returned to Toledo, where his large and 
increasing interests required his personal atten- 
tion. 

Such was the interest taken by Mr. Gritfin in the 
affairs of the city, and his broad information upon 
matters of public import, that his friends urged 
him to accept the nomination for the State Legis- 
lature. He yielded to their persuasions, accepted 
the nomination, and at the election was chosen by 
a decided majority to represent his district in the 
State Legislature. In the Sixty-eighth General 
Assembly he rendered efficient service in the inter- 
ests of his constituents, who, appreciating his fi- 
delity and devotion to them, elected iiim to the 
Sixty-ninth Assembl}', and afterward to the Sev- 
entieth. He is still the incumbent of this respon- 
sible position, and is rendering the same able and 
energetic service that has characterized him from 
the first. From the beginning of his legislative 
career, all matters pertaining to local legislation 
have received his careful attention, and he has al- 
ways been in hearty sympathy and co-operation 
with his constituents. In the introduction and 
management of a large number of legislative en- 
actments of a general nature, he has been active 
and influential, and his record is that of an able 
and wise legislator. In all the long contests for 
the establishment and maintenance of the citj''s 
gas plant, he has been the champion of the rights 
of the majority. He also introduced bills, which 
became laws, providing for a more equitable dis- 
tribution of the costs of extensions and openings, 
requiring the city to pay the cost of paving all 



street intersections, and to pa}- at least one-half 
the cost of street lighting. 

During the late war, Mr. Grittin was an ardent 
supporter of the Union cause, and his patriotic 
spirit led him to enlist as a member of Company 
C, Seventh Ohio Infantry. As a citizen he has 
always been loyal to the Government and devoted 
to the best interests of the people. In him the 
friendless find a sympathetic helper and the poor 
a Iienefactor. He is serving as a member of tlie 
Board of Directors of the Toledo Workhouse, and 
has filled other local offices of trust. I^rateinally 
he is connected with the Independent Order of 
Odd Fellows and the Knights Templar. 

On the 8th of March, 1870, Mr. Griffin was 
united in marriage with Miss Isabella, daughter of 
Dr. II. L. Harris, of Bellevue, Ohio, and they have 
established a pleasant home in Toledo, where the}' 
entertain hospitably their large circle of acquaint- 
ances. 



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AMUEL W. BELL is one of the leading 
manufacturers and business men of To- 
ledo, and has enjoyed that distinction for 
nearly two decades. In 1876 he started in the 
manufacture of a laundry and toilet soap, with his 
factory at the corner of Fifteenth and Lucas 
Streets. At the present time he has a fine new 
plant in process of construction at the corner of 
Eleventh and Vance Streets, which will be com- 
plete in all its appointments, and will be supplied 
with modern machinery and appliances of every 
description. 

The father of our subject, William Bell, was a 
native of County Derry, Ireland, but in 1834 
emigrated to the United States with his family, 
and by way of New York City proceeded direct 
to Toledo, and from here went to Monroe Coun- 
ty, Mich., where he purchased a section of Gov- 
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dee, where he got out timber for a gristmill, which 
he soon disposed of to a stock company. He then 
went to Belleville, Wa3ne County, Mich., where 
he purchased ten sections of Government land 
and erected a large grist and saw mill and estab- 
lished a general store. He remained here until 
1844, when he sold out his interest in that section 
and removed to Dundee, where he invested in a 
sawmill and engaged in manufacturing lumber. 
In 1862 he disposed of the mill and moved to 
Buffalo, N. Y., where his death occurred in 1871. 
His wife, Mary, survived him for two years. 

Samuel W. Bell was born in County Derry, Ire- 
land, in 1831, being one of eleven children. His 
education was extremely limited, and he left home 
while still quite young. His youth was passed in 
Michigan, and in 1859 tiie gold fever reached him. 
Being desirous of adventure and fresh scenes of 
interest, lie took a trip to San Francisco, Cal., sold 
teas for an importing house for five years, and in 
1863 went to Nevada and engaged in the cattle 
business and ranching for three years. 

In 1866, on his return to the East, Mr. Bell 
went to Buffalo, where his parents were then liv- 
ing, and spent ten years in that city. In 1876, as 
previously mentioned, he became a resident of this 
city. His new factory is 50x100 feet in dimen- 
sions, and is conveniently' located near the track 
of the St. Louis, Toledo & Kansas City Railroad, 
thus affording good shipping facilities. He finds 
ready sale for all the products of his manufactory, 
and has an extensive annual income from this 
source. 

July 30, 1853, Mr. Bell married Susan Chase, of 
Dundee, Monroe County, Mich. Her parents were 
Alvin and Phuebe (Ward) Chase, natives of New 
York and New Jersey, respectively. Two sons and 
two daughters came to bless the union of our sub- 
ject and his wife, and are named as follows: August 
J., Frank S., Helen and Emma. Frank S., an en- 
terprising young business man, is general manager 
of the Northern Pacific Express Company's traffic 
department at Chicago. Helen is the wife of Kd- 
win D. Robbins, of Buffalo, N. Y. 

Though his parents were members of the Pres- 
byterian Church, Mr. Bell is not identified with 
any denomination. In his political faith he is an 



ally of the Republican party. He has never been 
an office-seeker, but has preferred to give his en- 
tire time and attention to the proper management 
of his business affairs. 



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AMES H. CAMPBELL. Tliis well known 
citizen, the owner of a valuable farm situ- 
ated on section 20, Springfield Township, 
Lucas Count}', was born July 2,1851. When 
he was three years old his mother died of cholera. 
At the time of her sudden death she was employed 
as a domestic in the family of Chief Justice Waite, 
and the orphan child remained in the home of 
that gentleman for a short time afterward. He 
was then adopted by Mrs. Askland, with whom he 
remained until he attained his majorit}-, meantime 
assisting his foster father in the various duties of 
farm life, and also attending the public schools of 
the neighborhood. 

Mr. Campbell was united in marriage with Miss 
Anna E. Huftier. They are the parents of seven 
children who still survive, namely: Nellie C, a 
successful teacher in the public schools of Lucas 
County; Lizzie, who is similarly engaged; Brad- 
ford, Mercy, Maude, Mary and Opal A. Two 
died unnamed in infancy. The farm upon which 
Mr. Campbell now resides was bequeathed to him 
by his adopted parents and consists of fifty-two 
acres. The land is well cultivated and highly im- 
proved, and upon it will be noticed a substantial 
residence, furnished with all the comforts of life. 
He has all the modern farming implements, and 
takes great pride in cultivating the soil, assisting 
nature in producing the best results and causing 
the fields to bring forth an abundant harvest. 

Politically Mr. Campbell is a Republican, and. 
although not an ollice-seeker, takes an active inter- 
est in local politics. He has served as a delegate 
to various conventions, and is deeplj' interested 



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in every enterprise for the promotion and upbuild- 
ing of the conimunit}'. He and liis estimable wife 
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 
giving liberally to the support of that denomina- 
tion, and are always found ready and willing to 
assist in every good work calculated to advance 
the welfare of the people. 






iTT LBERT S. HAUGHTON owns and oper- 
/ \ ates :i good farm situated on section 24, 
Sylvania Township, Lucas County. The 
homestead is mainly devoted to dair}' purposes, 
and the neighboring city of Toledo affords a read^' 
market for milk and butter. A good grade of 
stock is kept on the place, and all the convenien- 
ces of a model estate are to be found here. The 
success which has rewarded the efforts of Mr. 
Haughton is largely due to his energy, though he 
was given a good start in life by his fatlier. 

Grandfather Hyman Haughton was born May 19, 
1799, and died June 28, 1872. He came to Wash- 
ington Township, Lucas Count}', with three of his 
brothers, Stephen, Cyrus and Marvin, about the 
year 1833, settling within a mile and a-half of each 
other. A few years later the two other brothers, 
John and William, settled here. With the excep- 
tion of a few years. Grandfather Haughton spent 
the remainder of his life on the farm on which he 
first settled, which consisted of two hundred and 
eighty acres. He passed awaj' at the age of sev- 
enty-three years. Upon the organization of the 
Republican party he joined its ranks. 

Stephen Haughton was one of the earl}' physi- 
cians in this part of the state and practiced here 
for a number of 3'ears, but later sold his farm of 
two hundred and forty acres and removed to Ful- 
ton County, where he followed farming and also 
practiced medicine. He died at Wauseon, Ful- 
ton County, aged about eighty-four years. The 



following is taken from the records kept by Steph- 
en Haughton: "Territory of Michigan. The 7th 
day of May I started with my family from Sand 
Lake, Rensselaer Count}', N. Y., for Michigan, and 
landed at Detroit on the 19th day of the same 
month, in the year 1833." 

Smith and Ann Eliza (Wiggins) Haughton, the 
parents of our subject, were natives of New York. 
The mother was born May 6, 1827, and passed 
away December 4, 1857. The father, who was 
born February 11, 1821, and is therefore now 
(1895) seventy-four years of age, is the oldest per- 
son living bearing the name of Haughton. He 
came to Ohio in the early '30s, and soon afterward 
settled in Lucas County. He has for many years 
been considered one of the efficient and represent- 
ative farmers of Washington Township, where he 
owns some seventy acres of valuable land. His 
benefactions to those in need have always been 
liberal. A man of noble and upright character, 
he is strictly conscientious in his dealings with his 
fellow-men, and a progressive and liberal-spirited 
citizen. In politics he affiliates with the Republi- 
can party. 

Four children were born to our subject's par- 
ents: Frances, Electa, Cecelia and Albert S. The 
three sisters are all living in Washington Town- 
ship. Our subject was born in Washington Town- 
ship, Lucas County, October 3, 1854, and was or- 
phaned by his mother's death when he was but 
three years of age. Ills father afterward married 
again. 

April 15, 1877, Albert S. Haughton was united 
in marriage with Miss Minnie H. Barton, who was 
born in this county November 8, 1856. She and 
her brother, William J., a resident of Washington 
Township, are the only surviving children of 
Amos and Elizabeth (Snell) Barton, natives re- 
spectively of Pennsylvania and England. Mr. and 
Mrs. Haughton are the parents of a daughter, 
Grace E., who was born December 22, 1885, and is 
now attending school. At the time of his mar- 
riage Mr. Haughton was given by his father a 
tract of eighty acres lying in Fulton County, Ohio. 
Thither he moved, and settling upon the place, 
gave his attention to its cultivation for six years. 
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eiglity-acre tract on which he has since resided, 
and which at the time he bouglit it was unim- 
proved. The farm has been placed under a good 
state of cultivation, and farm buildings have 
been erected. 

A Republican in politics, Mr. Haughton believes 
that the principles of that party are the most con- 
ducive to the public good, and to them lie there- 
fore gives his stanch support. He always endeav- 
ors to do his duty as a citizen, but has not been 
desirous of serving in a public position, as he finds 
his time fully taken up with his numerous im- 
portant business affairs. 



BENJAMIN F. KERR, one of the leading 
merchants and prominent business men of 
Grand Rapids, Wood County, Ohio, was 
born in Richland County on the 7th of February; 
1843. He was the second child in a family of six 
born to Jesse and Eliza (Evans) Kerr. The former 
was born March 4, 1818, in Cumberland County, 
Pa., and came to Richland Count}', Ohio, with 
his parents, when only six j-ears of age. He was 
reared on a farm and educated in the common 
schools. He remained in Richland County for 
some years after his marriage, and then removed 
with his family to Lucas County, and located in 
Monclova Township, on the Maumee River. He 
was among the early settlers of this part of the 
state of Ohio, and followed the occupation of a 
farmer until his death, which occurred July 3, 1862. 
The Kerr family dates back in this country to 1700, 
and the ancestors of our subject took an active 
part in the early wars of our country. The grand- 
father was born in Pennsylvania, and was of Scotch 
descent. 

The mother of our subject was born in 1819, 
near Shippensburg, Pa., and her death occurred 
here. Her father was a native of Wales, but came 



to America with his parents when but twelve years 
of age. He was among the early settlers of Rich- 
land County, and followed the occupation of a 
farmer all his life. His brother served in tlie War 
of 1812. Mrs. Kerr's mother, the grandmother of 
our subject, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., and was 
of German extraction. 

The subject of this sketch remained at home on 
the farm and assisted his father in the arduous 
duties of farm life until he was about eighteen 
3'ears of age. He attended the public schools of 
his home locality, and at the age of sixteen taught 
one term in Lucas County, after which he took a 
course in a high school. At the breaking out of 
the Civil War, he answered the call of "Uncle Sam" 
for volunteers, and took up arms in defense of his 
country. He enlisted September 5, 1861, in Com- 
pany I, P^ourteenth Regiment Ohio Volunteers, 
and served for three years, taking part in a num- 
ber of engagements, among the number being those 
of Wild Cat and Mill Springs, Ky. He served in 
the capacity of an uncommissioned officer, and rend- 
ered valuable service to his country. He was dis- 
charged on account of poor health, after having 
served about one year, but returned again to serv- 
ice in a few months, and was assigned to office 
work, as he was not able to take part in the active 
duties required of the regular soldier. 

At the close of the Rebellion, he was honorably 
mustered out and returned to his home in Lucas 
County, but in the fall of the same year came to 
Grand Rapids and embarked in the mercantile 
business. He purchased the general store of Las- 
ky & Bro. and has continued in the same business 
to the present time. He owns the largest and most 
flourishing store of the kind in Grand Rapids, and 
is considered one of the" leading business men in 
the city. In connection with his other business, 
he is extensivel.y engaged buying and selling grain. 
Being wide-awake and full of energy and perse- 
verance, he is very successful in his business career, 
and is honored and esteemed by all who have any 
business transactions with him, as well as his most 
intimate friends. 

Mr. Kerr and Miss Ann 8., daughter of James 
and Susan (Reed) Pratt, were united in marriage. 
Her parents were honored pioneers of Lucas Coun- 



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ty, and her mother was the oldest settler on the 
Mauniee River, having come here in 1815. Mr. 
and Mrs. Kerr are tlie parents of seven children, 
as follows: Carrie, the wife of J. K. Williams, of 
Delphos, Ohio; Clifton, who is assisting his father 
in the store; Jessie M., now attending Dana's Mus- 
ical Conservatorj- in Warren, Ohio; Frank E., Glen 
B., and two others who died in infancy. 

Politically, Mr. Kerr is a stanch Republican, and 
has been sent as a delegate to the stale conventions 
by his party many times. He has served as a mem- 
ber of the Board of Education for a number of 
years, and also as Township Treasurer. Socially, 
he is identified with Bond Post, G. A. R. He and 
his excellent family are members of the Presby- 
terian Church, of which he is a Deacon, and has 
served in that capacity for a number of years. 
The family occupy a high social position, and their 
many friends find a warm and hearty welcome in 
their pleasant homo. 



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AMUEL SCOTT, deceased, was one of the 
early settlers of northwestern Ohio, and 
for many years lived in the vicinity of 
Millbury, where his widow now resides. He was 
a good business man and prospered in his many 
ventures, during his lifetime owning a number of 
farms in Ottawa County, Ohio, and in the vicinity 
of Monroe, Mich., besides town lots in Genoa. At 
the time of his demise his homestead com- 
prised two hundred acres, this being located near 
Millbury, and here he passed from this life March 
11, 1882, beloved and deeply mourned by all who 
knew him. 

Samuel Scott, who was born near Allentown, Pa., 
in 1793, was a son of .James Scott, who died when 
the lad was quite young. By birth he was a native 
of Scotland, and his calling in life was the carpen- 
ter's trade. His wife, formerly Miss Susan Katz, 



was a native of Pennsylvania and the mother of 
eleven sons, of wliora Samuel was the eldest. On 
the father's death they went to live with neigh- 
boring farmers and were reared to agricultural 
pursuits. To Samuel Scott fell the lot of caring 
for his aged mother, and in company with her and 
his brother .James he emigrated to Ohio about 
1842. Prior to this time he had followed boating 
on the Lehigh River between Mauch Chunk and 
Allentown. After stopping for about four weeks 
near Tiflin, Ohio, Mr. Scott bought a farm in Sen- 
eca County, but sold out at the end of two years 
and invested the proceeds in the old Palmer Farm, 
nc.nr Genoa, where he made his home for many 
3'ears. Subsequently he bought three farms near 
Monroe, Mich., but lived there only two years, 
then returning to Ottawa County, where he spent 
the remainder of his days. 

In 1847 Samuel Scott was married, in Genoa, to 
Mary P]. Shiffert, daughter of Joseph and Margaret 
(Badeau) Shiffert, natives of Pennsylvania. Miss 
Shiffert was born in Allentown, Pa., about 1830, 
and when the Scott family removed from the Key- 
stone State, as they had no daughters the^' adopted 
the young girl and brought her to Ohio. Her par- 
ents later settled near Genoa, Ohio. By the mar- 
riage of Mr. and Mrs. Scott the following children 
were born: Moses, who cultivates the old home- 
stead; Susan, deceased; Maggie, widow of James 
Emerson, formerly a conductor on the Lake Shore 
it Michigan Southern Railroad; John, who was in- 
jured in a mine explosion in Arizona, but is still 
living there; David, a resident of this place; Sam- 
uel and Mina, who are next in order of birth; 
Thomas, who died in 1883; Charlie, a traveling 
man; Cora, Mrs. Philip Glasser, and Annie, who 
died in infancy. Mrs. Scott's brother Allen is a 
farmer of Ottawa County, and her brothers Van- 
Ness, Joseph, Jr., Amos and Charlie are deceased. 
Van Ness, who died in Pennsylvania, w.as a car- 
penter by trade and had a family of three sons. 
Charlie died about 1872, in Allentown, Pa. The 
two sisters are Amanda and I^ovina, the latter of 
whom is the widow of Daniel Gunower. 

During the war Samuel Scott was a Republican, 
but with that exception was a life-long Democrat. 
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was a liberal benefactor of all churches, and do- 
nated the ground on which the Methodist Church 
of Genoa was built. Mrs. Scott holds member- 
ship with the Lutheran Churcli of Genoa. 



JUDGE DAVID R. AUSTIN was born in Wil- 
loughby. Lake County, Ohio, in 1836. His 
fatiier, Andrew Yates Austin, one of the pio- 
neers of Ohio, was born at New Haven, Conn., 
and was a son of John P. Austin, of English de- 
scent. His mother was before her marriage Miss 
Susan (Ten nan t) Rogers, who was born in Doj'les- 
town, Bucks Count}', Pa. In a family of eight 
children, seven sons and one daughter, the Judge 
is ttie third in order of birth. 

On completing liis elementary education, which 
was acquired at tlie common schools of his native 
village, Willoughby, Judge Austin attended tlie 
academy at Wairen, Mass., for a year, and after- 
ward completed his academic course at the West- 
ern Reserve Seminary at Kirtland, Ohio, after 
which he tauglit school for several terms at Mau- 
mee City, Ohio. In 1858 Judge Austin came to 
Toledo and read law in the office of Hon. Morri- 
son R. Waite, late Chief Justice of the United 
States, and was admitted to the Bar in Lucas Coun- 
ty in 1860, after which he began his professional 
career, and has continued in the practice of law at 
Toledo ever since. 

In 1862 our subject enlisted in defense of the 
Union, and was made First Lieutenant of the One 
Hundredth Ohio Infantry, and with his regiment 
entered the field in August, 1862. He served with 
his regiment on staff duty ill Kentucky and Ten- 
nessee until the fall of 1863, when he was dis- 
charged on account of disability. Me then re- 
turned to Toledo and resumed the practice of his 
profession. 

In 1861 our subject married Julia Gregory, of 



Maumee City, who died in 1864. In 1875 he mar- 
ried for his second wife Anna M. Prentiss, of Co- 
lumbus, Ohio, a daughter of the late S. V. Prentiss 
of that city. His family consists of his wife and 
two daughters. 

In 1873 Judge Austin was elected Probate Judge 
of Lucas County for a term of three years, on the 
expiration of which he was re-elected for a second 
term. Declining a unanimous nomination for a 
third term, he resumed tlie practice of his profes- 
sion. 

In 1891 Judge Austin was appointed by Presi- 
dent Harrison Collector of Customs for the Dis- 
trict of Miami, Ohio, with headquarters at Toledo, 
which office he now holds. Politically the Judge is 
a Republican. He is President of the Toledo Bledi- 
cal College, is a member of Toledo Post No. 107, 
G. A. R., and also a member of the military order 
of the Loyal Legion. He was Judge Advocate 
General of the Grand Army of the Republic dur- 
ing the administrations of Commanders-in-Chief 
Russell A. Alger and John S. Kountz. Ho is a 
member of Sanford L. Collins Lodge, F. & A. M.; 
Toledo Commandery No. 7,K. T.,and also a mem- 
ber of the Scottish Rite, Thirty-second Degree. 



HENRY H. CUSHING is one of the most 
enterprising young business men of To- 
ledo, where he has resided for the past 
four years, during which time he has been engaged 
in the real-estate business. No one has done more 
to make known to the outside world the advan- 
tages of this place to those expecting to embark 
in manufacturing or as a desirable city in which 
to found a home. He believes in the value of 
printer's ink, and through liberal advertising has 
built up an immense trade and added greatly to 
his own wealth. 

In the "History of Hanover, Mass.," by J. S. 
Barry, of Boston, published in 1853, we find these 



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remarks: "Few families in the country have been 
more celebrated than the Cushings, and probably 
no other one has furnished more judges for our 
Probate, municipal and .Supreme Courts. In all 
its branches it has been highly respectable, and still 
maintains its ancient standing." The family can 
be traced backward to 1400, or even further. The 
name was then spelled Cusheyn, Cushion, Cushin 
and Cussen. In 1416 one Thomas Cushiug was a 
large land-owner of Ilardingham and Kinghara, 
Norfolk County, England. Matthew, the sixth in 
descent from him, with his wife and five children, 
embarked on the sailing-vessel "Diligent" at Grave- 
send, England, April 26, 1638, and landed in Bos- 
ton on the lOlh of the following August. He and 
his fellow-passengers began the settlement of Hing- 
ham, Mass., which was named after their former 
home in England. From Matthew Cushing have 
descended all who bear the name in New England, 
and most of those to be found in the United 
States. The lot on which his dwelling was built 
below "Pear Tree Hill" was on the five acres 
granted him for building purposes on Bachelor 
(now Main) Street, and it continued in possession 
of the family until 1887. Matthew's eldest son 
was Daniel. Daniel's eighth child was Matthew; 
Matthew's fourth son bore the name of Solomon; 
Solomon's sixth child was Benjamin; Benjamin's 
eldest son and child was William; William's third 
son and fifth child was George; George's fifth 
son and seventh child was Henry Howard, the fa- 
ther of our subject. 

The birth of Henry Howard Cushing occurred 
in Boston, .June 11, 1831, in which city his parents 
lived for some time, but afterward moved to the 
ancestral home on Main Street, in Ilingham. H. H. 
Cushing was educated at Harvard College, and on 
coming West in early manhood married Sarah Per- 
cival, daughter of Digby V. Bell, a prominent citi- 
zen of Detroit, Mich. Mr. Bell came of an old 
English family, and when he was twelve years old 
came to the United Slates. His father was an of- 
ficer in the English army stationed at Jamaica, one 
of the West Indies. In the early history of Mich- 
igan Digby Bell took an active part in public af- 
fairs and politics, and was elected to the position 
of Judge. He died at Battle Creek, Mich., when 



he bad reached a good old age. During the late 
war Henry Howard Cushing enlisted in the Eighty- 
eighth Illinois Infantry as a Captain, and after 
Lee's surrender was appointed Quartermaster of 
the regular army, and aided in the settlement of 
railroad claims in Tennessee. He died in Wash- 
ington, October 15, 1872, but his widow is still 
living and a resident of Toledo. 

Henry H. Cushing, of this sketch, was born in 
Chicago, 111., in 1864. At the age of ten years he 
was appointed Page in the United States Senate 
tinough the inlhieiicc of old family friends. He 
held that position for six years, and came in con- 
tact with man}' of the noted men of the coun- 
try, among whom were Blaine, Edmunds, Andrew 
Johnson, Conklin, 0. P. Morton, Zach Chandler, 
A. G. Thurman, Baird, LeMar and Gordon. Dur- 
ing this period the famous Hayes election contest 
occurred, and at one time he and two other per- 
sons. Captain Bassett, the door-keeper, and a page, 
knew where the ballots from the Southern States 
were secreted. 

Upon leaving his position in the United States 
Senate, Mr. Cusliing was employed for two years 
in the Washington Patent Ofiicc. In order to 
finish his education, he removed to Ann Arbor, 
Mich., and after graduating from the high school 
entered the Class of '88 in the State University. 
Though he took up the study of law at the Co- 
lumbia University at Washington, he became dis- 
satisfied, and being anxious for a more active life 
went to Detroit and engaged in the real-estate 
business. He was ijuite successful there for three 
years, but helieving that Toledo was to be a greater 
city in the future, he came hither in 1891. He at 
once bought tracts of land at what seemed to 
the staid old settlers fabulous prices, subdivided 
them into building lots, and sold them on easy 
terms to mechanics and laboring men, who were 
thus benefited in becoming the possessors of hum- 
ble homes. Recently Mr. Cushing resumed his 
legal studies, and is now taking a thorough course 
at Ann Arbor, where he will graduate in the 
Class of '95. In the mean time, by his able assist- 
ants, he continues his business aflfairs in Toledo. 

The celebrated Caleb C. Cushing, a member of 
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Extraordinary to China, was a Colonel and Brig- 
adier-General during the Mexican War, Judge of 
the Supreme Court and Attorney-General of the 
ITnited States, was one of the most influential rep- 
resentatives of the Cushing family, and was a dis- 
tant relative of our subject. 



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>^~V EORGP: U. ROULET. The business inter- 
V T ests of Toledo have an able representative 
in the subject of this sketch, who has been 
engaged in the manufacture of jewelry in this city 
for about twenty years. Having learned the trade 
thoroughly in boyhood, he was prepared to enter 
upon and conduct the business with success, and 
without doubt the position now held by him 
among the eflicient business men of Toledo is 
largely due to his familiarity with every detail 
connected with his chosen occupation. 

A native of New Jersey, Mr. Roulet was born in 
Hoboken, May 12, 1857. In 1866 he came with 
his parents to Toledo. For a time he was a pupil 
in the high school of Toledo, but at the age of 
fourteen he was obliged to leave school and enter 
upon pr.actical business life. At once he com- 
menced to learn the trade of a manufacturer of 
jewelry, and served an apprenticeship under S. K. 
McKinstry, of this city. On the completion of 
his apprenticeship, he continued in the employ of 
Mr. McKinstry, remaining with that gentleman 
until 1875, when he went PJast for further informa- 
tion pertaining to his chosen work. 

Having through practical experience gained a 
thorough knowledge of the trade, Mr. Roulet felt 
competent to enter business for himself, and this 
he did in 1876. In 1880 he took E. P. Armstrong 
into partnership, and the firm of Roulet & Arm- 
strong has since conducted an extensive business. 
A large proportion of their manufactured article 
are disposed of to customers in the city and are 



made to order. They also have an increasing 
outside trade, and have built up a reputation as a 
reliable firm. In designing jewelry they display 
considerable originality and skill, and their atten- 
tion is devoted wholly to the prosecution of the 
business. 

The political belief of Mr. Roulet is in harmony 
with the tenents of the Republican party, to which 
he has ever given his cordial support. He is well 
informed regarding public affairs, and especially in 
matters pertaining to the progress of Toledo. In 
1894-95 he represented the Seventh Ward in the 
Common Council as an Alderman, and the latter 
year as President of the board. During his in- 
cumbenc}' of the office he was enabled to promote 
the interests of his fellow-citizens in various ways. 
He is prominent in milituiy affairs. Since 1873 he 
has served as a member of the Ohio National 
Guards, and served in the Sixteenth Infantry 
for thirteec years. In 1886 he was commissioned 
Lieutenant of the First Artillery, and was commis- 
sioned Captain of Battery D, First Regiment Artil- 
lery, in 1890, and again in 1895. His enterprise 
in business and the progressive spirit displayed in 
public affairs are recognized by his associates and 
have brought him the confidence of the people. 



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< T 'TjILLIAM DOREN. This old soldier, 
\/V/ who served his country faithfully and 
well during the late war, is at present 
residing in Providence Township, where he is en- 
gaged as an agriculturist. Like many of the best 
residents of this county, he is a native of Ohio. and 
was born in Carroll County, February 26, 1834. 
His parents were Thomas and Jane (McGill) Doren, 
natives of the P'.merald Isle. 

The father of our subject was left without fa- 
ther or mother at an early age, and when only 
seven years of age made the journey to America. 



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After landing in this country he made his way to 
Pennsylvania, where he was employed for some 
time, and later came to Ohio, locating in Carroll 
County. He made his home in that section for 
ten 3'cars, and his next move brought him to Lu- 
cas County, where he became the owner of a tract 
of forty acres of land. On this he erected a little 
log cabin, and as time passed on and his means be- 
came more abundant, he added to this place eighty 
acres more, on which he was residing at the time of 
his decease, February 11, 1874. 

The mother of William Doren was a most worthy 
and estimable lady, and on the death of her hus- 
band made her home with our subject until her 
decease, Sei)tember 27, 1893, at the advanced age 
of ninety-one years. She became the mother of 
thirteen children, of whom nine are now living. 
They are: Mary, .James, John Oliver, Rosanna, 
Margaret, Jackson, William, Isaac, Joseph, Delilah, 
Sarah, Levi and Lavinia. 

Our subject was ten years of age wlien his par- 
ents made their home in Lucas County, and for 
some time thereafter he spent the winter season in 
going to school and worked during the summer 
months on the home place. In 1862, during the 
progress of the Civil War, he enlisted in Company 
I, Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry, under Colonel 
Lawrence. They were mustered into service at 
Columbus, whence they were ordered to Maryland, 
fighting in that state and Delaware. At the expi- 
ration of his term of enlistment, Mr. Doren was 
honorably discharged and mustered out, and return- 
ing home, remained until the year 1864, when he 
again offered his services in defense of his coun- 
try's flag, this time becoming a member of the 
Fifth New York Independent Batter}-. They were 
sent first to New York City, from there to Wash- 
ington, thence to Rappahannock Station, Va., where 
the}^ joined the Army of the Potomac, serving in 
this division until the close of the war, when the 
Fifth Battery were mustered out at Hart's Island, 
N. Y., and each one of its members returned to 
his home. 

On his return from the war, Mr. Doren worked 
out by the month until 1869, in which year he 
went to Kansas, remaining there until 1870, when 
he returned to Maumee, Ohio, and was married in 



Februarj', 1871, to Miss Eliza Bentley, daughter 
of David and Eliza (Rinklekee) I5entley. Mrs. 
Doren was born December 4, 1843, in Henry Coun- 
ty, Ohio, and was given a good education. She 
become the mother of five children. Jennie, born 
December 31, 1871, married Alonzo Clucas, and is 
living in Providence Township, this county; Al- 
bert, born August 7, 1873, died in May, 1874; Will- 
iam was born May 21, 1875; Roswald, September 
9, 1877; and Fred, February 13, 1881. 

Mr. Doren is a true-blue Republican in politics, 
and as an old veteran belongs to Ray Heller Post 
No. 284, at Whitehouse. 



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JAMES RUSSELL moved to his present farm, 
on section 27, Webster Township, Wood Coun- 
ty, in 1892. He is a thrifty and well-to-do 
agriculturist and has improved five or six 
different farms in this township. He is a veteran 
of the late Civil War and is now a member of the 
Grand Army of the Republic. Politically he is a 
Republican, and has served acceptably in the office 
of Constable. Having passed nearly his entire life 
in this vicinity, his history is indissolubly inter- 
woven with that of the community. 

Joseph Russell, father of our subject, was born 
in 1817 in Pennsylvania, and was of Irish extrac- 
tion. In early life he came to Ohio and married 
Eliza Dubbs. For some time they were residents 
of Mahoning County, which was then known as 
Trumbull, and in 1835 they moved their house- 
hold effects by ox-team to this county. The 
mother rode on horseback, carrying her two chil- 
dren, James and Jane. The father had taken up 
six hundred acres of Government land the pre- 
vious year, paying the regulation price of $1.25 
per acre. This farm was situated in Center Town- 
ship and was unimproved with the exception of a 
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ter." Joseph Russell continued to live on this 
homestead until his death, December 7, 1866, when 
his remains were interred in Oak Grove Cemetery 
at Bowling Green. He was a member of the 
Methodist Church. He did pioneer service in the 
erection of schools and planning roads, and in other 
ways assisted the infant community to rise to a con- 
dition of stability. 

James Russell was born within seven miles of 
Youngstown, Ohio, June 24, 1833. The two eld- 
est of the parental family, Sarah and Jane, are de- 
ceased, and the others are: John, Joseph, Susan 
(Mrs. John Gomer), Britton and Charles W. All 
of the sons offered their services in the defense of 
the Union, and with the exception of Britton, all 
were members of the same company. 

Our subject was only about eighteen months old 
when he was brought by his parents to Wood Coun- 
ty, and here he was reared to manhood. When about 
twenty-one j'ears of age he began his active career 
by working on a farm by the month. He had 
managed to obtain a fair general education in the 
district schools and by his own personal applica- 
tion to his studies, and during tlie winter of 1860 
and 1861 taught school successfully. In 1861 he 
offered his services as a private in Company* K, 
Twenty-first Ohio Infantry, for three months, and 
at the end of the term re-enlisted in Company D, 
of the same regiment, being mustered in at Find- 
lay, Ohio. In the winter of 1862 he was smitten 
with typhoid fever and Languished in the hospital 
for four months. He was discharged on account 
of disability, August 4, 1863, and returning home, 
remained there until the following j^ear. He then 
re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-fourth 
Ohio Regiment, and was stationed on guard duty 
at Annapolis Junction, Md., where he served the 
remainder of his term of enlistment. 

July 4, 1865, was celebrated the marri.age of Mr. 
Russell and Harriet M. Augustine, who was born 
in Seneca County, Ohio, February 23, 1846. Sev- 
en children were born of their union: Rose, who 
is the wife of Charlie Butrupp; Robert B.; John 
E.; Joel; Nellie A., a school teacher; George; and 
one who died in infancy unnamed. 

In 1864 Mr. Russell bought forty acres of unim- 
proved land on section 21. and there made his 
20 



home for some seven years, during which time he 
worked at the carpenter's trade, and in the years 
that followed he cultivated and improved several 
other farms. 



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JAMES S. RODGERS. In the mercantile and 
monetary Gelds the President of the Rodgers 
Shoe Corap.any of Toledo is known to be a 
man of substantial business ability and un- 
doubted integrity. He has made profitable invest- 
ments, has become interested in remunerative en- 
terprises, won honorable success in business and 
secured a fortune as the result of personal indus- 
try and good judgment put forth in a field wisely 
selected. The business of which he is the head was 
incorporated with a capital of ^100,000, and is rec- 
ognized as one of the foremost wholesale concerns 
of Toledo and northern Ohio. 

Near Ironton, Lawrence County, Ohio, the sub- 
ject of this sketch was born, March 31, 1847. His 
father, James, was a son of James Rodgers, Sr.,and 
was of Scotch-Irish descent. He was a native of 
Ohio, and was one of those who built the old 
^Etna Furnace at Ironton, one of the largest fur- 
naces in the state, and in which he held an interest 
for manj' years. He also built the Lawrence Roll- 
ing-mill at Ironton, which became one of the solid 
industries of the place and gave employment to a 
large number of men. After he had operated the 
mills for some time, the business was incorporated 
and merged into a stock company, of which he 
served as President until his death at Ironton in 
1861. His wife, Mattie, was a daughter of Thomas 
Scott, and died at Ironton in 1882. 

In boyhood the subject of this sketch attended 
the district and high schools near his home, after- 
ward was a student in the schools of Allegheny, 
Pa., and later carried on his studies at Lebanon, 
Ohio. He then taught school for a few terms, and 
afterward took a commercial course at Pough- 
keepsie, N. Y. On completing his education, he 
went to the Pacific Coast, where he spent two 



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years, principally in Washington. During that 
time he did considerable trading in lands, and also 
acquired extensive mining interests. 

Returning to Ohio in 1870, Mr. Rodgers em- 
barked in the boot and shoe business in Toledo, 
forming a partnership with other parties under the 
firm name of Wright, Taylor & Co. From the first 
the business has been devoted exclusively to whole- 
sale, and a large trade has been established that 
extends into Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Indi- 
ana, Missouri, Kansas and Kentucky. The house 
is represented on the road by four traveling sales- 
men, and large shipments are made to all points 
in the Central States. Immediately after the in- 
corporation of the company Mr. Rodgers was made 
President, which position he has since held. The 
store is 60x120 feet in dimensions and four stories 
in height, the entire space being devoted to the 
business. 

In addition to the industry with which hisnarae 
is inseparably associated, Mr. Rodgers is a Director 
of the Hamilton National Bank and of the North- 
western Gas Company. He also fills the position 
of President of the Toledo Electric Light Com- 
pany, and is actively connected with many of the 
industries that have given prominence and pros- 
perity to the interests of Toledo. In 1870 he was 
united in marriage with Miss Mary, daughter of 
W. O. Parker, of Norwalk, Ohio. They are the 
parents of four children, there being three daugh- 
ters and one son. The familj' home is a substan- 
tial and commodious residence, attractively situ- 
ated on one of the principal streets of the city. 



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JOHN W. JEROME, deceased, was formerly 
one of the progressive farmers and stock- 
raisers of Lucas County. He came to Sylva- 
nia in 1869, and invested in one hundred 
acres of land in this township. This farm he 
cleared and made many improvements upon. The 
two-story dwelling, barns and outbuildings were 



all erected under his supervision. He w^as an in- 
dustrious, hard-working man, and possessed good 
business ability. For several years he was Jus- 
tice of the Peace of Springfield Township, and in 
politics was a Republican. His own education had 
been somewhat neglected, and he made it one of 
his chief ambitions in life to give his children the 
best advantages in his power. After a well-spent 
and busy life he was gathered to his fathers, July 
16, 1880. 

The birth of J. W. Jerome occurred in Jefferson 
County, N. Y., February 5, 1832. When five 
years old he came to Ohio with his parents, Levi 
and Julia (Collins) Jerome, who were likewise na- 
tives of the Empire State. Mr. Jerome bought 
land and began farming in earnest in this county, 
and at one time owned about three hundred acres. 
An uncle, John Jerome, left iiim about eighty 
acres, hut with this exception his fortune was ac- 
quired by his own efforts. Shortly before his 
death he sold out his interests here and moved to 
Flint, Mich. Of his seven children only five are 
now living. The eldest, Collins, is a farmer near 
Flint, Mich. Sarah married Daniel Van Houtan. 
of Elkhart, Ind. Levi is a resident of Fostoria, 
Mich. Mrs. Permeiia Hiller lives in Washing- 
ton, D. C. 

Until he was twenty-three years of age, .John W. 
Jerome continued to live with his pai'ents, but at 
that time bought forty acres of land in this coun- 
ty and started forth to make his own livelihood. 
He did not despise the -'day of small things," as for 
several years a log cabin was his only home. In 
time he boughttwenty acres additional, and finally, 
in 1869, sold his first farm and bought the place 
now owned by his heirs. 

September 26, 1856, Mr. Jerome and Lavina 
Miller were united in marriage. She is a daugh- 
ter of George and Matilda (Reynolds) Miller, na- 
tives of New York State. The former was a car- 
penter by trade and followed his calling in 
Sylvania until his death, when he left a wife and 
seven children. His widow afterward became the 
wife of Elijah DeMott. The brothers and sisters 
of Mrs. Jerome are as follows: Abbie M. Pettin- 
gill, a widow, now living with her daughter, Mrs. 
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iarn DeMott, of Maumee, Ohio; Charles, who is en- 
gaged in fruit-growing in Los Angeles, Cal., and 
has one son, Leland; Amelia, wife of Charles 
Smith, of Columbus, Ohio; and Delilah, who died 
when eighteen years of age. Mrs. Lavina Jerome 
was born May 6, 1840, and by her marriage be- 
came the mother of three children. The eldest is 
Mark, born July 2, 1857. He was graduated from 
the Columbus Medical College, began the practice 
of his profession in 1884, and is now a resident of 
Jasper, Mich. He is married and has one daugh- 
ter. Charles, born February 26, 1859, is now liv- 
ing on the old home farm in Sylvania Township. 
He is also married and has one child. Bertha, 
born .June 2, 1871, is the wife of Henry Vetter, a 
bookkeeper in Toledo. 



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©EORGE G. HADLEY is President of the 
Phoenix Coal Company, Vice-President of 
the Ohio Central Fuel Company, and Pres- 
ident of the Toledo Transportation Companj', 
which are well known and important Toledo en- 
terprises. He was also a stockholder and Direc- 
tor in the Union Savings Bank of this city, owns 
shares in the Central Chandelier Company, and is 
President of the Toledo Cotton Mills. These are 
a few among many other concerns and companies 
in which Mr. Hadley has been more or less an im- 
portant f.actor. His influence and support are fre- 
c(uentl3' called upon in order to give countenance 
and importance to new organizations, and if the 
venture seems good in his judgment he is usually 
ready to lend a helping hand. 

Born in Oswego County, N. Y., December 13, 
1848, George G. is a son of George G., Sr., who 
likewise was a native of the Empire State. His 
father, Jacob Hadley, was of English descent. For 
his wife, George G., Sr., chose Caroline J. Grove, 
who was born in New York, and who was a daugh- 
ter of Adam Grove. Our subject had no knowl- 



edge of a father's care and protection, as his father 
died before his birth. The mother subsequently- 
married again, becoming the wife of J. G. Reals. 
The boyhood of George G., Jr., was spent in Gen- 
esee County, N. Y. He first attended school at 
Little Falls and subsequently pursued his studies in 
Herkimer County and at New Milford, Pa., after 
wiiich he taught school for a time. 

In 1861 Mr. Hadley entered the employ of a 
telegraph company, being for two years operator 
on the Delaware, Lake Erie & Western Railroad. 
He was later employed by the New York Central 
and by the Western LTnion Telegraph Company in 
their New York City office. In 1866 young Had- 
ley went to Chicago and became an operator for 
the Western Union Telegraph Company at that 
point. The company then transferred him to La- 
fayette, Ind. He was then offered the position of 
Train Dispatcher on the Lafayette. New Albany & 
Chicago Railroad, and in 1872 he was made Su- 
perintendent of Construction on the Cincinnati, 
Lafayette & Chicago Railroad and acceptably met 
the requirements of the place for seven _vears. A 
more responsible position was then tendered him 
by the Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company as 
General Superintendent of the line, and as such he 
served for a number of years. In 1886 he was 
Superintendent of Construction and Bridge Work 
on the Ohio Central Railroad, and upon the com- 
pletion of the same was elected General Manager, 
the duties of which he resigned in order to engage 
in private enterprises. 

About 1886 Mr. Hadley became much interested 
in the coal business and was made manager of the 
Sunday Creek Mines, with headquarters at Toledo. 
In 1889 he organized the Pliamix Coal Company 
and was at once elected President and General 
Manager. Moreover, he owns the largest interest 
in the Toledo Transportation Compan)', which 
does an extensive freight business during the 
major portion of the j'ear. His son, George G., 
Jr., and G. W. C. Hadley are conducting a large 
book and job printing business at Nos. 136 and 138 
St. Clair Street, Toledo. The business office of our 
subject is at Nos. 113 and 315 The Nasby. 

In 1867 occurred the marriage of Mr. Hadle.y 
and Miss Maiy A, Adam, of Lafayette, Ind, They 



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have one son, George G., Jr. The family home is 
finely situated on one of tlie principal residence 
streets of this city, being at No. 1718 Madison 
Avenue. 



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JAMES R. BARBER. The farming interests 
of Lucas County are well represented by the 
subject of this notice, who is a leading agri- 
culturist of Springfield Township, and re- 
sides on section 11. He is a native of Ohio, and 
was born September 11, 1823. The family of 
which he is a member consisted of six children, of 
wliora the only survivors are James R. and Robert, 
the latter a resident of Toledo. 

The parents of our subject were Robert and 
Nancy (Mcintosh) Barber. The father, who was 
born in New York City, accompanied his parents 
to Pittsburg, Pa., in early boyhood, and in that 
city spent the years of youth. Learning the trade 
of a carpenter and joiner, he followed that occu- 
pation until 1849. when he came to Ohio and set- 
tled in Wood County. Here for a short time he 
engaged as a tiller of the soil, but soon removed 
with his family to Carroll County, where he had 
previously purchased a farm. He followed agri- 
cultural pursuits during the remainder of his life 
with the exception of a short time spent in the 
Mexican War. On the old homestead his death 
occurred when he was in the sixty-third year of 
his age. 

The next to the youngest of the parental family 
was the subject of this sketch, who in boyhood re- 
ceived such advantages as the common schools 
afforded. He remained with his parents until he 
was eighteen years old, and having learned the 
carpenter's trade, assisted his father in the erec- 
tion of many of the residences in their locality. 
For a number of years he followed his trade in 
northern Ohio, and for a short time he also worked 
on the canal. In the year ISGiJ he purchased his 



present farm, and here be has since engaged in 
cultivating the land. The well cultivated fields 
and pleasant surroundings attest his ability as a 
farmer, and the respect in which he is held by his 
neighbors is due to his genial disposition and 
honest character. He aided in building the first 
bridge across the Maumee River, and has assisted 
in other enterprises of importance. 

In I8ol Mr. Barber was united in marriage with 
Miss Maliuda Shroyer, who was born in Wood Coun- 
ty April 26, 1834. They became the parents of a 
daughter, Malinda. born September 29, 1857, and 
now the wife of George Plants, a farmer of Wood 
County. Mrs. Barber died October 20, 1857, when 
her daugliter was scarcely a month old. October 
13, 1864, Mr. Barber married Miss Sophia, daugh- 
ter of James and Eliza Bellville, of Wood County. 
Her father, whose life occupation was that of 
farming, died at the age of seventy-six, and her 
mother passed away when fift3'-five. He was a 
native of France, whence he emigrated to America 
in an early day, and was a soldier in the War of 
1812, though he never participated in anj' engage- 
ments. 

Politically Mr. Barber is a Democrat, and takes 
an active part in local affairs, though he is not an 
otBce-seeker. He has served two terras as Trustee 
of his township, and has occupied other local 
ofilces. In business and private life he has always 
been energetic and faithful, and has gained the 
confidence of his fellow-citizens. 



HENRY T. NILES, author of the new poem 
"The Dawn and the Day; or. The Buddha 
and the Christ," livesat his suburban home 
on Maumee Bay, near Toledo. He was born Jan- 
uary 28, 1826, and is the ninth of ten children 
born to William and Relief (Barron) Niles. His 
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parents to Vermont, then a wilderness. He was 
among the early graduates from Dartmouth Col- 
lege, and studied law with the Hon. Charles Marsh, 
of Woodstock, Vt. Before his death he removed 
to Brooklyn, N. Y. 

The grandfather of our subject, Hon. Nathaniel 
Niles, who was a native of Braintree, Mass., was a 
graduate of Princeton, and was a veiw prominent 
man of his time. "The American Hero," written 
by him, was one of the most popular war songs of 
the Revolution. He was one of the first members 
of Congress from Vermont, and though a minister, 
was elected by the Legislature to the Supreme 
Bench of the state. 

It is a singular fact that the eldest son of the 
family for five generations has been a judge, al- 
though but two of them were lawyers. The Niles 
family is of English origin, but the American 
branch all descended from Capt. Nathaniel Niles, 
who settled at Block Island, R. I., in 1640. 

The brothers of Mr. Niles who lived to grow up 
were Hon. John Barron, who graduated at Dart- 
mouth College and was long one of the most prom- 
inent lawyers of Indiana; Nathaniel, one of its 
most energetic and successful pioneers; Samuel, 
who graduated at Dartmouth Medical College, and 
long practiced his profession at Niles, Mich., and 
who was one of the early regents of Michigan 
University; and Hon. William Watson, who grad- 
uated at Dartmouth, and has since been one of the 
most prominent lawyers of New York Cit3^ His 
sisters were: Mary Ann, who married Horace H. 
Dow; and Jannette R., both of whom reside in 
Santa Monica, Cal. 

The subject of this sketch graduated at Dart- 
mouth College in the Class of '47, and after some 
time spent in post-graduate studies at Dartmouth, 
Yale and Edinburg University and in European 
travel and in teaching in various institutions, 
came to Urban a in 1855, as Professor of Greek and 
Rhetoric in Urbana University, then a prosperous 
institution, and in the following 3'ear he married 
Gertrude James, daughter of Hon. John H. James, 
one of the most cultured men who ever lived in 
Ohio. He afterward studied and practiced law, 
but ill health compelled him to give up his chosen 
profession, since which time he has devoted him- 



self to literature and the care of his large landed 
property near Toledo. 

Mr. Niles has perhaps the largest private library 
in Toledo, and his pleasant home is surrounded b}' 
large groups of most magnificent forest trees, which 
he has carefully preserved. It looks out on the 
bay and lake and all the shipping that passes in 
and out of the harbor of Toledo. 

Mr. and Mrs. Niles have three living children: 
Gertrude James, Helen James and Francis Bailey, 
who reside with them. 



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JOHN P. BRONSON, of Toledo, comes from 
one of the pioneer families of Lucas County. 
For a period covering some eighteen years 
he has been a Clerk in the city Police Court, 
and his faithfulness to his duties has-been the rea- 
son for his long retention in the position. In the 
War of the Rebellion he suffered severely in behalf 
of his country, and since that time he has had last- 
ing injuries. He is now Secretai-}' and Treasurer 
of the Lime City Company. 

The paternal grandparents of our subject were Se- 
lah and Nancy (Collins) Bronson, who passed their 
entire lives in New York State. The maternal 
grandparents of John P. were John and Eva (Lewis) 
Phillips, likewise natives of New York. The former 
was a patriot of the Revolutionary War and died 
in Indiana at a good old age. Our subject's fa- 
ther, Orrin W., was born in Ontario County, N. Y., 
February 8, 1816. He learned the gunsmith's 
trade, which he followed prior to his removal to 
this county in 1833. After settling here he engag- 
ed in the improvement of a homestead. Since the 
death of his wife, which occurred February 1, 1894, 
he has been making his home with his children. 
He is now at Richfield, N. J., with his daughter, 
Nancy D., wife of Maj. W. B. Pugh. O. W. C. 
Bronson was married February 1, 1838, to Helen 



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R. Pliillips, who was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y., 
in 1815. They becanie the parents of fourteen 
cliilclren, all but one of whom still survive. 

A native of Noble County, Ind., John P. Bron- 
son was born in the village of Swan, May 18, 1847. 
He remained with his parents until 1864, when, al- 
though he was a youth of only seventeen years, he 
l)ecame a member of Company I, Fourteenth Ohio 
Veteran Volunteers, under Capt. W. B. Pugh, a 
brother-in-law, the date of his enlistment being 
February, 1864. He went to the front with his 
regiment, and in the engagement of Utah Creek 
he was wounded in the leg and an amputation be- 
low the knee became necessary. The unfortunate 
youth was in the hospital for six months and then 
returned home on a furlough, when a second op- 
eration was performed, his limb being removed at 
the thigh. He was honorably discharged from the 
service June 21, 18G5,and was soon given employ- 
ment by the Government at Nashville, Tenn. 

April 30, 1873, Mr. Bronson married Helen Lee, 
who was born in Monroe, Mich., and is a daughter 
of James and Julia (Loranger) Lee. The union of 
Mr. and Mrs. Bronson has been blessed with nine 
children, two sons and seven daughters. 

Our subject has alwa3S been interested in civic 
societies and social organizations. He is a mem- 
ber of Forsyth Post No. 15, G. A. R.; he is also an 
Odd Fellow, a Knight of Pythias, a Forester and 
an Elk. Moreover he belongs to two yacht clubs 
and to the popular and growing West End Club. 
His father was a Whig until the formation of the 
Republican party, when he tranferred his allegiance 
to that organization. His son, John P., has always 
been a stalwart Republican since casting his lirst 
vote for Grant on that General's first nomination. 

The pioneer experiences of Orrin W. C. Bron- 
son afford him tiiemes for many an interesting 
conversation. He left his New York home for the 
Buckeye State in 1833, and when he reached 
Lucas County found it a wilderness. Toledo was 
not then in existence and few settlers had located 
in this section. In 1839 he started on foot loaded 
down with heav}' packs for Indiana, where he had 
purchased one hundred and sixty acres of wild 
land. In the fall of 1854 he sold out and returned 
to this vicinity, where he educated his children. 



In 1854 he started a grocer}', but was soon after- 
ward burnt out and lost even his insurance, as the 
company became bankrupt. He then obtained a 
l)Osition as clerk in a railroad office and for sixteen 
years was Superintendent of Mt. Hope Cemeter}-. 
For sixtj'-tliree 3'ears he was a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, with which his wife 
had been for a lifetime identified. 



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MILTON F. MILES, a prominent citizen 
of Montgomery Township, Wood Coun- 
ty, was a gallant soldier during the late 
Civil War, and served from September 14, 1861, 
until November 30, 1865. In times of peace and 
war alike, he has been a loyal and trusted defend- 
er of the liberties and welfare of his country, and 
is always to be found on the side of whatever 
makes for the public good. In 1887 he was elect- 
ed Sheriff and served etticiently for two teims,but 
with this exception has not held public office. 

A son of Davis and Julia A. (Demman) Miles, 
Milton F. was born in Chesterville, Knox County 
(now Monroe), Ohio, December 10, 1838. His 
father was born in Chester County, Pa., in 1814, 
and died August 6, 1865. The latter's parents 
were born July 3, 178G,and April 3, 1790, respect- 
ively, and died May 18, 1840,and August 18, 1871, 
respectively. The early years of Davis Miles were 
spent on a farm, and when he arrived at maturity 
he was married, at Chesterville, Ohio. He had be- 
come a resident of this state a few years previous- 
ly, and from that time until his death he contin- 
ued to dwell in this state. He was a very promi- 
nent man in his community and served for two 
terms in the Ohio Senate. 

Milton F. Miles is one of three children. He 
was given a good education, and at twenty years 
of age went to Delaware (Ohio) University for 
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at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. 
AVliile tliere he enlisted in tlie Students' Battalion, 
but their services were rejected on account of the 
quota of men being already full. Mr. Miles re- 
turned home, and in the fall of 1861 enlisted in the 
Forty-third Ohio Regiment under Gen. C. Smith, 
and went into camp at Mt. Vernon, Ohio. Janu- 
ary 9, 1862, he was promoted to the rank of Sec- 
ond Lieutenant, and was assigned to Company A, 
Forty-ninth (^hio Regiment. After camping for a 
short time at Green River, Ky., he was ordered to 
Bowling Green, February 14, 1862, and thence 
moved to Nashville, going to tiic assistance of 
General Grant. On the 6th of the following 
March he took i)art in the battle of Pittsburg 
Landing, and with the other forces of his com- 
mand retained a position from eleven until four 
o'clock p. M., though under constant Arc, but was 
then obliged to retreat. His next important en- 
gagement was at Corinth, Miss. Among the bat- 
tles in which he participated were the following: 
Crab Orchard, Murfreesboro, Liberty Gap, Chick- 
amauga, and the Atl.inta Campaign, Nashville be- 
ing his last engagement. In one battle in which 
he participated twenty-four out of fifty-six soldiers 
of his command were killed, and a number were 
also wounded. After being assigned to the West- 
ern Army, Mr. Miles was stationed in Texas, where 
he was mustered out in the fall of 1865. 

On returning from the South, Mr. Milesembarked 
in the drug business in Chicago, where he re- 
mained for two years. In 1868 he came to this 
county and started in the flouring-mill trade at 
West Mill Grove, and conducted a lucrative busi- 
ness there for twelve years. Afterwards selling 
his interest in the mill, he moved to Montgomery 
Township, where he has since resided. 

October 11, 1866, Mr. Miles married Miss M. E. 
Diver, who was born .June 30, 1843. Her parents 
were Asburn and Esther F. (Robinson) Diver, na- 
tives of Portage and Medina Counties, respective- 
ly. The former was born August 23, 1809, and 
the latter April 2, 1818. and their marriage was 
celebrated in Crawford County, Ohio. Mrs. Miles 
IS one of seven children, the eldest of whom died 
in infancy unnamed, and the others are Franklin, 
Laura, Armand A. and Harriet M. Mr. and Mrs. 



Miles are members of the Church of Christ, and 
enjoy the friendship and esteem of a host of friends 
in this locality. 



MURCENE HOBART, one of the leading 
businessmen of Pemberville, was born in 
Nelson Township, Portage County, Ohio, 
August 10, 1845. His father, John S., a native of 
New Hampshire, born in 1806, came to Ohio in 
company with his parents in 1814, settling in Fair- 
field County. The family has been represented in 
American history since the days of the "May- 
flower," the original members in this country hav- 
ing come over in that historic ship. The paternal 
grandfather, Benjamin F., was born in New Hamp- 
shire, and served as a Captain of militia during 
the War of 1812. His father, William Hobart, 
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War; he par- 
ticipated in the battle of Lexington, and was with 
Washington at Valley Forge. 

The father of our subject, whose life occupation 
was that of an agriculturist, settled in Portage 
County in 1880, and died on the old homestead 
in 1885, aged seventj'-nine years. His wife, who 
bore the maiden name of Margaret Moore, was 
born in Parkman, Geauga County, Ohio, and died 
at the age of thirty-six years. Her father, Thomas 
Moore, was a native of England, and her moth- 
er was boru in Ireland. Our subject was one 
of twelve children, there being ten sons and 
two daughters. All but three of the family are 
still living. Thomas holds a responsible position 
with a railroad at Decatur, III. Elmer, who was a 
soldier in the Third Illinois Cavalry, now makes 
his home in Mattoon,Ill. Freedom is Principal of 
the schools at Hillsboro, III. Jefferson is a promi- 
nent physician of Ashmore, 111. M. M. is in the 
real-estate business. A. D. is a successful physi- 
cian and surgeon of Toledo. John S. is an archi- 
tect at Lansing, Mich. 

The subject of this notice, who was tlie sixth in 
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family, spent his early 3'ears on the home farm. In 
the fall of 1863, when only eighteen years of age, 
he enlisted in defense of his country, becoming a 
member of Company F, One Hundred and Fifth 
Ohio Infantry, which was assigned to the Second 
Brigade, Third Division, Fourteenth Army Corps. 
He was with General Sherman in the Atlanta Cam- 
paign, and in front of that city he received in- 
juries that disabled him to such an extent as to 
render further service impossible. However, he 
remained in the arm^' until the close of the war, 
and was discharged August 10, 1865, upon the 
twentieth anniversity of his birth. 

On returning to Ohio, Mr. Ilobart took a course 
at Eastman's Commercial College, after which he 
settled on a farm near Fremont. About the same 
time he established domestic ties, choosing as his 
wife Miss Catherine M., daughter of Henry Bow- 
lus, a farmer of Sandusky County. After a short 
period spent as a bookkeeper in the oflice of H. 
Bowlus & Co., at Fremont, Ohio, he engaged 
in the sawmill business, and for four years was in 
that and the planing-niill business. In 1871 he 
came to Pemberville, where he at once embarked 
in the groceiT business, and a year later opened a 
hardware store. In 1876 he erected his present 
large brick block, and ten years later he bought a 
dr^'-goods stock. Associated with him in the bus- 
iness is Henry F. Bowlus, a brother of his wife. 
Such has been the industry and energy with which 
they have prosecuted their trade, that they are now 
proprietors of the largest dry-goods, grocer}' and 
hardware store in Wood County. Their custom- 
ers include not only the people of Pemberville, 
but the residents of neighboring towns and the 
farmers of the surrounding country, among all of 
whom they have established a re])utation for fair, 
honorable and reliable dealings. 

In addition to the establishment with which his 
name is inseparably associated, Mr. Ilobart is the 
owner of a large tile factory on the Toledo & 
Ohio Central Railroad, five miles from Toledo, 
and has a distributing yard at Pemberville. He 
is also owner of the grain elevator at this place. 
He was one of the first to engage in the develop- 
ment of the Wood County oil-fields around Pem- 
berville, having, with a number of other gentle- 



men, drilled several wells near this city. At pres- 
ent he owns some four hundred acres of leases, 
and has several wells in operation. 

In the Masonic order Mr. Ilobart is active and 
prominent. He is a charter member and the pres- 
ent Master of the lodge at Pemberville, and is also 
connected with the Chapter. Officially he has 
rendered efficient service in a number of respon- 
sible positions. He has been a member of the 
Board of Education, and is at present serv- 
ing his second term as Treasurer of Pemberville. 
Since assisting in the organization of the Presby- 
terian Church at this place, he has been active in 
its various enterprises and generous in its support. 
For nine or more years he was Superintendent of 
the Sunday-school. Politically he is a Republican, 
and, in common with other veterans of the Civil 
War, takes an active part in Grand Army affairs. 

The family of Mr. and Mrs. Hobart consists of 
six children. Clayton S., the oldest, is a partner 
in his father's store, and is Superintendent of the 
Presbyterian Sunday-school; he is a j'oung man of 
decided business talent, and has a bright future 
before him. Anna S. is at present in Florida. 
Harrison W. is a student in Amherst College, 
where he is jireparing for the legal profession. 
Ra3'mond is in Florida. Earl is at home. Lee, 
the youngest of the family, is a bright boy of 
eleven years, and is a student in the Pemberville 
schools. 

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/"y APT. REED V. BOICE, one of the repie- 
^^y sentative citizens of Toledo, is an early 
settler of this place, and is a veteran of 
the War of the Rebellion. He is now retired from 
business, but for many years was connected with 
many local industries. In various parts of the 
cit}' stand fine business blocks, public buildings 
and pleasant homes, which were erected under his 
supervision. In 1861 he was one of one hundred 
men, drawn from all kinds of party affiliations, 
who organized to suppress the Rebellion. 

Captain Boice was born in Tioga County, N. Y., 
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(Williams) Boice. The former was reared in Al- 
bion, N. Y., and about 1837 removed to Orleans 
County, in tlie same state. There Mrs. Boice was 
called to her final rest, and a year later young 
Reed came to Ohio with an uncle and settled near 
Venice, now Erie County. He was only nine 
years old when he began the battle of life for 
self-support. His first employment was with a 
neighboring farmer, for whom he worked a few 
years. His father having come to the Buckeye 
State, the son went to live with him for a short 
time. 

In March, 1846, Reed V. Boice started from 
home for Toledo, and walked the distance, some 
forty-five miles. From his father he learned the 
business of contracting and raasonr^', and worked 
with him until he had reached his majority. He 
then started out for himself as a general builder 
and contractor, and was thus engaged until 1854. 
At that time he ventured in another line of trade, 
opening a grocery and general provision store in 
East Toledo. 

In 1860 Mr. Boice sold out his business, and in 
the following year, when the war broke out, en- 
listed in the Union service. He was mustered in 
as Hospital Steward of the Third Ohio Cavalry, in 
which capacity he served until November 30, 1864. 
He was promoted to the rank of First Lieuten- 
ant, and, though first detailed as Regimental, he 
subsequently became Brigade-Cam inissaiy. Always 
active and faithful at his post of duty, he won 
the hearty approbation of his superior officers. He 
was mustered out August 14, 1865, but just pre- 
vious to that event was commissioned Captain. 

October 13, 1852, Captain Boice married Miss 
Lois A. Smith, who was born in Groton, Erie 
County, Ohio. To Mr. and Mrs. Boice were born 
four children. John and Fred, able young busi- 
ness men of Toledo, are represented elsewhere in 
this volume. 

In 1880 the Captain became President of the 
Toledo Mower and Reaper Company, long one of 
the most extensive concerns of this place. For 
several years he was President of the Toledo Mold- 
ing Company, and in 1883 succeeded W. O. Parker 
as President of the Merchants' National Bank, a 
position which he filled creditably for a number of 



years. On returning from the South after the 
war, the Captain resumed his former business at 
contracting and building, and was prospered to an 
eminent degree. His articles written from the 
front during the Rebellion for the Toledo Blade, 
of which he was a regular and valued correspond- 
ent, excited wide and favorable comment. Polit- 
ically he is a stanch Republican, and in 1860 was a 
delegate to the convention at Chicago which nom- 
inated Lincoln. By all who have the pleasure of 
his acquaintance the worthy Captain is loved and 
greatly esteemed. 



PHILIP COOPER, who is a very successful 
and progressive agriculturist of Sylvania 
Township, Lucas County, owns sixty acres 
of land on section 17 and forty acres on section 
18, and has made good improvements on both 
places. He is one of the native sons of this town- 
ship, the date of his birth being October 3, 1827. 

Remington Cooper, the father of Philip, was a 
native of Rhode Island, and a carpenter by trade. 
He emigrated to the Buckeye State about 1832, 
and took up a tract of eighty acres of Government 
land in this count}'. This section of the country 
was then a wilderness and gave little promise of 
what the future had in store for it. Mr. Cooper 
built the house in which his son is now living, the 
structure being completed about 1856. After a 
busy and useful life he was summoned to the home 
beyond, in July, 1862. His wife, before her mar- 
riage Miss Anna Fogle, was a native of Toronto, 
Canada, and died in 1880. 

Philip Cooper is one of ten children, and the 
fifth in order of birth. His eldest brother, William, 
who was a resident of Sylvania, was a carpenter 
by trade, and died in 1848. Another brother, 
Horace, was killed in the battle of Murfreesboro, 
during the late Civil War. The sisters are as fol- 
lows: Elizabeth Huntley, living in Ford County, 
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Michigan, and died in 1852; Laura Kimble, wlio 
lives on a farm in Ford County, 111.; Mrs. Phcebe 
Camiska, who died in the state of California; Mrs. 
Polly Parker, now deceased, formerly of Adrian, 
Mich.; Harriet, who is now living with our subject; 
and Almira, Mrs. Wallace Musrcau, who died in 
1865. 

April 27, 1858, Philip Cooper married Sarah 
Hendrickson, who was born August 10, 1839, near 
Sylvania. Her parents were John L. and Adeline 
(Cummings) Hendrickson, early settlers in this 
vicinity. The only son born to Mr. and Mrs. 
Cooper was Albert, whose birth occurred January 
8, 1859, and who died in infancy. Their only 
daughter, Ida, born July 8, 1862, is the wife of 
Francis Kimble, a farmer of this township. 

During the war Mr. Cooper was a member of the 
•Sylvania Guards, and as such was ready to go to 
the front at any time required, but was not called 
into action. For about fifteen years he has been 
a member of the Masonic fraternity, and polit- 
ically he uses his ballot in favor of the Republican 
party. By his neighbors he is highly esteemed as 
a man of honor and strict integrity in all his 
dealings. 



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REV. SIMON JOSEPH WIECZOREK, pas- 
tor of St. Hedwig's Catholic Church, lo- 
cated on Lagrange and Dexter Streets, 
Toledo, is a well known and public-spirited citizen 
of this place, and as a man of education and re- 
finement is highly respected and esteemed, not 
only by his congregation, but by all who know 
him. He has ever manifested a deep interest in 
the noble work in which he is engaged, and is re- 
garded as an able and eloquent preacher. 

Father Wieczorek was born in Russian Poland, 
on the 19th of July, 1838. He spent his boy- 
hood in that country, and there received his early 
training in the common schools. Later, however, 
he attended the g3'innasiura at Sandomier, County 
Opatow, Guberuia, Radom, and on attaining his 



nineteenth year began studying the classics. He 
later entered the theological seminary at the same 
place, and for some time prosecuted his studies in 
philosophy and theology. About this time, in 
1863, he became a soldier in the Polisli Insurgent 
armj', and fought in the Polish-Russian War for a 
period of two years. On the expiration of that 
time he went to France in order to further perfect 
his theological studies, and after spending two 
years in the famous institutions of Orleans made 
his way to Rome, where he completed his educa- 
tion in this line, and was ordained on the 29th of 
June, 1868, in that city. 

In the year last mentioned Father Wieczorek 
was sent by the bishop to America, and landed in 
the city of Detroit, Mich., October 8. From there 
he went to Parisville, Mich., and there took charge 
of St. Mary's Church. After three years spent 
there, and after the big lire in America in 1871, 
where he lost everything, and where he him- 
self was very much injured in saving the blessed 
sacraments, he returned to Detroit, in 1871, and 
served as jjastor of St. Albert's Church in that city 
for a couple of years. He was afterward sent 
by the Milwaukee Diocese to Berlin, Wis., and dur- 
ing the twelve 3'ears in which he had charge of the 
Catholic Church of that city he built a school- 
house and church. 

In 1886 Father Wieczorek came to Toledo, and 
under his supervision and guidance St. Hedwig's 
Church has been built. The old church was a large 
brick structure, and now serves as the parochial 
school building. The present handsome granite 
stone church w.as completed in 1891, under the 
superintendance of our subject, and cost $65,000. 
It is located upon a valuable site, which was pur- 
chased by Father Wieczorek and donated b}' him 
to the church, the property including twenty lots. 

St. Hedwig's Church has a membership of seven 
hundred families, and the school has enrolled on 
its books over four hundred and fifty pupils. Both 
departments are under the charge of our subject, 
assisted by five sisters and one male teacher, 
who are in every way fitted to care for those 
placed under their instruction. Father Wiec- 
zorek has now under consideration the building 
of a fine new parochial school edifice, which will 



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cost when completed $35,000, and an accompany- 
ing parsonage, whose cost will be $10,000. He is 
a man of fine intellect and wonderful reasoning 
powers, and has won the resi:>ect and esteem of the 
citizens of Toledo, where he has accomplished 
much good. He is now occupying a .substantial 
residence on Dexter Street. His father, who 
served as a soldier during the Polish and Russian 
War, was also a finely educated man, who died 
at the age of ninetj'-five years. 



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FRED BOICE, a well known business man 
of Toledo, is a member of the Chamber of 
Commerce. In social as well as in busi- 
ness circles he holds an enviable place. He is a 
son of the sterling old pioneer, Capt. Reed V. Boice, 
whose history may be found on another page of 
this work. When the Captain retired from busi- 
ness a few years since, his son succeeded him. 

The birth of our subject occurred in this city, 
October 5, 1853. His boyhood was passed quietly 
under his father's roof, and until he was fourteen 
years old he was regular in his attendance at the 
public schools. He was not a robust lad, and on 
account of his health it was deemed advisable for 
him to leave his studies for a time and engage in 
out-door work. He learned the mason's trade, after 
which he became an employe of a railroad, remain- 
ing with them for three years. In 1876 he left 
tlie company, and the following year went to Tex- 
as, where he remained for several months. He 
then returned to Toledo and resumed railroading, 
which he followed until 1879. His father next 
made him manager of his business, and in 1880 he 
succeeded to the whole concern. He possesses 
good executive and financial ability and is rapid- 
ly making strides toward a position of independ- 
ent wealth. He is largely self-educated, as all but 
his elementary schooling was obtained through 
private and assiduous work. 

April 10, 1883, Mr. Boice wedded Adella Boy- 
Ian, who was born near Kalamazoo, Mich., and 
whose father, AVilliam Boylan, is a well known mer- 



chant of tbat place. Mr. and Mrs. Boice have an 
only daughter, Myrtle M., whose birth occurred 
August 30, 1884. The family are regular attend- 
ants of the Congregational Church, though not 
identified with any congregation as members. 

On political questions Mr. Boice uses his ballot 
and influence in favor of the Republican party, 
and first voted for R. B. Hayes. In 1891 he was 
admitted as a member to the Toledo Club, and 
also belongs to the Exchange and to the Toledo 
Cycling Club. In the Masonic fraternity he be- 
longs to Sanford L. Collins Lodge No. 396, F. & 
A. M. He is also connected with Ideal Council, 
N. U. 



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FREDERICK NIEMAN is a leading farmer 
of Wood County, his dwelling-place being 
on section 36, Troy Township. He is a 
native of Hanover, Germany, born April 16, 1824. 
His parents, Frederick and Mary Nicman, who 
were likewise of German birth, came to America 
with their family- in 1841, and settled in Sandusky 
County. There the father died in 1844. His oc- 
cupations in life had been farming and merchan- 
dising. Of a family numbering four children, Mr. 
Nieman is now the only survivor. He received a 
good education in his mother tongue and is self- 
taught in English. Financially', he is in good cir- 
cumstances, his fortune having been won by hard 
work and untiring energ3'. 

About 1845 our subject moved to his present 
farm, which comprises within its boundaries some 
one hundred and five acres. In addition to this 
he owns a tract of ninety-one acres in Webster 
Township, this property being now managed by 
his son. On both of these places he has made good 
improvements and erected substantial buildings. 
Two oil-wells have been sunk on the homestead, 
which afford a good income to the fortunate pro- 
prietor. 

November 27, 1849, Mr. Nieman married Anna 



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PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD, 



M. Sampson, bj' whom he had eight children, as 
follows: Anna M., Mrs. BucJibreder, born October 
28, 1850; Maria E., December 24, 1852; Louisa, 
July 4, 1855; Anna M., November 5, 1857; Sophia 
O., March 7, 1860; Jolianna, October 9, 1863; Ed- 
ward II., October 2, 1865; and Caroline E., Octo- 
ber 3, 1870. Maria died June 12, 1855; Louisa 
passed away October 8, 1876; and Sophia died 
November 12, 1862. Anna is the wife of Henry 



Titcameyr, and Caroline married Frederick San- 
ders. 

In political questions Mr. Nieman is always to 
be found on the side of the Democracy. Relig- 
iously, he is a member of the Lutheran denomina- 
tion. To an eminent degree he enjoys the love 
and respect of his neighbors and acquaintances, for 
his life has been S[)ent in an unselfish and exem- 
plary manner. 




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THE CITY OF TOLEDO occupies a strategic 
position in the commerce of the Lakes and 
the Western States of tlie Ohio and Mis- 
sissippi Valley region. As a railroad center its 
growth has been phenomenal. When we recall the 
fact that twenty-three different lines and branches, 
with nearly two hundred passenger trains, depart 
and arrive in the city daily, with a like number 
of freight trains, it gives something of an idea of 
the vast business centering here. It is the termi- 
nal point of ten roads and eleven branches. Its 
several lake transportation companies also do an 
enormous business, especially in freight traffic, 
while at the same time their magnificent passenger 
boats are extensively patronized. Among the 
more important railroads centering in Toledo are 
the Wabash; Pennsylvania; Toledo, St. Louis & 
Kansas City, and the Lake Shore & Michigan 
Southern. 



The Wabash, 

<rp» S NOW KNOWN, has been operated under 

/ — \ several names from time to time. It is 

the offspring, as it were, of the first line 

of road projected west of the Alleghenies, then 

known as the Northern Cross Railroad, to extend 



from Springfield, 111., to Meredosia, 111. This was 
chartered in 1837, and u[)on it the first locomotive 
was placed in the winter of 1838-39, running from 
Meredosia, on the Illinois River, to Jacksonville. 
In 1842 the road was completed from Jacksonville 
to Springfield, and tliree trips were made per week. 
The track was of the old strap railstjde, which was 
made by nailing thin strips of iron on parallel 
lines of timbers placed at the proper distance apart 
and running lengthways of the road. The engine 
as well as the road soon became so impaired that 
the former had to be abandoned, and mules were 
substituted as motor power. However, such loco- 
motion was destined to be of short duration, for 
the state soon after sold the entire road for a nom- 
inal sum, and thus for a short lime was suspended 
the first railroad enterprise in the West. But a 
new era, one of prodigious industrial activity and 
far-reaching results in the practical arts, was ap- 
proaching in the West, and within thirty years of 
the temporary failure of the road mentioned, Illi- 
nois had outstripped all others in gigantic internal 
improvements, and at present has more miles of 
railroad than any other state in the Union. 

The Nortiiern Cross Road was afterward merged 
into the Great Western, whose name has been suc- 
cessively changed to the Toledo, Wabash & West- 
ern; Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific, and Wabash 
Railroad, the last of which it still bears, and trav- 



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TRANSPORTATION. 



erses some of tlie finest ])ortions of Missouri, Iowa, 
Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. Ilsoon be- 
came the popular highway of travel and traffic 
between the East and West. Through a system of 
consolidation, unparalleled in American railways, 
it has become a giant among them. The railroad 
takes its title from a river of that name, a tribu- 
tary of the Ohio, which in part separates the 
states of Illinois and Indiana. In Looking over 
the map of the Wabash Railroad, it will be seen 
that the line entends through the most fertile and 
wealthy portions of the center of the United States, 
Laving terminals at more large cities than any 
other western road. It was indeed a far-reaching 
gagacity which consolidated these various lines 
into the Wabash S3'Stem, forming one immense 
chain of great activity and power. Its terminal 
facilities are unsurpassed by any competing line. 
Its home offices are established in handsome quar- 
ters in St. Louis, and, in fact, are the most con- 
venient and commodious of any in the countrj'. 
The lines of the road are co-extensive with the 
importance of the great transportation facilities 
required for the products of the Mississippi Valley. 
A glance at the map will show that the Wabash 
connects with more large cities and great marts of 
trade than any other line, bringing Omaha, Kan- 
sas City, Des Moines, Keokuk, Quincy, St. Louis, 
Chicago, Toledo and Detroit together with one 
continuous line of steel rails. This road has an 
immense freight traffic in the cereals, live stock, 
various productions and manufactured articles of 
the West and the states through which it passes. 
Its facilities for rapid transit for the vast produc- 
tions of the packing-houses of Omaha, Kan- 
sas City, St. Louis and Chicago to Detroit, To- 
ledo and the eastern marts of trade is unequaled. 
A large proportion of the grain productions 
of Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois and 
Indiana finds its way to the eastern markets over 
the lines of this road. The Wabash has always 
taken a liberal position in tariffs, and its course 
toward its patrons has been just and reason- 
able, so that it has always enjoyed the com- 
mendation of the business and traveling public. 
The road-bed is one of the best in the country, 
and is ballasted with gravel and stone, well tied. 



and laid with steel rails. The bridges along the 
various lines and branches are substantial struct- 
ures. The depots, grounds and general property 
of the road are in good condition. The manage- 
ment of the Wabash is fully abreast of the times. 
The road is progressive in every respect. The finest 
passenger cars on the continent are run on its 
lines, and every effort is made to advance the in- 
terests of its patrons. The passenger department 
is unexcelled for the elegant and substantial com- 
fort afforded travelers. On through trains of the 
system dining-cars are run, and all modern im- 
provements calculated to increase the efficiencj' of 
the line are speedily adopted when their merits are 
established. 



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Penn.sylvania System. 

■iT^ BRANCH of this well known railroad also 
/ — \ strikes Toledo, giving it still another out- 
let to Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New York 
and the other great commercial cities of the East. 
This road is noted for its splendid track, whicii, 
for its length, is regarded as the best in the world. 
Tapping as it does the great coal and iron regions 
of Pennsylvania, it becomes an important feeder to 
the commercial and manufacturing enterprises of 
the important cities of the Great Lakes. This line 
has alwajs been on a substantial and paying basis. 
Over the greater part of the system it is double 
tracked; its passenger equipment is first class, and 
passengers are regaled with some of the most beau- 
tiful scenery in the East while crossing the Alle- 
gheny Mountains. It runs two splendid trains 
daily, each way, between New York and Chicago, 
covering the distance in twenty-four hours. 



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Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City, 

FAMILIARLY known as the "Clover Leaf," 
is one of the important lines that have 
opened up a new section of territory trib- 
utary to Toledo. It was first built as a narrow 
gauge, but it was subsequentlj' changed to stand- 



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519 



ard gauge. The road maintains good passenger 
service and also a growing freiglit business. It 
travei-ses fertile portions of the slates of Ohio, In- 
diana and Illinois, having for its western terminus 
St. Louis. The eastern terminus and headquarters 
are in Toledo. 



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Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway. 

THIS GREAT railway system has probably 
contributed more to the development of 
Toledo than any other line. It was one of 
the first roads built connecting Chicago and To- 
ledo with New York City and the sea-board. The 
development of the great metropolis of the West 
and the thriving city near the head of Lake Erie, 
especially the latter city, is in a large measure due 
to the enterprise of the Lake Shore and her con- 
necting lines, forming, as they do, a part of the 



great Vanderbilt system. The carrying power of 
the road is enormous, and the freight tralHc is one of 
the largest in the country. It occupies an unpar- 
alleled geographical position, connecting by a band 
of steel the two greatest cities on the continent, as 
well as the most important cities of the lake re- 
gion. Its fast mail train is noted in the history 
of railroad enterprise, and its passenger service is 
superb and all that the most exacting public could 
demand for speed and comfort. 



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Other Roads. 

Among the other roads entering Toledo are the 
following: Columbus, Hocking Valley & Toledo; 
Toledo, Ann Arbor & Noithern Michigan; Wheel- 
ing & Lake Erie; Cincinnati, Jackson & Mackinaw; 
the Ohio Central Lines; Cincinnati, Hamilton & 
Dayton; and the Michigan Central. 



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BIOGRAFlflCALi. 



Acers, William 28!) 

Adams, Prof. Harry C 334 

Adams, John 'i3 

Adams, John Q an 

Ames, John 336 

Andrews, James 153 

Andrews, William 310 

Arthur, Chester A nn 

Atwill, William H 2^ 

Aultman, George W 303 

Austm.Hon. D. R 501 



Bacon, Norval B 187 

Baldwin, IVlarquis 127 

Ballard, Charles 179 

Barber, James R 508 

Barfield, Henry M Ml 

Barnum, Arthur T., M. D 307 

Bartlett, Rev. J. A 338 

Bartlett, Matthew 380 

Beausay.Prof. Richard F...I45 



Becker, Bernhard.M. D 302 

Becker, Casper 144 

Bell, damuel W lOO 

Benore, Maxim 18.') 

Berkeybile, Levan J 218 

Best, Michael I2fi 

Bick, Jacob N .177 

Bierly, Thomas .N i;i5 

Bigelow, Dr. Asa A 171 

Bigley, Obediah A 147 

Black, Emmett P 3a=> 

Blair, Albert G 287 

Boice, Fred 515 

Boice, John R 3:!H 

Boice, Capt. Keed V 512 

Boos, William H 121 

Booth, Henry J 24'i 

Bordner, A. L 201; 

Bower, Francis T 288 

Bowers, Prof. Frederick H..1J2 

Bowman, Justice H I8« 

Beyer, Ellas 446 

Brailey , George S 263 

Brand, C. Rudolph 377 

Bridge, Alankin 320 

Brigham, William E 275 

Brim, Gilbert B 449 

Brim. Walter VV 29il 

Bronson, Calvin 233 

Bronson, John P 509 

Brown, Daniel A 402 

Brown, David B., M. D 128 

Brown, Rev. George B 227 

Brown, Stillman 194 

Brown. Thomas 4.59 

Brownsberger, John W I5(; 



Brunthaver, F. P., M. D 467 

Buchanan, James 75 



Campbell, James H 497 

Canfield, Capt. Silas S 217 

Carl, James 280 

Carr. Spencer D 228 

Carsner, Montgomery A 317 

Chambers, Josiah 465 

Chapman , Dr. W. C 277 

Cleveland, S. Grover 103 

Coldham, Ashton H 231 

Coldham, William W., M. D.175 

Collins, Jasper P 401 

Collins, Sanford L 163 

Colton,Abram W 348 

Comstock, Beebe 286 

Comttock, Levi S 155 

Converse, Frank 427 

Cook, Daniel F 432 

Cook, Thomas R 328 

Cooney, Michael J 491 

Cooper, Philip 513 

Cooper, Sylvester K 166 

Cranker, Peter 459 

Curtis, Charles F 213 

Curtis, Cornelius S 265 

Cushmg, Henry H 501 



Daiber, John 184 

Dana. George S 249 

DanenholTer, Rev. Peter 190 

Davidson, Robert 206 

Davidson, William 495 

DeMuth, Levi 428 

Dennis, David O 270 

Dillon, John 337 

Dixon, William W 362 

Dodge, Frederick B 3S9 

Dodge, Frederick H 356 

Donaldson, Ebenezer 396 

Doren, William 503 

Downing, Daniel D 29S 

Doyle, Hon. John H 193 

Drago, John B 438 

Drake, Frank B 416 

Dunipace, Robert 310 

Dunipace, William 290 

Dwight, Edward E 434 



F.astell, Eldred W. 
Edson, Eugene C. . 



522 



INDEX. 



Eichenlaub, George F 390 

Ellis, Henry U 209 

Engelhardt, Jacob 1S9 

Entsminjjor, Stephen 1'2U 

Epker. Herman il4 

Evans, James V ;J04 



Facer, James .!!U 

Facer. Wallace H :;i(J 

Fassett , Elias l-ici 

Fay lor, Solomon I;i7 

Fillmore, Millard (i7 

Fish, Daniel 132 

Fish, John 138 

Fish, William 13(i 

^Fisher, Albert W., M. D 371 

-Fisher, Capt. John H 3H8 

Fletcher, William C IBS 

Folger, Jacob 39.') 



Gardiner, William, G., M. D..4I9 

Gardner, Nathan 411 

Garfield, James A 9h 

Garner, William, M. D 118 

Gartner, Joseph G '200 

Gashe, William A 198 

Gillett, Orrin 477 

Granger, Volentine W 343 

Grant, Ulysses S 87 

Greene, Capt. John W ].=>4 

Greer, John T 1!)7 

Griffin, Hon. Charles P 495 

Grove, Henry D 314 

Gunn, Capt. Oscar N 390 



Heller, Oliver P 374 

Hight, John E 403 

Hill, William W.,M. D i!>7 

Hmds, Adam 319 

Hinsdale, George P 4(18 

Hubart, Murcene oil 

Hoir, Allen K '.Mo 

Hollenbeck, Hon. D. K 4til 

Hopkins, John M 287 

Housholder, Daniel 133 

Hoyt, William L 122 

Hnbbard, Hiram A 482 

Huffman, James V .210 

Hnnt. Frank O., M. D llio 



Jackson, Andrew 43 

Jellerson, Thon.as 27 

Jerome, John W oOiJ 

Jewell, Samuel 3i;i 

Johnson, Andrew 83 

Jones, John C 3!t7 



Kaney. James G 3J0 

Keeler, Coleman 1H7 

Keller, John J 17ii 

Kellogg, Harvey mi 

Kelly, Cyrus M. 207 

Kelsey, Joel W 24.i 

Kennedy, Charles H., M. D. .379 

Kerr, Benjamin F 499 

Ketcham, Valentine H 203 

King, Frank 1 213 

Kirk, Albert 419 

Kleile, Frederick 473 

Kohli, Frederick 4(iO 

Kosch, Charles 428 



Loensbal, Morris 230 

Long, Henry 309 

Loomis, Dudley .30.i 

Loomis, Melvin 228 

Ludwig, Leroy M 240 

Lytle, John 406 



Macomber, Albert E 230 

M.adison, James 31 

Mallett, Benjamin 313 

Mallett,B. Frank 220 

Malone, Michael J 487 

Martin, Adam 2r.O 

Mayer, John M 452 

McAfee, John P 455 

McCarthy, Rev. Timothy P.. 367 

McKean, John A 229 

McMaken, William V 329 

Mercereaii, Charles W 1.56 

Miles, Milton F 510 

Millard, Judge Irwin 1 415 

Mitchell, Keuben B 168 

Moenter, Herman H :j.54 

Moenter, John H 143 

Monroe, James 35 

Morris, Judge Lindley W. . . .379 

Mott, Hon. Hichard 141 

Motulewski, Rev. Felix S 404 

Mueller, Alexander 190 

Muir, James 315 

Murphy, Clayton L 225 

Murray, Malcolm H 320 

Myers , Charles 23;i 



Nearing, Mars 386 

Newton, John V 350 

Nieman, Frederick 515 

Niles, Henry T 508 



Parker, Hiram 

Parker, John 

Peckham, Elijah W 

Perrin, David H 

Peterson, Mrs. Elizabeth. 

Philipps, Henr.v 

Phister, Ja:c6b D 

Pierce, Franklin 

Pike, Hon. Louis H 

Polk, James K 

Potter, Joel 

Pratt, Hon. Charles 

Pray, Thomas 

Printup. John A 

Puck, Hon. John H 

Purney, Thomas C 



Quigley, Rov. Patrick F 



Kaitz, Robert 329 

Randolph, Thaddeiis F 483 

Raymond, Erwin P 392 

Raymond, Paul 3.59 

Reed, Edwin 293 

Reeves, Richard 344 

Regan, Rev. M. J 474 

Rethinger, John 450 

Rhonehouse, G. W., M. D.. . .335 

Ricard, Joseph N 190 

Ritchie, Hon. Byron F 372 

Ritchie, Hon. James M 373 

Rodgers, James S 505 

Roff, Frank E 368 

Roll, Arthur C, M. D 237 

Komeis, Hon. Jacob 277 

Roulet, George U 503 

Rowsey, Capt. Charles A 349 

Royer, John A., M. D 283 

Runneals, Dewee H 134 

Russell. James 504 

Ryan, William T 325 



Hadley, George G .'i07 

Hahn, Valentine 123 

Hall, Elijah B 209 

Hall, Joseph E 445 

Hammer, Abram J., M. D — 481 

Harmon, Judge Gilbert 439 

Harris, Lem P 180 

Harrison, Benjamin 107 

Harrison, William Henry. . . . 51 

Harroun,C. H., D. D. S 238 

Harroun, Edwin 170 

Hathaway, Harris^on, M. D..210 

Haughlon, Alberts 498 

Uawley, .Hiram 1.V2 

Hayes, Rutherford B 91 



Ladd, Jonathan E WO 

Lahr, Emanuel 421 

Lang, Frederick 188 

Lapish, Alfred 308 

Larkin, William 400 

Laskey , Hon. George 2.'»9 

Lawrance, Marion 206 

Leybourn, William 422 

Lincoln, Abraham 79 

Lipe, Rev. Sebastian 402 

Littlefleld, Myron R :t:!8 

Locke, David Ross 131 

Locke, Robinson 273 



Ogden, Prof. W. A 124 

Ordway, Isaac 366 



Parker, Ellis 281 

Parker, Henry W 209 



Saxby, Charles B 176 

Scadding, Rev. Charles 195 

Schmidt, Philip 425 

Schnetzler, H. M., M. D 180 

Schnitzler, Rev. Peter 384 

Schroder, John H 295 

Scott, Noah C 2ai 

Scott, Samuel, 500 



INDEX. 



523 



Scribner, Harvey 226 

Shaw, Daniel C 234 

Sheperd, George J 444 

Shoemaker, Matthew ISl 

Shull, John 2S6 

Siesrist, William 3«) 

Simon, Rubellus J., M. D 24J 

—Smith, Eleazer N WS 

Southard , James 440 

Southard, Hon. James H 471 

Southard, Samuel 481 

Speck, George H 346 

Stanbery, Jonas M 431 

Stephens, J. H 247 

Stevens, George W., M. D. . . 199 

Stevio, Thomas M 451 

Stollberg, John 317 

Stump, Alfred A 327 

Suker, George F , Bl. D 208 



Tanner, G. Adolph 170 



Taylor, Komain A 250 

Taylor, Zachary t:3 

Thomas, Edwin ,. .362 

Thorn, Samuel S., M. D 437 

Torgler, Ernest 422 

Tracy, Doria 303 

Tyler, John h5 



Van Buren, Martin 47 

Van Gunten, John 3(iG 

Van Rensselaer, Capt. J. B. .420 

Vogelman, David 3*j0 

Voit, Heynold 350 



w 



, Clark 492 



Waite, Hon Morrison E 117 

Waite, Richard 378 

Walbridge, Horaces 383 

Wamsher, John W 413 

Ward, Isaac 324 

Washington, George 19 

Watts, William, M. D 178 

Way, Willard V 478 

Weaver, Elias B 472 

Webb, Lewis E 408 

Webster, William 276 

Wegman,C. W 318 

Whalen, Peter F 490 

Whiteford, Richard, M. D. . .125 

Whittaker, J. D., M. D 208 

Wickham, William, M. D. ...200 

Wieczorek, Rev. Simon J 514 

Wight, Alexander 264 

Wight, Theodore E 215 

Wilcox, Minot 1 223 

Wilhelm , Henry W 197 

Wilkinson, Charles W 410 

Wilkinson, Solomon 225 

Wilson, John 407 

Wing, Lorenzo P 35(i 



Witker, Fred E 205 

Wollam, C. Frank 490 

Wollam, William M 274 

Woods, Joseph T., M. D 253 



Young, James A. . , 
Young, Samuel M. 



Zeller, George 

Zimmerman, Milton. 




Adams, John 22 

Adams, John Q 38 

Arthur, Chester A 9S 

Brailey, George S 262 

Brand, C. Rudolph S76 

Bronson, Calvin 232 

Buchanan, James 74 

Cleveland, S. Grover 102 

Collins, Jasper P 400 

Collins, Sanford 1 Ifil 

Collins, Mrs. S. L 160 

Curtis, Charles F 212 

Dodge . Frederick B 388 

Doyle, Hon. John H 192 

Fillmore, Millard 66 

Folger, Jacob 394 

Gardiner, W. G., M. D 448 



Garfield, James A 94 

Granger, Volentine W 342 

Grant, U.S Sfi 

Hammer, Abram J., M. D 480 

Harrison, Benjamin 106 

Harrison, W. H oO 

Hayes, Rutherford B 90 

Jackson, Andrew 42 

JelVerson, Thomas 26 

Johnson, Andrew 82 

Ketcham, Valentine H 202 

Kirk, Albert 418 

Lincoln, Abraham 78 

Locke, David Ross 130 

Locke, Robinson 272 

Madison, James 30 



Mallett, Benjamin 312 

McAfee, John P 454 

Monroe, James 34 

Mott, Hon. Richard 140 

'iMotulewski,Rev. Felix S 405 

-New German Baptist 

Churches 463 

Peckham , Elijah W 442 

Pierce, Franklin 70 

Polk, J. K 58 

Raymond, Paul 35S 

Reed, Edwin 292 

Royer, John A., M. D 282 

Schmidt, Philip 424 

Shoemaker, Matthew 150 

Siegrist, William 364 



Simon, Rubellus J., M. D 242 

Southard, Hon. James H 470 

-"St. Anthony's Church, 

Toledo 405 

Taylor, Zachary 62 

Thorn, Samuel S.,M. D 436 

Tracy, Doria 302 

Tyler, John 54 

Van Buren, Martin 46 

Waite, Hon. Morrison R 116 

Walbridge, Horace S 382 

Washington, George 18 

Wilcox, Minot 1 222 

Woods, Joseph T., M. D 2.=i2 

Y^oung, James A 3.52 

Young, Samuel M 182 



